Tilak Varma dedicates maiden fifty to Rohit Sharma’s daughter, Misses to break MI captain’s record by a thin margin
Tilak Varma honored Rohit Sharma’s daughter Samaira with a celebration after scoring his first T20I fifty. Tilak Varma led India in scoring with a 41-ball 51.
“It was towards Sammy, Rohit bhai’s daughter,” he told reporters after the match.
“I am very close to Sammy. I had promised her that whenever I will score a century or a fifty, I will do a celebration for her,” he added.
Tilak and Ishan Kishan (27) added 42 runs to their partnership for the third wicket, while Hardik and Tilak added 38 runs to their partnership for the fifth wicket before Joseph bowled Hardik. As a result of Hardik Pandya’s decision to bat, he assisted India in reaching 152 for 7.
In their second T20 match on Sunday, West Indies overcame a late scare to defeat India by two wickets with seven balls remaining. By four runs, West Indies won the first game.
The teams will stay in Providence, Guyana, for the third T20 on Tuesday, with the final two matches set for Lauderhill, Florida, on August 12 and 13.
Rohit Sharma shares an Instagram story as Tilak Varma scores maiden T20I fifty
Tilak Varma continued his brilliant start to international cricket by making a half-century in the second game of the 5-match T20 series between India and West Indies at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. After India’s top order collapsed, Tilak made a knock of 51 in 41 balls to keep the Men in Blue on track for a respectable score.
After walking out to bat at number four, Varma steadied the innings before pushing the accelerator button in a knock that saw him score four boundaries and one maximum.
With the half-century, Tilak Varma surpasses Rishabh Pant’s record and became the second youngest Indian to score 50s in T20I. However, young Varma couldn’t surpass his Mumbai Indians captain, Rohit Sharma as he remains the youngest to have achieved the milestone.
Youngest Indian to Score Half-century in T20Is
- Rohit Sharma – 20 years, 143 days
- Tilak Varma – 20 years, 271 days
- Rishabh Pant – 21 years, 38 days.
On top of that, the left-hander received applause from Indian Captain Rohit Sharma himself. As Sharma posted an Instagram story to appreciate Tilak and his immaculate fifty.
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