Former SRH batter Hanuma Vihari made a bold claim on Team India batter Tilak Varma ahead of the third T20I against
England. The game will take place on Tuesday, July 7, in Nottingham. Hanuma Vihari answered those asking Tilak Varma to be dropped from the team as well. There have been some concerns regarding his strike rate, but Vihari expressed that he could only laugh at the thought of dropping the batter as well.

“I feel like laughing when many people tell to drop him. They say Suryavanshi can come down and Sanju can play if Tilak is dropped. He is the vice-captain of the team The management has trusted him. He does that finishing role. He scored a fifty against Ireland as well under pressure. He has always stood up in crisis situations. If you remember the Asia Cup final, he won India the game. So saying Tilak should be out does not make sense,” he said on his YouTube channel.

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“He got those runs for us in the death overs which matters a lot. You need such players and Tilak has been it consistently. He played an important knock once again and took us to a good score,” Hanuma Vihari again added.

Hanuma Vihari also added that the Indian batters struggled to take singles or doubles while trying to hit boundaries consistently. He also shared that more than stroke play, it was important for the batters to focus on shot selection and knowing when to play which shots as per the situation.

“The batters have struggled here and are not able to take singles or doubles more in trying to hit the big shots. It is not more about stroke play but about when to play shots, a little smarter shot selection becomes important,” Hanuma Vihari concluded.