Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024: Tilak Varma has made history by becoming the first batsman in the world to score three centuries in three consecutive T20 matches. He scored a brilliant century in the last two T20 matches of the series against South Africa. Now, while playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he created history again by scoring another century. Tilak’s remarkable run of scoring centuries in T20s started on November 13, when the Indian left-handed batsman played an unbeaten innings of 107 runs in the third T20 against South Africa.
Tilak Varma’s Record-Breaking Innings in T20
Tilak Varma continued his spectacular form by scoring 120 runs in the fourth match of the series. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Hyderabad vs Meghalaya), The Mumbai batter played a stunning innings of 151 runs off 67 balls. He achieved this feat by hitting 14 fours and 10 sixes in his explosive century, boasting a strike rate of 225.37. This innings is now the highest score in T20 cricket, further cementing Tilak’s remarkable success in the format.
🚨 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙩 🚨
Tilak Varma 🤝 Record-breaking Feat! 🔝 🙌
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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) November 23, 2024
Retained by Mumbai Indians
Notably, Tilak Verma has been retained by Mumbai Indians in their team for IPL, Mumbai retained five players which include players like Jaspreet Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma.
Becomes First Indian to Score Over 150 in T20 Cricket
Tilak Verma has made history by becoming the first Indian batsman to score more than 150 runs in a T20 match. By doing so, he broke Shreyas Iyer’s record, who had previously scored 147 runs in T20 cricket.
Highest Score by a Non-Opener in T20 Cricket
152* – Graham Napier vs Sussex, 2008
151* – Tilak Verma vs Meghalaya, today
147 – Shreyas Iyer vs Sikkim, 2019
146* – Puneet Bisht vs Mizoram, 2021
144* – Sahil Chauhan vs Cyprus, 2024