New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Tilak Varma said conversations with India head coach Gautam Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak gave him the confidence to finish the job after his unbeaten half-century helped India edge past New Zealand by four wickets in the thrilling second T20I in Christchurch on Saturday.
India were struggling at 70 for 5 in the 11th over while chasing 181 on [against] used pitch that offered assistance to spinners Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell. Tilak stayed focused on batting through the innings, eventually scoring an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls to earn the Player-of-the-Match award.
He has now remained unbeaten in 26 successful T20 chases, with India winning every one of those matches.
"At that stage I was just th...