‘We are well-prepared for these conditions’ – Tilak Varma on India’s preparations for tour of South Africa 2023

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Steven
December 13, 2023

South Africa and India locked horns for the 2nd T20I of India’s tour of South Africa 2023 at the St George’s Park, Gqeberha on 12 December after the first T-20 match, which was interrupted by the rain. The 2nd T20 was also interrupted by rain, and South Africa won the match by 5 wickets by DLS.

Tilak Varma discussed India’s batting performance in the post match conference. He spoke about how the wet outfield after consistent rain caused an issue for the bowlers, while bowling in the second innings, After the Indian squad put 180 runs on the board in 19.3 overs.

The IPL fame Tilak Varma said, “I feel in the powerplay, we gave a bit extra runs, but after that we came back strongly. But, due to the wet outfield, the ball was not gripping as we thought. Actually, we batted well. It’s always good to play in South Africa; it’s quite challenging. We are well-prepared for these conditions, and we have actually batted well in a tough situation.”

Tilak Varma analyses India’s batting performance in 2nd T20 against South Africa

“The openers didn’t do too well today but after that Surya, myself and Rinku got good rhythm in the batting side and we scored well. But due to the rain and wet outfield… I feel the wicket was a bit on the slower side when we batted, especially with the new ball it was slightly seaming. After that, it was gripping a bit and spinning a bit when Markram and Shamsi were bowling. So, the spell that Markram and Shamsi bowled went their way. I think it was a good spell from them. Otherwise, we could have reached 200 or 200-plus,” he added.

“For every series, I was preparing to the conditions. If you see, West Indies was a bit on the slower side, and if you see Ireland, (the pitches) were similar to South Africa wickets, it was a bit bouncy and seaming a bit. We were preparing according to the (conditions) and we are India. So, it has been a great experience and great learning going through,” Tilak said.