Hardik Pandya lauds Tilak Varma: Going to do wonders for India | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: India captain Hardik Pandya heaped praise on debutant Tilak Varma for his exceptional display during the first T20I against the West Indies. Though India lost the match by 4 runs, Tilak’s fearless six-hitting approach on debut stole the spotlight.

Tilak, who scored 39 off 22 balls, took only one ball to understand the nature of the pitch. With this understanding, he confidently dispatched the next two deliveries soaring into the stands with his fearless six-hitting skills.

His impressive knock was studded with 3 sixes and 2 boundaries.

“Very pleasing to see the way he started his innings. Not a bad way to start your international cricket with a couple of sixes. There’s confidence and the fearlessness they have. They are going to do wonders for India.”

Hardik said that India were in control of the game for most of the time but a few errors led to their downfall.
“We were right in the chase and quite comfortable there. We made some errors which cost us the game which is fine. A young team will make mistakes. We will grow together. Throughout the game, we were in control of the game which was the positive in this game. Good four games coming ahead. In T20 cricket, if you lose wickets, it becomes difficult to chase down any total, that’s exactly what happened. A couple of hits can change the momentum towards you. When we lost a couple of wickets, that halted our chase,” Hardik added.
The second T20I will be played on Sunday.