SA vs IND: Tilak Varma becomes 12th Indian to score T20I Century, registers unique Record

Tilak Varma has become the latest Indian player to score a T20I century as he played a sublime knock at the Supersport Park in Centurion.

The southpaw came into bat at a tricky stage for India and played a scintillating knock against South Africa.

Tilak Varma came to the crease with India rooted at 0 for 1 as Sanju Samson got dismissed for another duck. Varma took control of the proceeding from the start and looked in ominous touch from the get-go.

The southpaw played some brilliant shots and stitched a 107-run partnership with Abhishek Sharma. After Sharma's dismissal, Tilak continued his onslaught. Although his partners Suryakumar Yadav (1 off 4), Hardik Pandya (18 off 16) struggled, the 22-year-old looked at his own destructive zone.

Varma's century came in 51 balls, and he helped India post a mammoth total of 219 runs. He ended up with an unbeaten 107 runs off just 56 deliveries, hitting 8 fours and 7 sixes in the process.

Tilak Varma 12th India to score T20I Century

Tilak Varma has now become the 12th Indian player to score a T20I century, and the third Indian to score one in South Africa.

India captain Rohit Sharma has scored the most T20I hundreds for India with 5, while Tilak joins eight India batters who have managed a solitary three-figure score in the format.

Most T20I Centuries for India

Tilak Varma registers Unique Records

• Tilak Varma is now the youngest Indian player to score a T20I century outside Asia, at the age of 22 years 5 days. The youngest Indian to score a T20I century anywhere is Yashasvi Jaiswal when he scored a century against Nepal at the age of 21 years 279 days.
  
  
• Tilak Varma now scores the 5th T20I century in the calendar year 2024, thus joint-most by a team in a calendar year along with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2016) and India (2023) themselves.