Asia Cup: Tilak Varma slams unbeaten 49 versus Sri Lanka
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Team India batter Tilak Varma helped his side get to 202/5 in a crucial Men's T20 Asia Cup Super 4 clash against Sri Lanka on Friday. The match in Dubai saw Varma score an unbeaten 49 from 34 balls. He shared a 66-run stand alongside Sanju Samson for the 4th wicket and an unbeaten 40 runs with Axar Patel. Here's more.
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Varma part of two key partnerships
Varma walked in when India were 74/2. The Men in Blue lost half-centurion Abhishek Sharma (92/3) before Samson joined Varma in the middle and they stepped up with a neat stand. Varma and Axar then helped India finish strongly after Hardik Pandya's dismissal.
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Varma's T20 returns: By the numbers
Varma's knock had 4 fours and a six. He has raced to 893 runs from 31 matches at 49.61. His strike rate is 150.84. In addition to two tons, he has three fifties. Varma now owns 49 sixes and is one shy of 50. Overall in T20s, he has 3,802 runs at 43.20 from 125 games (118 innings). He has 25 50-plus scores.