Tilak Verma Credits Gautam Gambhir's Tips for Thrilling Win Against England
India's 22-year-old star batsman Tilak Varma played a brilliant innings of 72 runs under heavy pressure in the second T20I match against England to give the Indian team a thrilling two-wicket win at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the second match of this five-match series, India won the toss and decided to bowl first and restricted England to 165 runs. The Indian team was not able to form any partnership and Tilak was losing the batsmen on the other hand. However, the young batter stood firmly at the crease and scored runs especially in Jofra Archer's overs. In the end, he along with Bishnoi led India to a stunning victory with two wickets and four balls remaining.
During the post-win interview, Tilak Varma revealed his conversation with head coach Gautam Gambhir in the evening of the match and how it helped his game.
"First of all, the wicket was slightly too paced, and other wickets were falling. So, actually, I was talking with Gautam sir yesterday. He said that ‘whatever happens, according to the situation you should play, you should be flexible in batting'", Tilak said in the post-match presentation.
"Whenever the team needs, if you want 10 runs in an over, you can take the charge. Or else, if the low score or 7-8 runs if you need an over, he said to take that one boundary in the over and stand at the non-striker in the end," Tilak added.
Tilak Verma has remained unbeaten in the last four T20Is. With this, he has also scored 318 runs between dismissals in T20I matches. In the last four T20I matches, Tilak's scores have been 107*, 120*, 19*, and 72*.