Tilak Varma, who is 22, has a good chance of going past Babar Azam to become the youngest to top the ICC T20I batting rankings.

Tilak Varma has scored two unbeaten centuries and a half-century in his last five T20Is. The Indian left-hander is currently ranked second in the ICC T20I Rankings.

India's Tilak Varma has rose to 2nd in the latest ICC T20I Rankings for Batters. The southpaw jumped one spot and is behind Australia star Travis Head at the top. Varma has managed 19*, 72* and 18 from three matches for India so far against England in the ongoing T20I series. He played a match-winning hand in the 2nd T20I.

Tilak Varma's unbeaten 72 off 55 balls was instrumental in helping India achieve the target of 166 with two wickets and four balls to spare.

Young India batter Tilak Varma has climbed up the T20I ranking after his match-winning knock in the second T20I against England. He currently sits at number two in the table. Australia's Travis Head is ahead of him in the race.

Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Ambati Rayudu hailed Tilak Varma's outstanding performance in the second India-England T20I, calling him a future all-format player. On Star Sports, Rayudu commended the 22-year-old's maturity and composure under pressure, when Varma guided India to victory.

Tilak Varma has played a lone hand by shepherding India across the finish line against England with an unbeaten 72 off 55 balls in the second Twenty20 in Chennai.

Tilak now sits just behind Travis Head in the batters' list, with the Australian maintaining a 23-point lead at the top