Virat Kohli and Tilak Varma
Tilak Varma century: The Indian team defeated South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth T20 match. Every move of the Indian team in this match was absolutely correct. After winning the toss, captain Surya decided to bat first, which turned out to be correct. Thanks to the centuries of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, the Indian team managed to score 283 runs. Both of them batted in a manner that will be remembered for a long time. Both players formed a 210-run partnership for the second wicket, which is the largest partnership for any wicket in T20 international cricket for India.
Scored second century of T20I career
Tilak Verma came to bat at number three in the fourth T20 match against South Africa. He scored 120 runs in 47 balls, hitting 9 fours and 10 sixes. This is his second century in T20 international cricket. He has become the fifth player to score centuries in two consecutive matches in T20Is. Before him, Gustav McCon, Riley Rousseau, Phil Salt and Sanju Samson did it. Now Tilak has matched these batsmen.
He left Kohli behind
After scoring a century, Tilak Verma has now become the highest scorer for the Indian team in a bilateral T20 series. He broke the record of Indian team’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli. Tilak scored a total of 280 runs, including two centuries in the bilateral T20 series against Africa. While Kohli scored a total of 231 runs in the bilateral T20 series against England in the year 2021. Now Tilak has gone a long way ahead of him.
Tilak Verma has become the third fastest batsman to score a century in T20 International for the Indian team. He scored a century against South Africa in just 41 balls. Rohit Sharma holds the record of scoring the fastest century in T20 International for Team India. He scored a century off 35 balls against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Batsmen who scored the fastest century for Indian team in T20Is:
- Rohit Sharma- 35 balls
- Sanju Samson- 40 balls
- Tilak Verma- 41 balls
- Suryakumar Yadav- 45 balls
- KL Rahul- 46 balls
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