India vs England 2nd T20I highlights: Jacob Bethell’s 76 from just 46 deliveries helped England beat India by four wickets. Earlier, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma chipped in with 49 and 43, respectively, to help India put on 190/7 from 20 overs after Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat first against Harry Brook’s England in the second of the five-match series on Saturday at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. The first game between the sides ended as a no-result due to the rain.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy
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England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue
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Match EndedIndia tour of England, 2026 – 2nd T20I
England
191/6 (19.0)
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India
190/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( 2nd T20I )
England beat India by 4 wickets
Tilak Varma’s deficiencies against spin make him a misfit at No 5
Tilak Varma in action. (Deepak Malik / CREIMAS for BCCI)
During the first T20I against England, Tilak Varma’s slow knock of 13 off 13 balls dented India’s momentum by dropping the run-rate from 10.73 to 9.25, but blaming the 23-year-old overlooks his challenging role as the team’s flexible “fix-it” batsman. Having been shuffled across positions from No. 3 to No. 7 over his 52-match career—similar to KL Rahul’s utility role in ODIs—Tilak has proven his adaptability with highly impressive career statistics, including an average of 43.44 and a strike-rate of 142.7. While his overall numbers show no cause for alarm, his primary recent struggle has been an inability to shift gears and accelerate the scoring tempo when thrust into these unstable batting situations. (Read more from Venkata Krishna B)
