Former India Nationwide Cricket Staff batter Sanjay Manjrekar has in contrast the teen Tilak Varma to the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni.
Sanjay Manjrekar made this enormous comparability after the sensational batting efficiency of Tilak Varma within the second T20I towards the England Nationwide Cricket Staff on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
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Tilak Varma emerged as a lone warrior in Chennai T20I
The 22-year-old Tilak Varma was the lone warrior for India Nationwide Cricket Staff within the second T20I. He performed a stellar innings to steer his crew to the triumph and take a 2-0 lead within the collection.
Varma began off his innings with aggression and took the English bowlers to the cleaners. He notably destroyed the premier pacer Jofra Archer as he smashed 30 runs off 9 balls.
After beginning off aggressive initially, Varma needed to play just a little cautiously within the center overs as India misplaced wickets at common intervals. Tilak Varma showcased a peaceful method and did not let the wickets falling affect his sport.
He took the sport to the ultimate over and completed off the match with a 4. Tilak Varma additionally received the Participant of the Match award for his unbeaten 72-run knock.
He was fairly comfortable to just about be there until the top – Sanjay Manjrekar
Talking on ESPNCricinfo’s Timeout after the match, Manjrekar said that Varma had immense confidence in his skills to take India previous the end line as he did not panic even when the boundaries weren’t coming.
“Completely. The arrogance he has that he’ll be capable of see India by means of the very finish and even on this run chase, there was no panic across the 18th over,” he said.
“Even within the nineteenth over, you may see that India wasn’t getting the boundary that would take the strain off. However he was fairly comfortable to just about be there until the top,” Manjrekar added.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had the identical confidence – Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Manjrekar added that the arrogance proven by Tilak Varma reminded him of the legendary MS Dhoni, who additionally used to take the sport deep and end matches for India Nationwide Cricket Staff.
“It appears the man who’s assured and being the person who can take his crew by means of, similar to we had a legend previously within the title of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had the identical confidence. So, when you’ve a participant like him, batting at No.3, he is likely to be taking over that position, which isn’t such a nasty factor,” Sanjay Manjrekar stated.
In the meantime, the previous Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali lauded Tilak Varma for his heroics with a cheeky comment. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Basit Ali stated that Varma has began performing exceptionally properly since he began conserving lengthy hair.
“Tilak Varma [is] too good since he is began conserving lengthy hair. I’m joking [chuckles],” the previous Pakistan Nationwide Cricket Staff cricketer stated.
