India vice-captain Tilak Varma admitted that dropping down the order from No. Tilak has been batting either at No. 3 was not easy, but he is trusting his skill enhancement and mental preparation to ace the demands of his new role. 5 or 6 in T20Is for a while now, and, for him, it came down to working on his game constantly to come up trumps.
From nine matches, the left-hander averages 65.66 while batting at number six, at a strike rate of 195. In 26 combined innings at 5 and 6, he averages 46 at a strike rate of 158.
I have said that I love finishing the games for the country,” said Tilak after the washed-out fifth and final T20I against the West Indies here on Saturday night. It will be slightly challenging. But I have been working on that. How can I finish the games? “But again, you are playing for the country and at the highest level. “There have been quite a few good things. So, that’s a big positive, and that too, we haven’t got a proper all-rounder in the team. We have played both Nitish (Reddy) and (Shivam) Dubey as well. But both have done decently well. “So, there are a few good points for us to take into the upcoming series. As a team, we have introspected a few things in the bowling as well.
So, as I said, you should be mentally strong enough to prepare for any challenge, any conditions so that you can become a bigger player,” he added. “It’s not that easy to change the numbers from 3 to 5 and 6. “Kishan is batting at number 3 now, and he is batting really brilliantly there. So, for me now, I think there is no option but to bat at 5 and 6 and do the job for the team. The 23-year-old said he has been working tirelessly in the nets to improve his range of shots and skill level to meet the challenges of batting lower down the order. Especially in the batting, every game we have scored over 200 plus.
So, hopefully, we will do well in the New Zealand series,” he said.
