First time in historical past: Tilak Verma scores 151 off 67 balls, units large world file

India’s younger batsman Tilak Verma etched his title into the file books on Saturday, changing into the primary participant to attain three consecutive T20 centuries. The 22-year-old Hyderabad skipper achieved a historic feat within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy opener in opposition to Meghalaya on the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium C, the place he scored 151 off simply 67 balls – the very best particular person T20 by an Indian male cricketer. The rating is Tilak’s good innings included 14 fours and 10 huge sixes as he steered Hyderabad to a commanding complete. His innings surpassed Shreyas Iyer’s earlier file of 147 as the most effective T20 rating by an Indian.

Batting at quantity 3, Tilak accomplished his half-century in 28 balls and took simply 51 balls to finish his century. Soo marked the third time in simply 10 days that he crossed the three-figure mark within the shortest format. Because of this knock, Hyderabad scored 248/4 in 20 overs. In reply, the Meghalaya workforce was bowled out for simply 69.

Tilak’s red-hot kind started throughout India’s current T20I tour of South Africa, the place he scored back-to-back centuries at Centurion and Johannesburg to steer India to a 3-1 sequence victory. In doing so, he turned the second Indian batsman after Sanju Samson to attain consecutive T20I centuries.

With this newest milestone, Tilak’s T20 profession tally now exceeds 2950 runs in 90 innings, together with 4 centuries. His efficiency has been marked by his skill to anchor the innings in addition to speed up at will, making him a key participant in each home and worldwide set-ups.

Tilak’s exploits in franchise cricket have gone unnoticed. He was one of many 5 gamers retained by Mumbai Indians forward of the IPL 2025 public sale.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)