Team India registered a thrilling two-wicket victory over England in the second match of the five-T20I series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Saturday (January 25).
Asked to bat first, the visitors posted 165/9 on the board. Skipper Jos Buttler was the top scorer with 30-ball 45 while Brydon Carse (31 off 17) and Jamie Smith (22 off 12) chipped in with handy contributions.
The spin duo of Varun Chakravarthy (2-38) and Axar Patel (2-32) took two scalps each for India while Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Hardik Pandya and Abhishek Sharma returned with wicket apiece.
In reply, the Men in Blue rode on Tilak Varma’s stunning half-century to get over the line with four deliveries to spare. India were reeling at 78/5 at one stage but Tilak added 38 runs for the sixth wicket with Washington Sundar to keep the visitors in the hunt.
While Sunday fell after scoring 26 off 19 balls, Tilak held the one end firmly and batted brilliantly with the tail to take India home. The southpaw stayed unbeaten on 72 off 55 balls, which was studded with four boundaries and five sixes.
For his match-winning knock under immense pressure, Tilak Varma received rich praise from the cricket fraternity on social media platform X.
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