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Ravi Bishnoi (left) and Tilak Varma throughout 2nd T20I match between India and England.© BCCI
Tilak Varma scored a gritty fifty as India beat England by two wickets within the second T20I in Chennai on Saturday. Within the chase of 166 runs, the hosts misplaced wickets at common intervals however Tilak’s stable knock took them by means of. The southpaw scored 72 off 55 balls with the assistance of 4 fours and 5 sixes. India had been in serious trouble after dropping Arshdeep Singh. At that time, the hosts wanted 20 runs to win off 18 balls with solely two wickets in hand. That is when Ravi Bishnoi joined palms with Tilak and the duo stitched unbeaten 20-run partnership for the ninth wicket to take India dwelling.
Bishnoi performed a vital cameo of 9 off 5 balls with the assistance of two fours. His boundaries got here in direction of the fag finish and made the chase simpler for the Suryakumar Yadav-led facet.
After the sport, Bishnoi revealed that he and Tilak didn’t hand over even when the chances had been loaded closely towards them.
“(We told each other) let’s try, we will get (achieve) it. He (Varma) was set and I did not want to play a rash shot because we had less wickets in hand,” mentioned Bishnoi on the post-match presentation.
Bishnoi added that he was bent upon making an affect within the match and present that even bowlers can chip in with the bat at essential junctures.
“Today only I posted a reel on Instagram, saying why should batters have all the fun. When slip came in, I knew he (Liam Livingstone) would try and dismiss me with leg-spin. But I hit him with the spin for four,” added Bishnoi.
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Within the first innings, England posted a combating whole of 165 for 9 after getting an invite to bat first. Jos Buttler (45 off 30) continued his good kind with the bat whereas Brydon Carse (31 off 17) additionally performed a vital cameo. Different England batters did not play promising knocks. For India, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy picked two wickets apiece.
(With PTI Inputs)
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