India lost the 4th T20I against West Indies by 24 runs, but Nitish Reddy and Tilak Varma's 70-run stand for the 6th wicket became the highlight.
Hyderabad | India suffered a 24-run defeat at the hands of West Indies in the fourth T20 match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
With this victory, the Caribbean team has leveled the 5-match series at 2-2, making the final match of the series decisive.
Following the Indian team's defeat, captain Shreyas Iyer shared his reaction. He directly blamed the bowlers for the loss.
West Indies set a massive target of 248 runs for India in this match, which proved to be a challenging chase for the Indian batsmen.
Chasing the target, the Indian team had a poor start and had lost their top five batsmen for just 130 runs in 11.4 overs.
In such a situation, young cricketers Nitish Kumar Reddy and Tilak Varma took charge and kept the Indian team's hopes alive in the match.
These two batsmen shared a brilliant 70-run partnership for the sixth wicket, which at one point brought the match to an exciting turn.
The 70-run partnership between Tilak Varma and Nitish Reddy has created history. They have equaled the 5-year-old record of Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya.
Kohli and Pandya had shared a 70-run partnership for the sixth wicket against England in Ahmedabad in 2021.
With this performance, Nitish and Tilak have surpassed the 68-run record of Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel.
The list of the largest partnerships for the sixth wicket or lower for India is as follows:
With Tilak Varma's dismissal on the last ball of the 17th over, India's hopes of victory ended, and the match went in favor of the West Indies.
The fifth and final match of the series will now be played in Bengaluru on October 17, which will determine the winner of the series.
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