In the second T20 match against West Indies, Team India's vice-captain Tilak Verma played a stormy inning of 44 not out. Tilak hit 3 fours and 3 sixes during his innings. He hit these 3 sixes on the first 3 balls of the last over only. While batting brilliantly in the death overs in 'Dhoni's house' i.e. Ranchi, Tilak showed how deadly he is in this phase.
Before the death overs (17-20) started, Tilak was on 10 runs in 6 balls. After this he scored 34 runs in 12 balls. Tilak has scored 414 runs in just 178 balls at a strike rate of 232.58 in the death overs of T20 cricket this year. During this period he has hit 25 fours and 35 sixes. His strike rate is the best among the 58 batsmen who have played at least 100 balls in this phase in 2026.
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India's biggest score against West Indies
When invited to bat first in Ranchi, Team India scored 249 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. This was the biggest score of the Indian team against the West Indies team in T20. Sanju Samson (82) and Ishan Kishan (43) laid the foundation of the huge score by making a blazing partnership of 97 runs for the second wicket. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer (40) and Tilak created fireworks and took India to the record score.
Indian batsmen thrashed all the Caribbean bowlers except Roston Chase. Off-spinner Chase took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. He was the only West Indies bowler with an economy of less than 10. The economy of bowlers like Akil Hussain and Shamar Springer remained above 15. Whereas Shamar Joseph spent 13 runs per over. Romario Shepherd could not complete his quota of 4 overs. Before leaving the field, he gave away 47 runs in 3.4 overs.
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Playing XI of both the teams:
India – Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Naman Dheer, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.
West Indies – Shai Hope (captain and wicketkeeper), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sharfan Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Shamar Springer, Akil Hussain, Gudakesh Moti, Shamar Joseph