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[Watch] Tilak Varma 'Sweeps' Fast Bowler Patrick Kruger For A Six In SA Vs IND 1st T20I

Aakash Saini

Tilak Varma in action against SA [Source: @JioCinema/x]Tilak Varma in action against SA [Source: @JioCinema/x]

Tilak Varma went into ‘rage’ mode against South African bowlers, particularly against in-form paceman Patrick Kruger in the first T20I of the three-match series between the two sides on November 8. Turning up for Team India at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban, Varma whacked 33 runs from just 18 balls with three boundaries and two scintillating maximums.

Varma even ‘swept’ fast bowler Kruger for one of those sixes, bringing up India’s 150-run mark in the process.

Tilak crashes Kruger, turbo-charges Indian innings

Tilak Varma, on the day of his 22nd birthday, celebrated the occasion by lighting up India’s scoring rate against South Africa in the series-opener in Durban on November 8. The dashing left-handed batter belted three boundaries and two sixes, including one off Patrick Kruger in the 14th over of the Indian innings.

Fetching the ball from outside the off-stump, the youngster bent his knee and ‘swept’ the Proteas quick into the crowd as Team India soared past the 150-run mark.


Tilak Varma was eventually dismissed by senior South African spinner Keshav Maharaj the following over at 167-3. Following his exit, Team India’s scoring rate took a heavy beating as the visitors managed to gather just 35 runs from their final five overs, thus finishing at 202-8 by the competition of their innings.

Indian opener and wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson top-scored with 107 scintillating runs from just 50 deliveries. Smearing seven boundaries and 10 sixes in the process, India’s perennial underachieving batting superstar whacked his second T20I century, and second in successive games.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav also chipped in with a handy 21 at the top of the order after the early dismissal of young opener Abhishek Sharma.

For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee picked up three wickets at an expense of 37 runs while Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter and Patrick Kruger picked up a wicket each.