Asian Games 2023: Tilak Varma's special celebration for his mother goes viral

When Tilak Varma reached his half century at the Asian Games semi-final T20 match against Bangladesh, he celebrated in style: He lifted his jersey to show his parents' tattoos.. Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 55 off just 26 balls . His stroke-filled innings included 2 fours and 6 sixes helped India beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the first semifinal and keeping India in hunt for the gold medal.

Tilak Varma trended on social media platform X for his unique celebration style.

Earlier India restricted Bangladesh in the Asian Games semi-final match to just 96/9 off 20 overs but suffered a jolt in the chase early on. Yashasvi Jaiswal fell in the first over to Ripon Mondol. But after that Tilak Varma and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad not only steadied the innings but surpassed the Bangladesh total in just 9.2 overs. with a flurry of fours and sixes.


Among the India bowlers, R Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar were brilliant with the ball, picking up three and two wickets respectively.



"A stroke-filled half-century for Tilak Varma & a heart-warming celebration for his mom follows. What an inspiring, classy young talent this TeamIndia southpaw is," SonyLIV said in a post on X.

With the ball, Tilak Varma also picked up one wicket. Such was the dominance of Indian bowlers that just three batters from Bangladesh could reach double figures.

"If he can work on his bowling, Tilak is a superstar in making," an user commented. Another said: "Tilak Varma is back."

Young batter earlier this year made both his ODI and T20 debut for India. The 20-year-old batting all-rounder, who bats left handed and bowls right arm offbreak, had earlier represented India in the U-19 squad. Since then he has made rapid strides in domestic cricket and IPL to find a place in Team India.

When Varma made his T20 debut for India in West Indies, what also caught everyone's attention were his tattoos. "Looks like Tilak Varma is inspired from tattoo king Surya Kumar Yadav," an user had commented then.