I was very impressed with Tilak Varma – Dinesh Karthik highlights why the southpaw should be manning India’s middle-order

RCB star Dinesh Karthik expressed how impressed he’s been by the Indian cricket team’s latest sensation, Tilak Varma. The southpaw has been downright destructive and the kind of shots that he has played has been nothing short of wondrous. Karthik voiced his opinion about Tilak and that he believes the left-hander could be a vital addition to India’s 2023 World Cup squad. 

Varma amassed 343 runs in this year’s IPL, leading the charge for the Mumbai Indians’ middle-order while he also posted a solid display against West Indies in his maiden T20I series.

In a World Cup commercial shoot with the Emirates, Dinesh Karthik said, “I was very impressed with Tilak Varma. I think he showed different sorts of temperament to his batting at times he went all guns blazing up the order, then there was a game where he had to finish it off with Hardik Pandya and he did that as well.”

DK further added, “More important is that he can add off-spin and we have not had somebody who can roll their arm over so that makes that player very special."

Karthik also opened up on the Indian middle-order, adding, “I think Shreyas Iyer is the right player given his form and the scores he put together over the last eight months before getting injured. He has probably been the in-form batter at No.4, but with that there is going to be a small issue.”

Highlighting the issue for the Indian cricket team, DK said, “India is going to be filled with right handers with six out of the top seven (being) right handers and (Ravindra) Jadeja is at No.7, so can Jadeja bat that little bit higher to bring that left-hand, right hand combination that is a big question mark for India.”

He concluded, “Because leading into the World Cup we are going to find pitches that take spin and you are going to need left handers and where does India stand with six right handers in that top seven."