New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Tilak Varma continues to flourish in the finisher's role for India, and his innings on Saturday that took India to victory from a difficult position was another fine example. The 23-year-old said he spoke to head coach Gautam Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak before the match, with both backing him to finish the chase. "I was just thinking about playing till the end. Before today's game, I was talking to Gautam sir and Kotak sir - that whole India believes in you and that if I bat till the end, we can win," Tilak said at the post-match presentation. He credited Naman Dhir for his role in the earlier partnership. Varma and Dhir put on 42 runs off 24 balls to get the chase on course. "I was saying to Naman that we can stay till the end. Wicket was slower. I was telling Naman we will push hard when the spinners were bowling. Unfortunately, Naman got out in Mitchell's (Santner) last over. Otherwise, we could have won in the 18th," he added. He was pleased that he and Nitish Kumar Reddy could finish the job for India. "The Hyderabadi boys are in play today, Nitish Reddy and me, and we are really happy that we finished the game. Definitely there was a plan like that, but we thought that we'll put that intent when they bowl in our arc." htc...