India vs England 2nd T20I Highlights: Tilak Varma scored 72 off 55 balls.© BCCI
India vs England 2nd T20I Highlights: Tilak Varma’s unbeaten fifty helped India beat England by two wickets in the second T20I in Chennai. In the chase of 166 runs, the hosts lost wickets at regular intervals but Tilak’s solid knock took them through. The southpaw scored 72 off 55 balls with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes. In the first innings, England posted a fighting total of 165 for 9 after getting an invitation to bat first. Jos Buttler (45 off 30) continued his good form with the bat while Brydon Carse (31 off 17) also played a crucial cameo. Other England batters failed to play promising knocks. For India, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy picked two wickets apiece. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of India vs England 2nd T20I –
January25202522:34 (IST)
India vs England Live: India win by 2 wickets!
Tilak Varma wins it for India! He does that with a four through the extra cover region. The southpaw remains unbeaten on 72 as India reach home with four balls to spare. They have won the game by 2 wickets and also take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
January25202522:30 (IST)
India vs England Live: India need 6 in 6!
India need six runs to win off the final over.
January25202522:27 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR!
A crucial boundary for India this is! Ravi Bishnoi created room for himself and got a leading edge. The ball flew towards the gully region for a four. India need 6 runs in 7 balls now.
January25202522:24 (IST)
India vs England Live: India need 11 off 9!
Tilak Varma played two dot balls before taking a couple. India now need 11 off 9 balls. It is heading towards a tight finish.
January25202522:21 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR!
A beautiful flick shot that from Ravi Bishnoi. It was a fuller ball from Carse bowled on the leg stump and Bishnoi hit a four on it. India need 13 in 13 now.
January25202522:17 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Arshdep Singh is out! An unnecessary shot in the air and Arshdeep has lost his wicket. It was a flighted delivery from Adil Rashid with the deep square leg in place. Arshdeep fell for the bait and hit it right into the hands of that fielder. India need 20 runs in 18 balls now.
IND 146/8 (17)
January25202522:12 (IST)
India vs England Live: Big over!
19 runs came off Jofra Archer’s final over. He ends his quota of four overs with figures of 1 for 60. India need 21 runs in 24 balls. The match looks well in their grip now, they just have to make sure their batters don’t go for big hits unnecessarily.
IND 145/7 (16)
January25202522:11 (IST)
India vs England Live: Fifty for Tilak Varma!
Tilak Varma got a top edge on the second ball of Jofra Archer. The ball flew over the wicketkeeper’s head for a six. With that, the southpaw raced to his fifty off 39 balls. Varma followed it up with another six and then took a single.
IND 139/7 (15.4)
January25202522:07 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Liam Livingstone got the wicket of Axar Patel on the fifth ball of the over. Only 7 runs came off it. India need 40 runs in 30 balls.
IND 126/7 (15)
January25202522:04 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR!
A revese-sweep from Tilak Varma for four. Liam Livingstone bowled it fuller and Varma hit it over the ring to get the boundary. He now moves to 46 with that shot.
IND 125/6 (14.3)
January25202522:00 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Brydon Carse comes to England’s rescue one again. He has got the wicket of Washington Sundar (26 off 19). The batter wanted to cut it on the off-side but chose the wrong line. The delivery skid off the surface and hit the middle and leg stumps. India need 50 runs in 38 balls.
IND 116/6 (13.4)
January25202521:57 (IST)
India vs England Live: Big over!
That is an 18-run over from Mark Wood. He was slammed for a six and two fours in the over by Washington Sundar. The hosts need 53 runs in 42 balls with the asking rate going below 8 now. 31 runs have come off the last two overs for India.
IND 113/5 (13)
January25202521:54 (IST)
India vs England Live: 100 up for India!
A free-hit for India and Washington Sundar made the most out of it. It was a short ball from Mark Wood on the leg stump and Sundar pulled it over the long leg region for a biggie. India need 61 runs in 44 balls.
IND 105/5 (12.4)
January25202521:48 (IST)
India vs England Live: Relief for India!
13 runs came off the Jamie Overton over and India will get a sigh of relief with that as the asking rate was going high before this one. It has now come down to 8.88. India need 71 runs in 48 balls.
IND 95/5 (12)
January25202521:43 (IST)
India vs England Live: Asking rate goes over 9!
Only three runs came off the Adil Rashid over. For the first time in the chase, the asking rate has gone past 9. India need 9.33 runs per over from this point.
IND 82/5 (11)
January25202521:41 (IST)
India vs England Live: India in deep trouble!
Only one run came off the Jamie Overton over and India now need 87 runs off the remaining 60 balls. Tilak Varma is the key for the hosts in this chase. It will be really interesting to see the southpaw’s approach as the asking rate is also increasing.
IND 79/5 (10)
January25202521:36 (IST)
India vs England Live: WICKET!
Hardik Pandya is gone and half of the Indian side is in the dugout now. Jamie Overton gets a wicket on the very first ball of his spell. India are in deep trouble here. They need 88 runs in 65 balls.
IND 78/5 (9.1)
January25202521:28 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
England get another wicket. Brydon Carse did it with the bat, he is doing it with the ball too now. Dhruv Jurel is gone for 4 runs off 5 balls. The plot was well set for him and fell to it. It was a short ball and Jurel pulled it into the hands of the fielder at mid-wicket.
IND 66/4 (7.4)
January25202521:21 (IST)
India vs England Live: End of powerplay!
