Delhi: Hyderabad residents Tilak Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy praised each other's performance after the spectacular win against New Zealand. In the second T20 International match played at Hagley Oval ground in Christchurch, both the players made an unbeaten partnership and gave a memorable victory to the Indian team. This comeback of India after the disappointing defeat against West Indies in Hyderabad boosted the confidence of the players.

Tilak and Nitish's partnership changed the match

India had to score 181 runs to win. On a difficult pitch, the team lost five wickets early and the score was 70 runs in 10.5 overs. At such a time, Naman Dheer took charge of the team by scoring 31 runs on 17 balls. After this, Tilak Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy added unbeaten 69 runs to give India a four-wicket win.

Tilak scored unbeaten 51 runs on 26 balls, while Nitish played an unbeaten inning of 26 runs on 13 balls. Both batted intelligently in the last overs and achieved the target.

Remembered the defeat of Hyderabad

During the conversation after the match, Nitish called Tilak the player of the match, while Tilak called him a game changer. Both also mentioned the defeat against West Indies in Hyderabad.

Tilak said, “If we had won that match in Hyderabad, it would have been very special for us to have two Telugu players on the field to lead the team to victory, but God has the right timing for everything. We have to trust our process and keep working hard.”

Wisdom adopted on difficult pitch

Tilak told that this time batting on the pitch was not easy. Hitting sixes was challenging due to the large field and slow balls, so both of them focused on singles, doubles and fast runs instead of playing big shots.

Praising Naman Dheer, Nitish said that during his good performances, Tilak did not take risks and gave him a chance to play freely.

Tilak told that he had promised coach Gautam Gambhir and assistant coach Sitanshu Kotak to take the match till the end. This time he implemented the same strategy and played an important role in helping India win.