The 5 -match Test series is going on between India and England. Along with this, the county championship played in England is also going on. Many players in India are involved in this, Tilak Verma has also made his debut this year. He is playing for the Hampshire Cricket Club. On Thursday, he scored a second century here.

Tilak Verma, who has been playing for Mumbai Indians since 2022, has impressed everyone with a strong performance in the county championship. Playing for Hampshire, he played the first match on 22 June 2025, in which he scored 100 runs in 241 balls. In this innings, Tilak hit 3 sixes and 11 fours.

From July 22, Hampshire started between the cricket team and Nottinghamshire cricket team. Batting first, Nottinghamshire declared his innings for 578 runs. Lindon James played an unbeaten innings of 203 runs. Jack Hynes also scored a century, he scored 103 runs with the help of 15 fours.

Tilak Verma hit a century

By the end of the third day’s play, the Hampshire cricket team has scored 367 runs losing 6 wickets. Tilak Verma scored an important century, he scored 112 runs in 256 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 13 fours. This is the second century of Tilak in the county championship.

Tilak varma Doing what he does best. The highlights of His Classy Century Against Nottinghamshire pic.twitter.com/bjfdbo5zub

– Rotsay County Championship (@countychamp) July 25, 2025

The Hampshire Cricket Team is included in the County Championship Division 1, currently the team is at number 7 in the points table. The team has won only 2 out of 9 Tests and lost 2 in 2, ended on other match draws.

Tilak Verma Cricket Career

Tilak Verma has made her debut in ODI and T20 formats for India, he has scored 68 runs in 4 ODIs and 749 runs in 25 T20 matches. Tilak has scored 2 centuries and 3 half -centuries in T20.

Apart from this, Tilak Verma has scored 1407 runs in 31 innings of 20 first class matches, including 6 centuries and 5 half -century innings. Tilak has played a total of 119 T20 matches including IPL, with 6858 runs in his name.

In the T20 blast on Thursday, the 24 -year -old wicket -keeper batsman shocked everyone by playing a stormy innings. Jordan Cox also scored a century in this innings with only six fours. This innings won Essex by 4 wickets against Hampshire.

Batting first, Hampshire scored a huge score of 220 runs. Tobby Albert scored a good innings of 84 runs, Hilton Cartwit scored 56 runs in 23 balls, in which he hit 5 sixes and 3 fours. But Jordan Cox’s innings was heavy on both these innings, which won Essex with 4 balls remaining.

How to scored 110 runs in 22 balls

Jordan Cox played an unbeaten innings of 139 runs in 60 balls at a strike rate of 231.67 and took the team to victory. In this innings, he hit 11 sixes and 11 fours, that is, he only counted them and scored 110 runs in 22 balls. 44 runs from 11 fours off 11 balls and 66 runs from 11 sixes on 11 balls.

Watch the full highlights of jordan cox’s explosive innings as Sixes Rained Down Over Chelmsford!

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– Essex Cricket (@ssexcrick) July 17, 2025

Apart from wicket -keeper batsman Jordan Cox, no other batsman could play a big innings. Both Essex openers Michael Paper (23) and Paul Walter (13) could not play a big innings, but after that Jordan played a rage.

Where are both teams in the points table

Essex, which included in the South Group of T20 blasts, is at the bottom of the points table even after this victory. This is the third win of the team in 13 matches, while 9 matches have been lost. This team captained by Simon Hummer has 14 points.

Despite losing the Hampshire, the points are at number three in the table with 30 points in the table. This is the sixth defeat of the team captained by Chris Wood. The team has won 7 out of 14 matches.

Tilak varma news: Tilak Verma, the left -handed middle order batsman of the Indian cricket team, will play county cricket in England. Tilak was part of the team of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. However, IPL 2025 was nothing special for Tilak Verma. This season, Tilak could score 397 runs in 14 matches with the help of two half -centuries. Now the news has come that he is ready to debut in county cricket.

Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Wednesday informed that Tilak Verma is ready to represent Hampshire in the County Championship. 22 -year -old Tilak Verma, who hails from Hyderabad and playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has played 25 T20 International and four ODIs for India. Tilak has not yet made her debut in Test cricket.

HCA said in a press release, “The Hyderabad Cricket Association is happy to tell that Hyderabad’s International player N Thakur Tilak Verma has been contacted by the Hampshire County Team to play in the UK County Championship League. Hyderabad Cricket Association gives him best wishes to him for great connection with Hampshire County.”

Let us know that it is not yet clear whether Tilak Verma will play some matches in the county or the entire season, because the complete information about his contract has not been revealed yet. Tilak has scored 1,204 runs in the 18 first -class match with a highest score of 121 at an average of 50.16. He has five centuries and four fifties recorded in his name.

Rituraj Gaikwad will also play county cricket

Indian batsman and Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad is going to make his debut in the county championship to be held in England. Gaikwad went on a tour of England for two unofficial Test matches against Lions with India A, but did not get a chance to play in a single match. Now Gaikwad has signed a deal with Yorkshire. He will be seen playing for the Yorkshire team from next month.