Tilak Varma Heroics, Arshdeep Cricketer Of Year And Noman Hat-Trick – January 25 Cricket Highlights
Tilak Varma steamrolled England with a match-winning 72* in the second T20I in Chennai. As many as four Indian cricketers made a cut into the ICC’s T20I Team of the Year, while fast bowler Arshdeep Singh defeated the likes of Babar Azam and Travis Head to bag a prestigious ICC award.
Tilak Varma Heroics, Arshdeep Cricketer Of Year And Noman Hat-Trick – January 25 Cricket
HighlightsTilak Varma steamrolled England with a match-winning 72* in the second T20I in Chennai. As many as four Indian cricketers made a cut into the ICC’s T20I Team of the Year, while fast bowler Arshdeep Singh defeated the likes of Babar Azam and Travis Head to bag a prestigious ICC award.
Tilak Varma steamrolled England with a match-winning 72* in the second T20I in Chennai. As many as four Indian cricketers made a cut into the ICC’s T20I Team of the Year, while fast bowler Arshdeep Singh defeated the likes of Babar Azam and Travis Head to bag a prestigious ICC award.Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Saturday, January 25.
Rinku Singh, Nitish Reddy Injured For 2nd T20I
Rinku Singh and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy were ruled out of the Indian squad ahead of the second T20I match against England in Chennai. Nitish Kumar, moreover, has been ruled out of the remainder of the series after suffering a side strain. Rinku Singh will be out of action from the second and third T20I matches for suffering a lower back spasm.
The two cricketers were replaced by Washington Sundar and Dhruv Jurel in the Indian playing XI for the second T20I, with the likes of Shivam Dube and Ramandeep Singh joining the ‘Men in Blue’ squad for the time being.
Tilak Varma Takes India 2-0 Up Over England
Team India took an unassailable 2-0 lead over England in the five-match T20I series with a thrilling two-wicket win in the second game at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium. Batting first, England carted 165-9, with captain Jos Buttler top-scoring by whacking 45 from just 30 balls. Comeback man Brydon Carse also made valiant runs in the lower-order by scoring 31 off just 17 with a boundary and three sixes.
For India, spinners Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy picked up two wickets after the early strikes of Arshdeep Singh and Washington Sundar. Chasing 166, the ‘Men in Blue’ romped to victory in the final over courtesy of a run-chase masterclass from young middle-order batter Tilak Varma (72* off 55 balls).
Noman Ali Takes Hat-Trick On Bowling Friendly Day 1
Noman Ali became the first Pakistani spinner, and fifth bowler from his country overall to pick up a hat-trick in Test cricket. The left-arm spinner achieved the significant landmark during the course of his remarkable six-wicket haul against West Indies on Day 1 of the second Multan Test. Sajid Khan, Kashif Ali and Abrar Ahmed picked up the remaining four wickets to wrap up the entire West Indies innings for just 163 in 41.1 overs.
