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With the help of Tilak Verma’s 72 runs, India defeated England by 2 wickets in a thrilling match. The second T20 was played on Saturday at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. India chose bowling. England scored 165 runs losing 9 wickets. India lost 8 wickets for 146 runs. From here Tilak Verma made a 19-run partnership with Ravi Bishnoi and led the team to victory.
Tilak hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in his 55-ball innings. Washington Sundar from India also played an important inning of 26 runs. Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel took 2-2 wickets. From England, Brayden Carse took 3 wickets, captain Jos Buttler contributed 45 runs. By winning the second T20, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the series. The third match will be played in Rajkot on 28 January.
The photo that changed the match…
Tilak Verma had to come out to bat in the second over. He batted till the 20th over and helped the team win by 2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points
1. Player of the Match
Against the target of 166 runs, India lost the first wicket for 15 runs. Here Tilak Verma came to bat at number 3. Sanju Samson also got out early in front of him. Tilak batted fast with captain Surya, but Surya was out after scoring 12 runs. The team lost wickets from one end consecutively, but Tilak stood firm.
After the fall of 5 wickets, Tilak made a partnership of 38 runs with Washington Sundar. Sundar was also out after scoring 26 runs and the team’s score became 146/8. Here Tilak scored 19 runs in Joffra Archer’s over and dominated India. He made a partnership of 19 runs for the 9th wicket with Ravi Bishnoi and gave the team victory with 4 balls to spare. Tilak received the Player of the Match award for playing an inning of 72 runs.
2. Hero of victory
- Varun Chakraborty: In the second T20 also, Varun troubled the English batsmen with his spin. He bowled Harry Brook and Jamie Overton and put England on the backfoot.
- Washington Sundar: While bowling in the powerplay, Sundar got Ben Duckett caught out. He then scored 26 runs in 19 balls while batting and took the score beyond 100 runs.
- Akshar Patel: Akshar also took 2 wickets. He made big names for captain Jos Buttler and Liam Livingston.
3. Fighter of the Match
Batting for England, Brayden Carse scored 31 runs on 17 balls. His innings included 1 four and 3 sixes. It was from Kars’ innings that the team took the score beyond 150. Kars again showed fight in bowling and took 3 wickets for just 29 runs. He sent Suryakumar Yadav, Dhruv Jurel and Sundar to the pavilion.
4. Turning Point
India had lost 7 wickets at the score of 126 runs. Then the team needed 40 runs on 30 balls, here Joffra Archer came to bowl. Tilak Verma attacked and scored 19 runs from this over. After the 16th over, the team needed 21 runs from 24 balls, which Tilak chased by batting intelligently.
England’s lead pacer Joffra Archer spent 60 runs in his 4 overs.
5. Match Report
Butler gave a respectable score by scoring 45 runs. After losing the toss, the English team came to bat first and scored 165 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. From the team, captain Jos Buttler scored 45, Braydon Kars scored 31 and Jamie Smith scored 22 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Akshar Patel and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets from India. Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar and Akshar Patel got 1 wicket each. A batter runout also occurred.
India won with Tilak’s fifty Against the target of 166 runs, India lost 2 wickets for 19 runs. Tilak Verma had to come out to bat in the second over itself. He batted fast at first, but then after the wicket fell, he batted cautiously. Tilak played an inning of 72 runs in 55 balls and gave the team a thrilling victory by 2 wickets. Brayden Carse took 3 wickets from England. Read updates
Tilak Verma hit 4 fours and 5 sixes.
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