Overview
- The 22-year-old disclosed on Breakfast With Champions that he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis after his first IPL season in 2022.
- He described retiring hurt during an India A match in Bangladesh when his fingers stopped moving and his gloves had to be cut off.
- Varma said Akash Ambani contacted the BCCI and Jay Shah to arrange immediate treatment, with doctors warning that a delay of hours could have been catastrophic and IV lines were difficult to insert.
- He attributed the episode to pushing through heavy workloads and training on rest days without proper recovery, and he later spent months out before returning to score 84* in IPL 2023 and debuting for India.
- Now fully fit after starring in India’s Asia Cup 2025 final win, he has been named for the five-match T20I tour of Australia in late October.