Does Tilak Varma's Asia Cup selection ensure a World Cup 2023 seat? Let's look at his performance
Team India on Monday finally announced its squad for the upcoming Asia Cup and now it is more or less confirmed that the selection committee under Ajit Agarkar will select the squad for the ODI World Cup from this list of selected players. Tilak Varma made it to India's Asia Cup squad on the back of his strong performance against West Indies during the tour that ended this month. Talking about the World Cup squad, Ajit Agarkar said at the press conference, "It is a no-brainer.
We have picked these 17 guys (For Asia Cup). There are players coming back from injury. Hope everything goes well for them.
September 5 is the deadline (for the WC squad) and there is a camp before we announce the squad. We will have a look at our players and it will be in and around these guys only (the World Cup squad)." However, one name which has grabbed the maximum attention in the squad announced today is that of young left-hander batsman Tilak Varma. Tilak Varma has seen a lot of success at a young age – he played domestic cricket across all formats before turning 17.
He was also a part of India's ICC U19 World Cup squad in 2020 which made it to the finals but stumbled against Bangladesh. On Tilak Varma's inclusion in the squad, Agarkar said, "Tilak Varma is promising. Asia Cup is a big opportunity for him.
We saw some real promise not only in terms of performances but also temperament during the T20I series against West Indies. This will give him exposure. He is also a left-hander," said Agarkar in a press conference.
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