Rookie Tilak Varma was stunned by off-spinner Roston Chase, who completed a fantastic acrobatic catch off his own bowling in the 5th T20I between India and West Indies at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida on August 13 (Sunday). The moment occurred on the fifth ball of the eighth over when Chase dived full length to his right and plucked the ball out of thin air with his right hand.
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The left-handed Varma once again looked in ominous touch with the bat and enjoyed a flying start to his innings. In the last over of powerplay, Varma smacked four consecutive boundaries, including a six in Alzarri Joseph's over and scored 19 runs in the over. Just when Varma was in the middle of displaying his full repertoire of strokes, his innings was cut short by a moment of magic by Chase. Varma departed after scoring 27 runs off 18 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes.
Varma's maiden T20I series with the bat came to an end and it is safe to say that the southpaw left an everlasting impression on the onlookers. The Mumbai Indians' batter aggregated 173 runs in five matches at an average of 57.67 and a strike rate of 140.65. He smashed a total of 15 fours and seven sixes.
India elects to bowl
India captain Hardik Pandya won the all-important toss and elected to bat first in the 5th and final T20I against West Indies. The Men in Blue went in with the same XI that featured in the fourth T20I. Meanwhile, the Men in Maroon made two changes to the playing XI that featured in the previous match. Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph were included in the XI in place of Odean Smith and Obed McCoy.
India playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Sanju Samson(w), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar
West Indies playing XI: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph
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