IND vs ENG 2nd T20: Tilak Verma single-handedly snatched the match from England, gave Team India second consecutive win

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|26-01-2025

Coach Gautam Gambhir's never-say-die fighting style is also being carried out by his team in T20 cricket and the latest example of this was seen in Chennai, where young batsman Tilak Verma single-handedly snatched the victory from England. In this second match of the T20 series, Team India defeated England by 2 wickets in a thrilling match on the basis of Tilak Verma's tremendous innings. In this match, England batted first and scored 165 runs, which Team India achieved in the 20th over on the basis of Tilak's fighting innings of 72 runs.

Unlike the one-sided match that took place at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Tuesday, there was a fierce competition at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. While the Indian spinners kept the English batsmen under control while bowling first, England, with their pace attack, pushed Team India on the backfoot and took the match till the last over. But Tilak Verma and his supporting number 10 batsman Ravi Bishnoi did not give up and made an unbeaten partnership of 20 runs in 14 balls to achieve the target of 166 runs and gave Team India a victory and a 2-0 lead in the series. .

England's batting start was once again not good and in the first over itself, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Phil Salt for the second time in a row. Ben Duckett, Harry Brook and Liam Livingston also could not do anything special and were disposed of cheaply. England captain Jos Buttler proved to be the most successful batsman for the team for the second consecutive match but this time he missed coming close to a half-century. All four were returned to the pavilion by the spin trio of Varun Chakraborty, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar. In the end, Jamie Smith and Braydon Carse hit some big shots due to which England was able to reach a competitive score.

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