India lost three wickets in the powerplay but they scored almost at a rate of 10 per over. The side needs 107 runs in 84 balls from here. Tilak Varma is the key as he is playing a really good knock here. Spin comes into the attack with Adil Rashid set to bowl the next over.
IND 59/3 (6)
January25202521:18 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
The India captain departs! Suryakumar Yadav has played it on the stumps and he departs for 12 runs off 7 balls. Brydon Carse gets the wicket.
IND 58/3 (5.4)
January25202521:16 (IST)
India vs England Live: Tilak on fire!
Tilak Varma slammed two sixes to Jofra Archer in the fifth over. What followed was a helpless reaction from Archer and England captain Jos Buttler. Both of them could do nothing but smile on the attack that Tilak did. 17 runs came off the over.
IND 51/2 (5)
January25202521:11 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR! FOUR! SIX!
Two fours have come up for India in the last three balls. Suryakumar Yadav hit the first one on the leg side to Mark Wood in the fourth over before Tilak Varma slammed Jofra Archer for the other one on the off side. Okay, Tilak follows it with a six now over deep fine leg. Archer is also impressed with the six from Tilak.
IND 44/2 (4.2)
January25202521:04 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR, FOUR!
Two beautiful cut shots from Suryakumar Yadav for four. Despite losing the wicket of Jofra Archer, India got 11 runs in the over. The scoring rate has been really good so far considering the target of 166, but India need to save their wickets too.
IND 28/2 (3)
January25202521:00 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
India are in deep trouble here. Sanju Samson is gone and both the Indian openers are now back to the dugout. Pace is doing the magic for England here. It was a 148 kmph delivery from Archer and Samson failed to get it past the fielder at deep mid-wicket.
IND 19/2 (2.3)
January25202520:56 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
A fiery delivery from Mark Wood and Abhishek Sharma is gone! He also burns a review in the process. Abhishek wanted to flick the ball on the leg side but missed it completely. Umpire raised his finger to the appeal but the southpaw decided to go upstairs after discussing with Sanju Samson. The ball was found to be hitting the middle stump.
IND 15/1 (1.3)
January25202520:49 (IST)
India vs England Live: Special shot!
Another four from Abhishek Sharma and he just keeps getting better. Gave himself soom room and then slammed the Jofra Archer delivery over extra cover for the boundary. Brilliant batting this is! Yet another four to end the over. This time it is an uppercut from Abhishek. 13 runs came off the first over.
January25202520:48 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR!
A good start for Abhishek Sharma. He played it on the rise and got a four through the cover region.
IND 5/0 (0.4)
January25202520:45 (IST)
India vs England Live: The chase begins –
Sanju Samson takes the guard, Abhishek Sharma is at the other end. Jofra Archer has the new ball in hand. Here we go…
January25202520:32 (IST)
India vs England Live: England post 165/9!
England have posted a total of 165 on the board. At one point they even feared getting all-out, but they have managed to post a fighting total.
ENG 165/9 (20)
January25202520:26 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Adil Rashid departs and England are nine down. If they could add another 10 or 15 runs in the final over, it will be a good total for the side.
ENG 157/9 (19)
January25202520:21 (IST)
India vs England Live: FOUR! 150 up for England!
A four from Jofra Archer and that sees England cross the 150-run mark. Nine runs came off the third over of Arshdeep Singh.
ENG 153/8 (18)
January25202520:14 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Miscommunication in running and England are eight down now. They have lost the wicket of Brydon Carse, who was looking really good at the crease. Carse is gone for 31 off 17. He got out while failing to take a second run and trying to return back to his crease.
ENG 137/8 (16.1)
January25202520:12 (IST)
India vs England Live: Comeback for Chakravarthy!
Varun Chakravarthy has struck on the final ball of his spell. He will end his quota of four overs with figures of 2 for 38. Not the kind of figures he would like.
ENG 136/7 (16)
January25202520:10 (IST)
India vs England Live: SIX, SIX!
Brydon Carse is making a game out this for England here. He is hitting the ball really well. The right-handed batter slammed Varun Chakravarthy for two sixes in the first two balls of the 16th over.
ENG 133/6 (15.2)
January25202520:08 (IST)
India vs England Live: Good bowling
Only three runs came off the over from Ravi Bishnoi. He bowled tight lines to Brydon Carse and Jamie Overton, both of who were happy defending his deliveries.
ENG 121/6 (15)
January25202520:06 (IST)
India vs England Live: SIX, FOUR!
A 12-run over for England as Brydon Carse hit Axar Patel for a six and a four in it. The six went over the long-on while the four went through the fine short third man region.
ENG 118/6 (14)
January25202520:01 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Wicket for Abhishek Sharma! Jamie Smith is out for 22 off 12 balls. A really good cameo it is but that won’t suffice the need of England at this moment. Abhishek, meanwhile, is elated over the wicket. England are six down with more than 7 overs of play left.
ENG 104/6 (12.3)
January25202519:59 (IST)
India vs England Live: SIX! 100 up for England!
A slightly short delivery from Abhishek Sharma and that has been slammed for a six by Jamie Smith. The right-handed batter creates room for himself on the next ball and smashed a four through the gully region.
ENG 104/5 (12.2)
January25202519:54 (IST)
India vs England Live: OUT!
Another one bites the dust and England are now five down. Liam Livingstone has lost his wicket to Axar Patel. He has hit the ball right into the hands of substitute fielder Harshit Rana at backward square leg.
ENG 90/5 (11.1)
January25202519:53 (IST)
India vs England Live: 12-run over!
12 runs came off Varun Chakravarthy’s third over. This is good going from England despite losing four wickets.
ENG 90/4 (11)
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