Tilak Varma resumes training, ruled out of final two T20Is

India batter Tilak Varma has resumed training at the BCCI Centre of Excellence but will miss the final two T20Is of the ongoing series as he continues rehabilitation. Shreyas Iyer will remain his replacement, the BCCI said.

Hyderabad: India batter Tilak Varma has resumed physical training and is making steady progress with his rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, according to a BCCI media release on Monday.

However, he will require additional time to regain full match fitness and will not be available for the final two T20Is of the ongoing IDFC First Bank five-match T20I series.

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Tilak will link up with the squad in Mumbai once he has regained full match fitness on 3rd February, ahead of India’s warm-up match for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

The Men’s Selection Committee has recommended that Shreyas Iyer will continue as Tilak’s replacement for the remaining matches.

India’s updated T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (VC), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ravi Bishnoi.