India's T20I star Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 98 at stumps on day two of Hampshire's County Championship 2025 match against Essex. His 234-ball vigil was laced with 11 fours and three sixes. Hampshire went to stumps at 293-4, just three shy of Essex's first innings total of 296. This match is part of Tilak's four-game county stint this season.