With those two catches, he reached 26 catches this year, breaking the record of 25 catches held by Danilson Hawoe of Indonesia. However, it was not with his bat but in the field. Tilak now holds the world record for the most catches in a calendar year in T20Is. The Hyderabad-based cricketer took the catches of Tim Seifert (off Arshdeep Singh) and Daryl Mitchell (off Bhuvneshwar Kumar ) in the first three overs.
It took Tilak Varma only three overs in the second India vs New Zealand T20I on Saturday to achieve a world record.
The thrilling match saw 455 runs scored as India achieved its highest successful run chase in T20I history. The match is being played on the same pitch at Hagley Oval on which the first match was played. India won the toss on Saturday and chose to bowl, as it did in the first match of the series, which it won by four wickets with two balls remaining.
Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has returned to the India cricket team for the second Twenty20 International on Saturday, giving fans in the Southern Hemisphere their first chance to see the 15-year-old prodigy.
