Tilak Varma’s training begins after surgery: Tilak Verma starts training after surgery, may return in T20 series

New Delhi. A good news is coming for the Indian team before the T20 World Cup. Tilak Verma, who bats at number three for the team, is going to return. This player, who was out of the series against New Zealand due to injury, underwent surgery for testicular torsion suffered during the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT). After Tilak Verma got injured, the selectors dropped him from the first three T20 matches and chose Shreyas Iyer in his place.

T20 World Cup 2026 is now very close. There is not much time left for it to start. The good news is that Verma has started physical training. He is aiming to make a comeback in the fourth match of the five-match T20 series against the Kiwis. According to the report, Verma is not feeling any pain now. He is going to the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. Only after the fitness test will it be decided when he will get the green signal for ‘Return to Play’ (RTP).

In the absence of Tilak Verma, India’s ODI vice-captain and Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer has been recalled to the team for the first three T20 matches against New Zealand. At the same time, leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi has been included in the team in place of injured Washington Sundar. Ishan Kishan was included in the team in place of Shubhman Gill who was in poor form. Kishan can also be tried at number 3 in the T20 series.

India’s T20 team against New Zealand

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (first three T20s), Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma (last two T20s).