Tilak Verma broke Rohit Sharma’s record, created history for India against South Africa

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 21, 2025

Tilak Verma registered a big record in his name in the fifth and last T20 match between India and South Africa on Friday (December 19) at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Tilak, who came to bat at number three, played an excellent inning of 73 runs in 42 balls, which included 10 fours and 1 six.

During this innings, Tilak Verma made the record of scoring the most runs for India against South Africa in T20 International. He left behind Rohit Sharma’s record of 429 runs and now he has scored 496 runs in 10 matches against the Proteas.

Most runs by India in T20 against South Africa:

Tilak Verma – 496 runs (10 matches)
Rohit Sharma – 429 runs (18 matches)
Suryakumar Yadav – 406 runs (15 matches)
Virat Kohli – 394 runs (14 matches)
Hardik Pandya – 373 runs (20 matches)

Hardik Pandya also had an important contribution in this innings of Tilak Verma. There was a strong partnership of 105 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Hardik scored 63 runs in 25 balls, which included 5 fours and 5 sixes. Thanks to this partnership, India scored a huge score of 231 in the stipulated 20 overs.

Teams for this match

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Johnson, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Bartman.

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.