Tilak Varma scored a stable 38 on return whereas Narayan Jagadeesan slammed a fiery century as India A secured a 38-run win over USA of their ICC T20 World Cup warm-up match at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
Earlier than the WC, India A is enjoying two warm-up matches, with this being their first one earlier than the Ayush Badoni-led aspect takes on Namibia on February 6. Notably, the senior males’s aspect can also be slated to play a warm-up match forward of their T20 World Cup 2026 marketing campaign. They may face South Africa on February 4.
Coming to the match, the USA gained the toss and opted to subject first. Priyansh Arya (28 in 13 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) performed a fiery cameo to begin the innings with a 43-run stand with Jagadeesan, who went on to make 104 in 55 balls, with 11 fours and 5 sixes. Additionally, Tilak, who had a century partnership with the centurion, made a powerful 38 in 24 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes. Skipper Ayush Badoni (60* in 26 balls, with six fours and 4 sixes) additionally slammed a quickfire fifty, taking India to 238/3 in 20 overs, with Shubham Ranjane, Ali Khan, and Jasdeep Singh getting a wicket every.
Through the chase, USA did lose wickets commonly, however knocks from Andries Gous (44 in 31 balls, with 5 fours and two sixes) and Sanjay Krishnamurthi (41 in 18 balls, with two fours and 4 sixes), Ranjane (28 in 17 balls, with 4 boundaries) and Harmeet Singh (25 in 9 balls, with two fours and two sixes) letting them give a struggle as USA was skittled out for 200 runs in 19.4 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi (3/37) led the wicket charts along with his spin, whereas Naman Dhir (2/6) and Khaleel Ahmed (2/25) have been additionally spectacular with the ball. Tilak additionally acquired a wicket in his one over, the place he gave 15 runs.
Tilak has been out of motion for nearly a month, following a testicular surgical procedure for an damage sustained throughout a Ranji Trophy fixture in January. Tilak had been dominated out of the T20I collection in opposition to New Zealand, which India gained lately by 4-1.
Tilak’s presence might be essential for India on the prime of the order within the T20 World Cup, having made 1,183 runs in 40 matches and 37 innings at a mean of 49.29, with a strike fee of 144.09, together with two centuries and 6 fifties. At quantity three, he brings a really Virat Kohli-esque sport, able to switching between stabilization and acceleration, or vice versa, inside a jiffy. In 15 innings at quantity three, he has made 542 runs at a mean of 60.22 and a strike fee of over 160, together with two centuries and three fifties in 15 innings and a greatest rating of 120*.