Highlights from South Africa vs India 3rd T20I: Tilak Verma wore a different color in the Centurion T20 on November 13. He scored a brilliant century in the third match of the four-match series against South Africa. After this, his celebration was a sight to see, he jumped in the air and gave a flying kiss towards the Team India dugout.
Tilak scored a century in 51 balls at the Supersport Park in Centurion and India scored 219 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. With this century he also made a great record in his name. He became the youngest player to score a century against South Africa. Destroyed Raina’s 14-year-old record. Then Raina turned a century at the age of 23 years and 156 days.
At the same time, 22-year-old Tilak Verma became the second-youngest player after Yashasvi Jaiswal to score a century in T20 International. This star batsman scored his first century in his 19th match in this format.
Tilak Verma remained unbeaten after scoring 107 runs and hitting eight fours and seven sixes. Overall, maturity was visible in Tilak’s batting, thanks to which India achieved their highest score yet in a T20 match in South Africa. Apart from Tilak, Abhishek Sharma played a stormy innings of 50 runs in 25 balls for India in this match.
Watch video of Tilak Verma’s celebration
Stunned❌
Hit by Tilak 💯A magnificent inaugural century for the elegant #TeamIndia southpaw!
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-JioCinema (@JioCinema) November 13, 2024
While for Africa, Marco Jansen played the highest innings with 54 runs in 17 balls. Jansen has become the second African cricketer to score the fastest fifty in 16 balls. The fastest fifty for Africa was scored by Quinton de Kock in 15 balls. This fifty came against the West Indies at Centurion in March 2023. In the current match, Heinrich Klaasen scored 41 runs off 22 balls.
For the Indian team, Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets. While Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel scored 1 hit each. Varun gave away 54 runs in 4 overs, while Pandya gave away 50 runs.
‘Man of the Match’ Tilak said about his innings that he was waiting for a century for a long time. He said: It’s a great feeling after returning from injury. The wicket had a double pace and was challenging at the start. However, it got better after a while.
Youngest player to score T20 International century for India
Yashasvi Jaiswal – 21 years, 279 days, against Nepal at the Asian Games, 2023
Tilak Verma – 22, against South Africa at Centurion in 2024
Shubman Gill – 23 years, 146 days, against New Zealand in Ahmedabad in 2023
Suresh Raina – 23 years, 156 days, West Indies vs South Africa in 2010
Fastest T20I half-century (balls faced) for South Africa
15 Quinton de Kock vs West Indies Centurion 2023
16 Marco Janssen vs India Centurions 2024
17 Quinton de Kock vs England Durban 2020
19 Tristan Stubbs vs England Bristol 2022
Fastest T20I half-century against India (balls faced)
16 Marco Janssen Centurion 2024
19 Cameron Green Hyderabad 2022
20 Johnson Charles Lauderhill 2016
20 Dasun Shanaka Pune 2023
Most wickets for India in bilateral T20I series
10 Varun Chakravarthy vs South Africa 2024 (3*)
9 Ravichandran Ashwin vs Sri Lanka 2016 (3 matches)
9 Ravi Bishnoi vs Australia 2023 (5)
