Tilak Verma hit a century in Centurion, Captain Surya's sacrifice came in handy for the team

Team India's young batsman Tilak Verma managed to play a century innings against South Africa at Supersport Park in Centurion. He scored a lot of runs against almost every African bowler in this match. He managed to score the most runs for his team in this match. Let us tell you, Tilak Verma recently returned to the field after recovering from injury. He was out of the Indian team for the last 11 months. But he has managed to make a strong comeback. This is the first century of his T20 International career.

Tilak Varma's century at Centurion

Tilak Verma completed his century in 51 balls in this match and scored an unbeaten 107 runs in 56 balls. During this, he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. He scored a century by scoring runs at a strike rate of 191.07. Let us tell you, captain Suryakumar Yadav also played a big hand in this innings of Tilak Verma. Actually, Suryakumar Yadav plays at number three in T20, but in this match he took a big decision. Suryakumar Yadav sacrificed his place and sent Tilak Verma to bat at number three and his decision proved right.

Let us tell you, Tilak Verma is the 11th player from India to score a century in T20 International cricket. At the same time, he is the 5th player from India to do this feat against South Africa. Earlier, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson have scored centuries against South Africa. Apart from this, he has also become the second youngest Indian player to score a century in T20I. He scored this century at the age of 22 years and 5 days. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century in T20I at the age of 21 years and 279 days.

Due to this strong innings of Tilak Verma, the Indian team was able to score a big score in its innings. Team India had batted first after losing the toss in this match. At the same time, the Indian team lost the first wicket without opening its account. After this Tilak Verma came to the crease and returned unbeaten. Team India scored 219 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Tilak, Abhishek Sharma also scored 50 runs in 25 balls. At the same time, Hardik Pandya contributed 18 runs and Ramandeep Singh contributed 15 runs.