IPL 2022 mega auction: Electrician’s son Tilak Varma now a crorepati with Mumbai Indians
Zee News
His father Namboori Nagaraju could hardly afford to send Tilak Varma to a cricket academy and buy him the gears, but coach Salam Bayash ‘took care of his expenses’.
When an electrician father failed to brighten his son’s cricketing prospects, in came a coach to take care of all the expenses, and go beyond. And that’s how that nine-year-old boy, once playing in the bylanes of Chandrayangutta locality in Hyderabad, and possessing an attractive batting stance, cuts and pulls shots, grew into a 19-year-old Tilak Varma, with a Rs 1.7 crore Indian Premier League (IPL) deal.
He was picked up by Mumbai Indians on the second day of the IPL 2022 mega auction. It is not for nothing that Varma attributes his growth as a cricketer to his coach Salam Bayash, who provided him the necessary grooming, gave him food, and when required, a place to stay in his own house where five other family members lived.
His father Namboori Nagaraju could hardly afford to send Varma to a cricket academy and buy him the gears, but Salam ‘took care of his expenses’. “Mere baarein mein bhale hi na likho, but coach sir ka zaroor mention karna (It’s okay not to write about me but definitely do highlight Salam sir),” Varma told news agency PTI after being bought by the record five-time champions.
