Could Tilak Varma Play In 2023 ODI World Cup? Rohit Sharma Answers The Big Question

The emergence of younger batter Tilak Varma has given the Indian cricket group and its followers loads of hope. The left-handed batter did wonders for the group within the first three T20Is towards West Indies, enjoying a accountable but engaging model of batting. His success made many ponder whether the 20-year-old batter will be thought-about the No. 4 spot within the Indian group for the ODI World Cup 2023. India skipper Rohit Sharma, when requested about the identical, did not shut the doorways on his Mumbai Indians teammate.

Rohit himself is on a break, with the selectors deciding to provide children extra alternatives, particularly within the T20 assignments. As the chatter round Varma incomes an ODI World Cup spot for the No.4 position intensified, Rohit refused to provide away something apart from praising him.

“He looks very promising. I have seen him for two years now, he has got the hunger, and that is the most important thing,” Rohit stated in an interview with PTI.

“In him I can see, for the age that he is of, he is quite mature. He knows his batting so well. When I speak with him I understand that the boy knows his batting – where he has to hit, what he has to do in that period.

“That is all that I’ll say about him, I have no idea concerning the World Cup and all, however undoubtedly the man is proficient and he confirmed it in these few video games that he has performed for India,” he added.

Rohit also admitted that since the departure of Yuvraj Singh, India have struggled to find a reliable No. 4 option in white-ball cricket. With Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul out injured, Rohit is hopeful to see the duo regain full fitness, in time for the World Cup, if not the Asia Cup.

With PTI inputs