Guyana: West Indies beat India by 2 wickets on Sunday in the second T20 match at Providence Stadium in Guyana. In the ongoing five-match T20I series, West Indies now enjoys a commanding 2-0 lead over India.
India may have lost this match, but the team’s star batsman Tilak Verma once again batted well and hit the first fifty of his career. Tilak Verma has made a special record in this match.
Tilak Verma recorded this special record in his name
Actually, Tilak Verma scored the highest 51 runs for India on 41 balls. With this fifty, he has made a special record in his name. Tilak Verma has become the second youngest player to score a fifty for India. In this case, he left behind star cricketers Rishabh Pant and Robin Uthappa. Currently, Rohit Sharma is on top of this list, who has scored the first international half-century for Team India at the age of 20 years and 143 days.
Youngest player to score half century for India
Rohit Sharma – 20 years 143 days
Tilak Verma – 20 years 271 days
Rishabh Pant – 21 years 38 days
Robin Uthappa – 21 years 307 days
Tilak Verma did wonders even in his debut
Tilak Verma, who made his debut in the first T20 of the series for Team India, did wonders. He scored the highest 39 runs in 22 balls for India in that match. He played the first ball dot as soon as he came to the crease and then hit 2 sixes in the next 2 consecutive balls.
Match Status
In the second T20 played in Guyana, India had scored 152 runs losing 7 wickets in the first game. In response, Windies won the match by 2 wickets in 18.5 overs. West Indies have taken a 2-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series after registering a win in Guyana.
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Playing XI
Team India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (c), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi
Team West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Akil Hossain, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy
