Tilak Verma made history by scoring 14 fours, 10 sixes, 151 runs: becoming the first to hit 3 T20 centuries.

Delhi: Indian cricket’s rising star Tilak Verma has created a new history in T-20 cricket. He has become the only batsman in the world to score three consecutive centuries. While playing for Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Tilak played a explosive inning of 151 runs against Meghalaya. Before this, he had scored two consecutive centuries against South Africa.

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How was Tilak’s innings?

Tilak took charge against Meghalaya when Hyderabad’s first wicket had fallen for just 1 run. Coming in at number-3, he played a brilliant inning of 151 runs in 67 balls. During this period, 14 fours and 10 sixes came from his bat. This is the best score of his T20 career. He made a partnership of 122 runs for the third wicket with Tanmay Agarwal, 84 runs with Buddhi Rahul and 41 runs with Mikil Jaiswal.

Completed 3,000 runs in T20 career

With this innings, Tilak also crossed the mark of 3,000 runs in T-20 cricket. He has achieved this feat in 92 T-20 matches with a strike rate of 146.18. He has 4 centuries and 16 half-centuries recorded in his name. For the Indian team too, Tilak has scored 616 runs in 19 innings of 20 matches, in which his average was 51.33 and strike rate was 161.25. This performance of Tilak is very special for the future of Indian cricket.

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