India, Feb. 5 -- Tilak Varma made his return from injury on Wednesday as India defeated South Africa by 30 runs in their T20 World Cup warm-up fixture in Navi Mumbai. Batting at No. 3, he smacked 45 runs off 19 balls, laced with three sixes and three fours, striking at 236.84. The 23-year-old recently recovered from an abdominal surgery and was training at BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru.

Speaking to BCCI's media team, he said, "I did not expect to be back on the field this early. Really thankful for CoE and BCCI. I always said that my biggest dream is to play the World Cup. The way I entered the rope, everyone was shouting my name. I did not expect that, so it felt really nice and gave me a boost as I was going in. The wa...