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Continuing his red-hot type, India batter Tilak Varma on Saturday scripted history in T20 cricket. Tilak Varma ended up being the very first gamer – male or female – to strike centuries in 3 succeeding innings in T20 cricket after he struck 151 off 67 balls for Hyderabad in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 opener versus Meghalaya in Rajkot.
The 22-year-old Varma is playing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 – India’s domestic T20 competitors – after striking successive hundreds in South Africa – 107 not out in Centurion followed by an unbeaten 120 in Johannesburg.
After his blistering knock versus Meghalaya, Tilak likewise signed up the greatest specific rating in the competitors’s history. He went beyond the previous finest of Mumbai’s Shreyas Iyer, who had actually played a knock of 147. Tilak likewise ends up being the 2nd Indian cricketer to score 150 or more in a T20 match after Kiran Navgire who accomplished the task in 2022 with an unbeaten 162.
Coming out to bat at No. 3 in the really initially over, Tilak raised his half-century off simply 28 balls and after that reached the 100-run mark on his 51st shipment. The left-handed batter completed his knock with a strike rate of 225.37. He smashed 14 fours and 10 6s before falling on the last ball of the innings.
Throughout his remarkable knock, Tilak was especially more aggressive versus medium pacer Dippu Sangma, off whom he scored 50 off 18 balls with 6 fours and 3 6s. He included 122 for the 2nd wicket off simply 48 balls and assisted Hyderabad post 248 for 4, their greatest rating in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It is likewise the fifth-highest overall in the history of the competitors.
In reply to Hyderabad’s 248 for 4, Meghalaya were bowled out for 69 as Aniketh Reddy and Tanay Thyagrajan got 4 and 3 wickets respectively.
Especially, Tilak was among 5 gamers Mumbai Indians kept ahead of the auction for IPL 2025, having actually bet them in 2023 and 2024.
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