{"id":451646,"date":"2026-02-01T13:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T13:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451646\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T13:09:23","slug":"tilak-varma-to-play-warm-ups-before-t20-world-cup-suryakumar-yadav-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451646\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilak Varma to play warm-ups before T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tilak-varma-0102-afp.jpg\" alt=\"Tilak Varma to play warm-ups before T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav\" title=\"Tilak Varma (AFP Photo) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the T20 World Cup less than a week away, India have received a timely boost on the fitness front, with positive updates on all-rounder Washington Sundar and premier batter Tilak Varma.Sundar, 26, is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI\u2019s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru after sustaining a side strain during the ODI series against New Zealand. India captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/suryakumar-yadav\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suryakumar Yadav<\/a> confirmed that the all-rounder has resumed both batting and bowling. <\/p>\n<p>Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan? | Greenstone Lobo predicts the ideal player for T20 World Cup<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWashington is doing well. I spoke to him yesterday. He has almost started bowling and batting,\u201d Yadav said at the post-match press conference following India\u2019s 46-run win over New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.Varma, 23, is also nearing a return to full fitness and is expected to link up with the Indian squad ahead of the T20 World Cup. \u201cHe has been shaping up well. I heard he will be playing two games in Mumbai ahead of the T20 World Cup. I spoke to him yesterday. He has started batting, bowling and fielding. Hope to have him soon,\u201d the Indian captain added.The left-handed batter has been sidelined for nearly a month after undergoing testicular surgery following an injury sustained during a Ranji Trophy game.India are set to assemble in Mumbai, where they will play two warm-up games ahead of their World Cup opener against the USA on Feb 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the T20 World Cup less than a week away, India have received a timely boost on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,206709,188998,233300,85,58866,21346,233299],"class_list":["post-451646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-ind-vs-nz","tag-india-vs-new-zealand","tag-indian-squad-for-t20-world-cup","tag-sports","tag-suryakumar-yadav","tag-tilak-varma","tag-tilak-varma-t20-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451646","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=451646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}