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Tilak had scored 280 runs in 4 T20 against South Africa.
Indian batsman Tilak Verma has become the first player to score centuries in three consecutive innings in T-20 cricket. He achieved this feat by scoring 151 runs on 67 balls for Hyderabad against Meghalaya in the first match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25. This match is being played in Rajkot.
Earlier, he had scored two consecutive centuries in the third and fourth T20 against South Africa. He scored 107 not out in Centurion and 120 not out in Johannesburg.
Indian male cricketers who scored more than 150 runs in T-20 Tilak has also become the first Indian male cricketer to score more than 150 runs in T20. Before her, Kiran Navgire had scored 162 runs for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy in 2022. Navgire now plays from Maharashtra.
Tilak is the first Indian male cricketer to score more than 150 runs in T20.
Hyderabad scored 248 runs Tilak batted at number three against Meghalaya and scored runs at a strike rate of 225.37. He hit 14 fours and 10 sixes in his innings. He scored 50 runs in 18 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. Tilak added 122 runs in just 48 balls for the second wicket. Thanks to his innings, Hyderabad scored 248 runs for 4 wickets. This is Hyderabad’s highest score in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This is also the fifth highest score in the history of the competition.
In reply, Meghalaya team was all out for 69 runs. Hyderabad won this match by 179 runs. Aniket Reddy took 4 wickets for the team.
With the help of Tilak Verma’s century, Hyderabad scored 248 runs for 4 wickets.
Mumbai retained Tilak Verma was one of the five players retained by Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL-2025 auction, having played for the team in 2023 and 2024. Apart from them, Mumbai has retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma.
Tilak has been retained by Mumbai for IPL-2025 for Rs 9 crore.