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Tilak Verma played an inning of 72 runs.
India’s middle order batsman Tilak Verma said, Ravi Bishnoi’s batting made his job easier. Tilak played a match-winning inning of 72 runs in the second T20 against England in Chennai. He also made an important partnership of 19 runs in 14 balls with Ravi Bishnoi for the 9th wicket.
Tilak said after the match, during the break, Gautam (coach Gambhir) sir had said that you have the ability to make the team win in any situation. I believed in myself and saved the match. England captain Jos Buttler said, Tilak took the match away from us.
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Tilak said- Gautam Sir taught me to trust Speaking to broadcasters after the match, Tilak said, ‘We are following the left-right combination. Gautam sir had told me in the last inning itself, I have to stay till the end. If the team needs 10 runs per over then I can make that too and if it needs 6-7 runs per over then I have the ability to make that too. During the time break of batting, he said that you have to focus on hitting one boundary in every over.

Tilak Verma hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in the innings.
What work did you do on yourself? Tilak said, ‘I have worked a lot on strike rate. I was having trouble playing the short off good length ball, I worked on that. Now I play shots even on the short ball, this puts the bowler under pressure and my strike rate has also started increasing.
Why were you not taking singles in the last overs? Tilak said, ‘There was a lot of pressure on me, Arshdeep had told me to kill. I knew that the chances of getting a wicket against Archer were less. I had said, the wicket will go against Rashid. He (Arshdeep) also hit a four against Archer, but was out while trying to hit Rashid. I was very happy with Bishnoi’s batting, I just told him to play the way he bats in a Test match. Bishnoi batted brilliantly and made my job easy by hitting 2 fours.

What did you say about Surya? Tilak said, ‘We both play together in IPL, but Surya gets along very well with every player on the field. They are very well behaved and playing with them feels very positive. The coordination with him has become so good that everything can be understood through gestures on the field.
Butler said – credit for victory to Tilak England captain Jos Buttler said after the match, ‘It was a great game. Full credit goes to Tilak, who snatched the match from us. We created a lot of chances in the match, it was good to see everyone in action. Nice to see the team batting. We definitely lost wickets, but the attacking intent with which we batted is something we want to follow in the future matches.
Jamie Smith performed well in the debut match. Especially Brayden Carse created many chances in the match. There is always room for improvement, but this is the way we want to play the game. They are always going to play with 3 spinners, they will also take wickets, but with their presence the chances of scoring runs also increase.

Surya said- happy to see the result Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said after the match, ‘The way the game went, I was happy after getting the result. We felt 160 was a good score. He bowled well. We have been playing with an extra batsman for the last 2-3 series, we like that kind of cushion. The role of extra batsman becomes even more special when he can be made to bowl 2-3 overs also.
We wanted to play like the first T-20. We want to bat attackingly, but if needed we can also adapt to the situation. I was nervous after Akshar’s wicket, but I really liked the way Tilak batted.
Bishnoi has been working hard on his batting in the nets. He also wants to contribute with the bat. The young batsmen have taken the pressure off me, so I was playing my shots without any hesitation. The atmosphere in the dressing room is funny, we want to play attacking cricket, in such a situation, interacting with the players also makes it easier to make the team’s strategy.

Tilak Verma and Ravi Bishnoi made a partnership of 19 runs for the 9th wicket.
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