World Cup 2023: Will Tilak Varma get chance in middle-order? Rohit Sharma opens up on Ashwin's suggestion

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The Mumbai Indians batter has made a stellar entry in international cricket. He is only the second-Indian after Suryakumar Yadav to score three fifty-plus scores in the first three T20I matches of his career. The southpaw is currently the leading run-scorer in the series after three matches.

Recently, star India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin suggested Tilak Varma's name for the Indian middle-order which is looking unsettled due to multiple injury concerns in the team. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are not fit yet, while Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson haven't impressed much.

“This is neck-and-neck with respect to the World Cup. So, will they think about Tilak Varma as an option if we don’t have enough backups? Because Sanju Samson has performed really well in ODIs. But the exciting part about Tilak Varma is that he is a left-hander and Team India is lacking left-handers. Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja) is the only left-handed batter in the top 7,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

Rohit on Tilak Varma's chances in World Cup 2023

Rohit did not give in to the question but was full of praises for Varma calling him an extremely talented batter who is showing maturity beyond his age.

"He looks very promising. I have seen him for two years now, he has got the hunger, and that is the most important thing," Rohit said.

"In him I can see, for the age that he is of, he is quite mature. He knows his batting so well. When I speak with him I understand that the boy knows his batting – where he has to hit, what he has to do in that period.

"That is all that I will say about him, I do not know about the World Cup and all, but definitely the guy is talented and he showed it in these few games that he has played for India," Rohit added.