Tilak Verma's bat is on fire, he hit a century in the second consecutive match, creating history
The last match of the 4-match T20 series between India and South Africa is being played at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Explosive batting was seen from the Indian batsmen in this match. The hero of the last match, Tilak Verma, continued his excellent form and scored a century in this match as well. This is the second century of Tilak Verma's T20 career. In the last match, he completed his century in 51 balls. But this time he took even fewer balls.
Tilak Verma achieved the feat of scoring a century in just 41 balls in Johannesburg. He faced a total of 47 balls in the match and scored an unbeaten 120 runs. His innings included 9 fours and 10 sixes. During this, he scored runs at a strike rate of 255.31. Let us tell you, Tilak Verma came to bat in place of captain Suryakumar Yadav in this innings too. Actually, Suryakumar Yadav plays at number three in T20, but Tilak Verma has been playing at this number for the last two matches and he has also been successful in scoring a century both the times.
Tilak Verma has also made a big record with this innings. He has become the second batsman to score a century in two consecutive T20 matches for India. Earlier, Sanju Samson had done this feat. At the same time, he has become the 5th batsman in the world to make this record. Before him, Phil Salt, Gustav Macon and Riley Russo have also scored two consecutive centuries in T20.
Apart from Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson also scored a century in this innings. Due to the strong batting of these two players, the Indian team scored 283 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 20 overs. This is India's second highest score in T20 cricket. Sanju Samson played an unbeaten innings of 109 runs in 56 balls in this match. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma also contributed 36 runs in 18 balls. Apart from this, Lutho Sipamla took the only wicket from South Africa.