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PremiumIndia vs England 2nd T20I Highlights: Tilak Varma played one of the best innings of his life as the southpaw's 55-ball 72 helped India beat England by two wickets in the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series on Saturday. Chasing 166 to win, India were in a precarious position when 126/7 at one stage. But the 22-year-old left-hander showed enough maturity to steer the team home with four balls to spare.
All-rounder Washington Sundar chipped in with 26 off 19 balls as the others failed to deliver with the bat while Ravi Bishnoi supported Varma with two fours. Earlier, India came up with a tidy bowling display to restrict England to 165/9, with Axar Patel grabbing the crucial wickets of skipper Jos Buttler (45) and Liam Livingstone (13).
Varun Chakravarthy (2/38), Washington Sundar (1/9) and Abhishek Sharma (1/12) bowled tidy spells as England couldn't get going after they were reduced to 26/2 in the fourth over.
England late-order batter Brydon Carse gave a fillip to the team's score with a quick-fire 31 off 17 deliveries. Carse was also impressive with the ball for England, finishing with excellent figures of 3/29 in four overs.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel
England: Ben Duckett, Philip Salt (wk), Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
India are already 1-0 up in the five-match series, having won the series opener in Kolkata by 7 wickets.
Welcome to the live coverage of the 2nd T20I between India and England in Chennai.
