{"id":20695,"date":"2025-07-25T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/20695\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:37:15","slug":"county-cricket-tilak-varma-slams-second-century-in-three-games-for-hampshire-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/20695\/","title":{"rendered":"County Cricket | Tilak Varma slams second century in three games for Hampshire &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122898933.jpg\" alt=\"County Cricket | Tilak Varma slams second century in three games for Hampshire - Watch\" title=\"Tilak Varma\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI: India\u2019s rising star Tilak Varma continued his rich vein of form in English domestic cricket, smashing his second century in just three matches for Hampshire in the County Championship. His superb 112-run knock against title-chasing Nottinghamshire at the Utilita Bowl on Day 3 proved vital in keeping Hampshire afloat.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>Facing a mammoth first-innings total of 578, Hampshire needed something special \u2014 and Varma delivered. Walking in with his team under pressure, the 22-year-old left-hander showed remarkable composure and class as he stitched together key partnerships: 42 with Nick Gubbins, 58 with Ben Brown, and a crucial 126-run stand with Felix Organ, who remained unbeaten on 71 at stumps.<\/p>\n<p>Shardul Thakur opens up on being under bowled, gives inside details on Rishabh Pant<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Varma\u2019s century and Organ\u2019s resilience, Hampshire ended the day with just 61 runs needed to avoid the follow-on, giving them a fighting chance to secure a draw on the final day.A video clip of Varma\u2019s innings, shared by County Championship\u2019s official channels, has gone viral, showcasing his elegant drives, calm footwork, and fluent strokeplay \u2014 highlighting why he\u2019s considered one of India\u2019s brightest batting prospects.Watch:Varma\u2019s form for Hampshire has been outstanding:100 vs Essex (match 1)56 &amp; 47 vs Worcestershire112 vs NottinghamshireHe\u2019s now averaging just under 79 in his stint with the club \u2014 remarkable consistency in challenging English conditions.Despite playing 4 ODIs and 25 T20Is for India, Varma is yet to break into the Test side. However, his dominant run in red-ball cricket for Hampshire could very well fast-track his entry into India\u2019s Test plans.For now, Tilak Varma has not just enhanced his growing reputation \u2014 but has also become Hampshire\u2019s batting mainstay in a crucial stretch of their County Championship campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: India\u2019s rising star Tilak Varma continued his rich vein of form in English domestic cricket, smashing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,21349,21352,740,21347,8469,21350,21351,85,21346,21348],"class_list":{"0":"post-20695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-county-championship","11":"tag-county-cricket-performances","12":"tag-cricket","13":"tag-hampshire-cricket","14":"tag-indian-cricket","15":"tag-nottinghamshire","16":"tag-red-ball-cricket","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-tilak-varma","19":"tag-tilak-varma-century"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}