{"id":195318,"date":"2026-07-21T18:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195318"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:34:22","slug":"as-vice-captain-i-have-to-play-responsibly-tilak-on-questions-over-his-strike-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195318","title":{"rendered":"As vice-captain, I have to play responsibly: Tilak on questions over his strike rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71250416\"><b>Harare<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The fall of early wickets in the UK and Ireland did not give middle order batters like him the license to go all guns blazing from the get-go, said India T20 vice-captain Tilak Varma on Tuesday, insisting that his play is based on conditions and match situations.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the first T20 against Zimbabwe on Thursday, Tilak was asked about the team\u2019s winless run in Ireland and England, its first tour after winning the T20 World Cup at home.<\/p>\n<p>Tilak\u2019s approach against slow bowlers too was questioned besides his strike rate though he did make a 25-ball 53 in the final T20 at Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this game, you have to bat in different places, and especially in such conditions, it\u2019s not easy. At the same point, I always say that I do whatever is required for the team. If I have to play the waiting game for the team, then I will play accordingly. If I have to hit, then I hit and play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo at that time, in the conditions of the team, if you look at it, from Ireland to England, you always had four or five wickets falling in the power play. So going there and hitting and getting out, it doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he wants to attack from the word \u2018go\u2019, Tilak insisted that at times, he needs to show a bit of discretion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s what I always have in my mind, that I can go and hit the first ball. But at the same point, I\u2019m playing for the country, so there are a lot of responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a vice-captaincy attached your name, team must have given me that after due deliberation. So I want to take the same responsibilities that the management gives me, so I\u2019m playing according to that,\u201d said Tilak.<\/p>\n<p>Talking more about the defeats in the UK and Ireland, Tilak said the performance was down to the team not adapting to the conditions after playing majority of cricket in Asia over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, if you see, Shreyas bhai is leading a successful team right now. So, of course, there will be responsibilities and expectations. At the same point, there were different conditions in Ireland. If you look at the last two years, we played more matches in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after two years, we came straight to the overseas conditions, that too good side. England is a very good side. We all saw how they played in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. So, of course, it will be challenging to play in good conditions on the good side,\u201d said Tilak.<\/p>\n<p>Tilak expects Zimbabwe to come hard at them. Unlike last time, India is fielding a near full strength squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZimbabwe is also a very good team. They are a very competitive team. And you see last year when we started the series, they won the first game. We expect them to come hard at us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the conditions, he added: \u201cAs you can see, the wickets were good last time around. So I was talking to them, because when we played in Zimbabwe last year, our junior team came in. So at that time, almost a lot of people from that team are still here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was talking to them (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi) about how the wicket will behave. At the same point, again, we have played two series, Ireland and England. So if you look at the ground, the dimensions are very big, and it\u2019s windy and the conditions are cool. It would be an advantage having played here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/tilak-varma-strike-rate-issues-india-vs-zimbabwe-t20i-series\/article71250416.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare The fall of early wickets in the UK and Ireland did not give middle order batters like him the license to go all guns blazing from the get-go, said India T20 vice-captain Tilak Varma on Tuesday, insisting that his play is based on conditions and match situations. Ahead of the first T20 against Zimbabwe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-11T172912Z_182811526_UP1EM7B1CKMHN_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-T20-ENG-IND.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":195387,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195387","url_meta":{"origin":195318,"position":0},"title":"India looks to arrest T20I slide as it takes on spirited Zimbabwe","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Shreyas Iyer will be eager for his first win as India captain while his young team eyes course correction against a spunky Zimbabwe that is expected to fight hard during the short three-match T20I series starting here on Thursday. 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