India A vs New Zealand A third one-dayer highlights: Shardul Thakur’s day out, Tilak Varma offers future promise
The HinduFrom Shardul Thakur’s blazing cameo and Tom Bruce’s acrobatic effort at long-on to Tilak Varma’s measured aggression, here are the main highlights from the third and final unofficial one-dayer between India A and New Zealand A at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. His 35-ball 39 was characterised by seven hits in front and square on the offside, with just one coming off a trickle-down fine leg, Tilak impresses, again In May this year, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Indians’ Varma and Hrithik Shokeen produced a responsible stand of 48 in 47 balls to knock Chennai Super Kings out of IPL 2022 with a scrappy five-wicket win. Samson racks up the runs Sanju Samson is not part of India’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup. He has fallen rapidly down India’s pecking order since pipping Yuzvendra Chahal to the India squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE.