Tilak Verma Maiden India Call-up 15-member squad for upcoming T20I against WI: Tilak Verma has named in the men in blue’ squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series in West Indies. Suryakumar Yadav congratuated his Mumbai Indians teammate Tilak Verma after mained INdia call-up.

Reacting to Varma’s inclusion in India’s T20I team, Suryakumar wrote on Twitter:

Several senior members, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja won’t feature in the five-match T20I series against West Indies. All-rounder Hardik Pandya will continue to lead the side in the shortest format.

The opening encounter of the series is scheduled to be played at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad, on August 3.

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Both Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma delivered impressive performances with the bat for MI in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL 2023).

Varma emerged as one of the most exciting young batters in the tournament, mustering 343 runs from 11 outings at an average of 42.87. It is worth mentioning that the southpaw had to sit out of five league matches due to an injury.

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He returned to Mumbai’s playing XI for the playoff fixtures, scoring 26 and 43 in the Eliminator and Qualifier 2, respectively. MI’s campaign ended with a heartbreaking 62-run loss to Gujarat Titans (GT) in Qualifier 2 at Ahmedabad.

Squad:

Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.