Tilak Varma: 23-year-old Tilak Varma's knock, a world record in T20 cricket

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  • Tilak Verma's new record in T20
  • The record was made in West Indies' second T20 match against India
  • 5000 runs completed

Tilak Varma: T-20 Batting fast and scoring consistently is never easy in cricket. Batsmen with explosive batsmen have lower averages, while those with good averages have lower strike rates. Young Indian batsman Tilak Verma has done an incredible feat in T20 cricket. At Ranchi India and West Indies In the second match of the T20 series between them, Tilak scored an unbeaten knock of 44 runs. He hit three sixes along with three fours off just 18 balls.

Tilak Verma's new performance in T20

 

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During this innings, Tilak Verma completed his 5,000 runs in T20 cricket. 144 batsmen have scored 5,000 or more runs in this format. Tilak is the only player among them to have a batting average of over 40 and a strike rate of over 140. Of the 144 players, only five averaged over 40. A strike rate of 45 is higher than 140, but only Tilak Verma is in both lists.

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Tilak Verma's Record in T20 Internationals

The 23-year-old Tilak Verma has played 175 T20 Internationals and scored 5,031 runs. His average is 41.57 and strike rate is 145.36. He has scored 30 fifties along with five centuries. His highest score is 151 runs. He is the only batsman to score centuries in three consecutive matches in this format. He plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL and Hyderabad in domestic cricket.

A strong performance for India as well

Tilak Verma made his T20 international debut for India in 2023. Till date, he has scored 1,763 runs in 67 matches in 63 innings at an average of 45.20 and a strike rate of 146.55. Among batsmen to score more than 1,000 runs for an ICC full member country, Tilak is the only player with a strike rate of 140 and an average of over 40. Tilak has played 66 T20 Internationals and has batted from number three to number seven. He also averaged over 50 at number four and number six.

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