The left-handed batter of the Indian side, Tilak Varma, has revealed the story from the 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he was diagnosed with Rhabdomyolysis. That was the tough period for the left-handed batter, who couldn’t even stretch and move his fingers at all.

Varma has smashed 962 runs in 30 T20I innings at an average of 53.44 and a strike rate of 149.14 with four half-centuries and two centuries at the best score of unbeaten 120 runs for India. During the recent episode of Breakfast with Champions, he revealed the story.

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“Rhabdomyolysis is a disease in which the muscle breaks down. So, I was preparing to play Test cricket and be part of the domestic tournaments continuously, along with the A-games. I actually couldn’t put myself in the recovery process. The body generally needs good time off for that. So I was pushing myself, and that time, I got a muscle strain.” Varma expressed in the new episode of ‘Breakfast with Champions.’

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Varma played a famous knock recently of unbeaten 69 runs in the final of the Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium against Pakistan, where the left-handed batter held his shape to crack a fine knock with the bat, after they lost three wickets cheaply.

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“I was with the Mumbai Indians’ group. I had the dream of playing for India, and I got tears rolling out of my eyes after I got to my century in a game against Bangladesh A. I couldn’t raise my bat and got his fingers stuck in it. I had to get retired out, and there was a need to cut the gloves off my hand out of it.” Varma shed light.

“I soon got a call from Akash Ambani, and BCCI also helped, along with the BCCI Center of Excellence. They admitted me to the hospital, and the doctors said that it could have taken my life. I couldn’t stretch my finger at all. Even the needle couldn’t go in. Later, I enjoyed my return against RCB and scored against them.” The left-handed Indian batter concluded on ‘Breakfast with Champions.’