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Indian batter Tilak Varma makes world record in T-20 cricket during knock against England

Chennai: Indian batter Tilak Varma established a new world record on Saturday during his sensational knock of 72* during a tense run-chase against England at Chennai, continuing his incredible run in T20Is since his return from injury last year.

It was one of the finest knocks from India’s newly designated number three batter as he made a rock-solid 72* in 55 balls, with four boundaries, keeping calm in India’s run-chase of 166, which turned ugly after a flurry of quick wickets in the first half of the innings.

Now, Tilak has made 318 runs since he was last dismissed in T20Is, which is a new world record, overtaking 271 runs scored between two dismissals by New Zealand’s Mark Chapman in 2023, as per Wisden.

Since his dismissal for 20 runs against South Africa at Gqeberha on November 10 last year, Tilak has gone on to play knocks of 107, 120, 19* and 72*, which translates to 318 runs in four innings.

Since his return from injury in the T20I set-up during November last year, Tilak has made 371 runs in six innings at an average of a massive 185.5, two centuries and a fifty.

This has greatly helped Tilak’s overall T20I statistics. In 22 matches and 21 innings, he has scored 707 runs at a remarkable average of 58.91 and a strike rate of 156.07, with two centuries and three fifties.

Indian batter Tilak Varma set a new world record during his unbeaten knock of 72 against England in the second T20I in Chennai.

The 22-year-old has scored 318 runs in T20Is without being dismissed and went past New Zealand batter Mark Chapman’s record of 271 runs between dismissals set in 2023.

Tilak was dismissed last during the second T20I against South Africa in Gqeberha, where he was got out for 20.