“MI blood carrying India is nothing new”- Fans praise Tilak Varma for becoming 2nd YOUNGEST Indian to slam fifty during T20I against West Indies
This 50 made him the second youngest batter after India captain Rohit Sharma to score a half-century for India.
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India batter Tilak Varma slammed his first fifty in T20Is during the second T20I match against West Indies at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Sunday (August 6). Varma saved India’s innings when wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
This made him the second youngest batter after India captain Rohit Sharma to score a half-century for India. Rohit achieved this feat when he was 20 years and 143 days old, while Varma reached the landmark at 20 years and 271 days old.
Varma was the only one who shouldered the responsibility to take India to a respectable total and if it wasn’t for him, India, who were already fumbling, wouldn’t have scored 152 in their 20 overs. He scored 51 runs from 41 balls under pressure with five boundaries and a six at a strike rate of 124.39.
However, after just scoring his maiden T20I, Varma went for a pull shot in the 16th over bowled by Akeal Hosein. But he did not time the shot well and Obed McCoy grabbed the catch to end the brilliant innings.
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Check how Twitter praised Tilak Varma for scoring his half-century against West Indies
Tilak Varma earned his call to don the India jersey in the first T20I against West Indies. In that match also, though India lost, he scored the most, with 39 runs from 22 balls. Netizens praised Varma for his back-to-back scores under pressure and for his standout performances for India.
After Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya was the second-highest run-scorer contributing 24 runs from 18 balls. West Indies bowlers Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, and Romario Shepherd grabbed two wickets each.
India need to win this match to avoid losing the series. Hardik Pandya and Co. lost the first T20I by four runs by failing to chase 150 runs.
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