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Tilak Varma reaches 50 T20I catches with India's best ratio
India's Tilak Varma took his 50th catch in T20 internationals during Sunday's match against West Indies in Indore.
He is the fifth Indian to reach that total, after Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli.
Tilak reached the mark in 68 appearances, the best rate among Indian fielders with at least 50 outfield catches in the format.
Only United Arab Emirates player Muhammad Waseem has a better rate among men's T20I players with at least 50 catches.
The milestone came in a match where Tilak was also run out for 28 after he and Axar Patel mistakenly thought a shot had reached the boundary.
India scored 223 and won by 14 runs, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against West Indies.
Tilak Varma became the fifth Indian fielder to take 50 catches in men’s T20Is during the third T20I against West Indies in Indore.
He reached the milestone in 68 appearances, giving him a dismissals-per-innings ratio of 0.757, the best among Indian fielders with at least 50 outfield catches.
Only the United Arab Emirates’ Muhammad Waseem has a higher ratio among players with at least 50 outfield catches in men’s T20Is.
Tilak was also run out for 28 after he and Axar Patel misread whether a shot had reached the boundary.
India won the match by 14 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
- Who
- Tilak Varma, India’s vice-captain.
- What
- He took his 50th T20I catch, becoming the fifth Indian fielder to reach the milestone.
- When
- During the third T20I against West Indies, played on Sunday.
- Where
- Indore, India.
- Why
- Not stated
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Tilak Varma reached 50 T20I catches and was later run out for 28.
India beat West Indies by 14 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
- T20I catches
- 50
- Appearances
- 68
- Dismissals per innings
- 0.757
- Indian fielders with more catches
- Rohit Sharma, 65; Hardik Pandya, 64; Suryakumar Yadav, 58; Virat Kohli, 54
- Match result
- India won by 14 runs
- Series score
- India led 2-1 in a five-match series
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