Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Tilak Varma Run Out After Mistaking Axar Patel’s Shot for Four
During a cricket match in Indore, Tilak Varma and Axar Patel thought a hit had gone over the boundary.
They stopped running and met in the middle of the pitch.
But Kamil Pooran had stopped the ball before it reached the boundary.
The West Indies fielders quickly sent the ball back.
Axar got safely back to his crease, but Tilak did not.
The umpire checked the video and confirmed Tilak was out.
India later won the match by 14 runs.
The win gave India a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Tilak Varma was run out for 28 in the 17th over of the third T20I between India and West Indies in Indore.
Axar Patel flicked a Gudakesh Motie delivery toward the boundary, and the batters mistakenly thought the ball had gone for four.
Kamil Pooran dived to stop the ball inside the boundary and returned it to the field.
Axar made it back to his crease, but Tilak was short of his ground when Motie broke the stumps; the third umpire confirmed the dismissal.
India later made 223 all out and beat West Indies by 14 runs, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
- Who
- Tilak Varma was run out after a mix-up with Axar Patel; Kamil Pooran stopped the ball for West Indies.
- What
- Tilak was run out after the batters mistook Axar’s shot for a boundary.
- When
- Sunday, during the 17th over of the third T20I.
- Where
- Holkar Stadium in Indore.
- Why
- The batters stopped running because they thought the ball had reached the boundary, but Pooran kept it in play.
- Match
- Third T20I: India vs West Indies
- Venue
- Holkar Stadium, Indore
- Dismissed batter
- Tilak Varma, for 28
- Over
- 17th
- Ball stopped by
- Kamil Pooran
- India’s total
- 223 all out
- West Indies’ total
- 209/7
- Result
- India won by 14 runs and took a 2-1 series lead
