Watch: Suryakumar Yadav bows down to Tilak Varma after his match-winning knock in Chennai T20I

Tilak Varma, on Saturday (January 25), starred with the bat as India won a thriller against England in the second T20I at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Batting first, England posted a competitive total of 165/9 in the allotted 20 overs. The visitors were reeling at 90 for 5 at one stage before being rescued by the lower-order players. The likes of Brydon Carse (31) and Jamie Smith (22) played handy knocks towards the end to power their team to a 150-plus total.

Captain Jos Buttler once again top-scored for his side, scoring 45 runs off 30 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. For India, Varun Chakravarthy and Axar Patel picked up 2 wickets each.

In reply, India were off to a shaky start. The batting hero of the first T20I, Abhishek Sharma started his knock by hitting Jofra Archer for three fours in the very first over but was dismissed by Mark Wood in the second. India lost the wickets of Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav inside the powerplay as well.

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Suryakumar Yadav bows down in front of Tilak Varma:

With the likes of Hardik Pandya and Dhruv Jurel failing to fire as well, India soon found themselves reeling at 78 for 5. However, Tilak Varma stood firm at one end and stayed till the end to take the hosts home.

He and Washington Sundar revived India's chances by adding 38 runs for the sixth wicket. The stand came to an end with Sundar's departure for 26. Axar Patel also failed to impress with the bat but it did not affect Tilak Varma.

In the end, the equation was 6 runs from the last over and it took Tilak Varma just two deliveries to hit the winning runs. And after the match-winning knock from the young batsman, captain Suryakumar Yadav came up with a heartwarming gesture for him.

As Tilak Varma was making his way out of the ground, Suryakumar Yadav bowed down in front of him and the young batsman also made sure to reciprocate with a similar gesture. Both the teammates then shook hands before embracing each other in a heartwarming moment.

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Tilak Varma finishes in style and #TeamIndia register a 2-wicket win in Chennai! 👌

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2025

With the win, Team India have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The Men in Blue now need to win one of the remaining three games to clinch the series. The third T20I of the series is scheduled to be played on Tuesday (January 28) in Rajkot.

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