Tilak Verma Record: Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson became a nightmare for South African bowlers in Johannesburg. In the fourth T20 match, both the batsmen defeated the African bowlers and scored centuries. Meanwhile, Tilak, who came to bat at number three, created history. He has accomplished a feat which no batsman in the world has been able to do till date. Let us tell you about this great record of Tilak.
Tilak Varma created history
In the fourth and last T20 match played against South Africa, Tilak Verma made a partnership of 210 runs with Sanju Samson and played an unbeaten inning of 120 runs. Tilak batted at a strike rate of 255.32 and scored 120 runs in just 47 balls. This was not Tilak's first century in T-20, but even before this, in the last T-20 match played in Centurion, he had played a century of 107* runs.
Meaning he scored two centuries back to back in T20I cricket. With this, Tilak Verma has become the first lefty batsman in history to score 2 back to back centuries in T20 international cricket.
Partnership of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma
Now every year, whenever there is a partnership between the batsmen in T20 cricket, Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma will definitely be remembered. Sanju Samson, who came to open in Johannesburg, scored 109 unbeaten runs with the help of 6 fours and 9 sixes, while Tilak Verma came at number three. He played an inning of 120 runs with the help of 9 fours and 10 sixes.
Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma made an unbeaten 210-run partnership for the second wicket. This is the biggest partnership for any wicket for India.
Most sixes hit in an innings
The batsmen of the Indian cricket team beat the South African bowlers badly in the fourth T-20 match. Sanju Samson hit 9, Tilak Verma hit 10 and Abhishek Sharma, who was out after playing a short innings, hit 4 sixes. In this way, a total of 23 sixes were hit in the Indian innings. This is the record for most sixes in an innings among Test playing countries.
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