Tilak Varma, on Saturday (January 25), played with the stick while India won a thriller against England in the second T20i on the Ma Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
Beating the first, England recorded a total competitive of 165/9 in the 20 allocated over. Visitors felt at 90 for 5 at a stage before being saved by lower-order players. Brydon Carse (31) and Jamie Smith (22) played useful hits to the end to propel their team to a total of over 150 years.
Captain below Buttler again scored the best score for his team, registering 45 running from 30 balls with the help of 2 four and 3 six. For India, Varun Chakravarthy and Axar Patel lifted 2 wickets each.
In reply, India had a shocking start. The beating hero of the first T20i, Abhishek Sharma started hitting Jofra Archer for three beds in the first over, but was eliminated by Mark Wood in the second. India lost the wickets of Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav and in the PowerPlay.
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Suryakumar Yadav tilts in front of Tilak Varma:
With people like Hardik Pandya and Dhruv Jurel who failed to shoot also India woke up soon at 78 for 5. However, Tilak Varma remained firm at one end and stayed until the end to take the hosts home.
He and Washington Sundar have revived the chances of India adding 38 points for the sixth wicket. The stand ended with Sundar's departure for 26. Axar Patel was not able to impress with the stick but did not affect Tilak Varma.
Finally, the equation was 6 Run from the last over and Tilak Varma needed only two deliveries to reach the winning Run. And after the winning blow from the young Batsman, Captain Suryakumar Yadav came with a warm gesture for him.
While Tilak Varma made room to get out of the ground, Suryakumar Yadav was inclined in front of him and the young Batsman also assured himself to answer with a similar gesture. Both teammates then shook their hand before hugging themselves in a hot moment.
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Tilak Varma finishes in style and #Teamindia Record a 2 -port victory in Chennai! 👌
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With the victory, India's team took 2-0 in the series of five matches. Men in Blue now has to win one of the three remaining games to finish the series. The third T20i of the series is scheduled to be played on Tuesday (January 28) at Rajkot.
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