Tilak Varma made his debut for Indian cricket crew through the first T20I match towards West Indies on Thursday however the teen seemed fully comfortable on the large stage. The left-hander pulled off an excellent catch to dismiss Johnson Charles and whereas batting, he began his knock in essentially the most explosive method doable. He took on Alzarri Joseph on the second ball of his innings and slammed him straight over deep sq. leg for a six. The commentators have been all reward for him however earlier than they might end their ideas, Tilak as soon as once more took the aerial route and cleared the deep mid-wicket boundary with ease for the second six. He in the end ended up scoring 39 off simply 22 deliveries.
West Indies shocked India by 4 runs to seize the opening Twenty20 Worldwide on Thursday because the vacationers flopped in pursuit of a modest 150-run goal.
Properly-placed at 77-Three within the 11th over due to debutant Tilak Varma’s high rating of 39 and 21 from Suryakumar Yadav, India then misplaced six wickets for simply 68 runs.
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Shimron Hetmyer, enjoying worldwide cricket for the primary time in 12 months, starred within the subject for the West Indies taking three catches and effecting the run-out of Arshdeep Singh within the remaining over to convey the low-scoring conflict to a conclusion.
The 20-year-old Varma, who helped mild up the IPL with 343 runs for the Mumbai Indians this season, hit three sixes in his 22-ball innings.
Two of his sixes got here within the first three balls he confronted from Alzarri Joseph.
His innings ended on the final ball of the 11th over when he was caught at nice leg by Hetmyer off tempo bowler Romario Shepherd with the whole at 77.
Ten runs earlier, Suryakumar had been the third wicket to fall, brilliantly caught by Hetmyer who dived to his left at brief further cowl off the bowling of Jason Holder.
Skipper Hardik Pandya (19), Axar Patel (13) and Singh (12) all made helpful contributions however struggled to drive the tempo on a gradual pitch on the Brian Lara Stadium.
Holder was significantly spectacular for the West Indies with figures of 2-19 from his 4 overs and was named man of the match.
(With AFP inputs)
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