Tilak Varma wrote the story in Chennai on Saturday while guiding India to an exciting two Wickt victory over England in the second T20i at the Ma Chidambaram stadium. Pursuing 166 races to win, India were seven down for 126 in 15, but Tilak Varma kept calm to guide men in blue at home with four spare balls and take a 2-0 advantage in the series of five games .
During his stay in the fold, the left -hander remained undefeated with 72 of 55 balls, which included four and five six amazing. In the process, Tilak Varma broke some records and extended his career undefeated in the shortest format to four consecutive games.
In his last four tickets, Tilak Varma scored 107 was not, 120 did not, 19 not and 72 not leaving, becoming the first batter in the world to accumulate more than 300 T20i without being fired, improving Mark Chapman in New Zealand .
The 5 main batters with most T20I are executed between 2 layoffs
318 (107*, 120*, 19*, 72*) – Tilak Varma (India)
271 (65*, 16*, 71*, 104*, 15) – Mark Chapman (New Zealand)
240 (68*, 172) – Aaron Finch (Australia)
240 (57*, 74*, 73*, 36) – Shreyas Iyer (India)
239 (100*, 60*, 57*, 2*, 20) – David Warner (Australia)
That’s not all. Tilak Varma also broke the Kohli virat record for most races of an Indian batter in T20I in four tickets. The former Captain of India, who retired from T20IS last year, had scored 258 races (72 was not, 77, 66, 43) in the 2014-2015 season. The Tilak-Virat duo is followed by Sanju Samson (257), Rohit Sharma (253) and Shikhar Dhawan (252).
After Chennai’s victory, the Indian car will travel to Rajkot, where they will play the third T20I against England. A victory there will ensure the series for men in blue and extend the undefeated record of Gautam Gambhir as chief coach in the shortest format.