If Buttler: The second match of the 5-match T20 series between India and England (IND vs ENG) was played today at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, where Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. When the England team, captained by Jos Buttler, came out to bat, the team had a very bad start as both the opener batsmen could not cross the 5-run mark.
The Indian team restricted England's batsmen to 165 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. During this period, the most important role for India was played by vice-captain Axar Patel, who took important wickets of English captain Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone, while Varun Chakraborty took important wickets of Harry Brook and Jamie Overton, due to which the English team. Could score only 165 runs.
When the Indian team came to chase the target of 166 runs given by England, it had a very bad start, today both the openers of the team could not do anything special, while captain Suryakumar Yadav could also score only 12 runs, while Hardik Pandya and vice-captain Akshar Patel also disappointed. Seeing the batting of the Indian team, at one time it seemed that Team India would lose this match, but Tilak Verma single-handedly turned the match around.
Tilak Verma played a slow innings in the beginning and first completed his half-century and kept his wicket safe amidst the fall of wickets, in the end he batted in a explosive manner and scored an unbeaten inning of 72 runs in 55 balls with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes. India won by 2 wickets with 4 balls remaining.
Jos Buttler scored the most runs for the England team. Jos Buttler scored 45 runs while playing the captaincy innings for the English team. In the last match too, he was the best scorer of England. England's batsmen have not been able to do anything special in this series so far, after which after losing the second consecutive match today, England captain Jos Buttler said, “It was a great game. The entire credit for making him win goes to Tilak Verma (Jos Buttler on Tilak Varma). We created a lot of chances, were very aggressive, pushed them very close. Really happy with the way we batted. We lost a few wickets, but the aggression remained intact. Really happy with the way we played. Lots of positive things. The way Jamie Smith played was brilliant. “We can always improve and we are happy with our style.”