Tilak Verma has created history in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored a century while batting against Meghalaya. With this, he became the first batsman in the world to score three consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. Tilak Verma had earlier scored centuries in the last two matches of the T20 series against South Africa.
Indian batsman Tilak Verma has created history in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored a century while batting against Meghalaya. With this, he became the first batsman in the world to score three consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. Tilak Verma had earlier scored centuries in the last two matches of the T20 series against South Africa.
Tilak Verma also became the first Indian player to score more than 150 in a T20 series. He has left behind Shreyas Iyer’s previous best score of 147. Tilak scored 151 runs in 67 balls with the help of 14 fours and 10 sixes.
Hyderabad captain Tilak Verma completed his century in just 51 balls against Meghalaya in the first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This was the third time in 10 days that he crossed the 3-figure mark in T20 cricket. Tilak Verma came to bat at number three in the match. He completed his half-century in 28 balls.
Incidentally, in the series against South Africa itself, Tilak Verma became the second batsman after his teammate Sanju Samson of Team India to score consecutive T20 centuries. 22-year-old Tilak Verma has played a total of 92 T20 matches so far. In this, he has scored 3,006 T20 runs in 90 innings, which also includes his 4 centuries.
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