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Tilak Verma first player to score three consecutive centuries in T20

Published - 23-NOV-2024 10:2 IST | Updated - 23-NOV-2024 10:2 IST

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Indian batsman Tilak Verma has become the first player to score centuries in three consecutive innings in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat by scoring 151 runs off 67 balls for Hyderabad against Meghalaya in the first match of the 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 T20s against South Africa. He scored an unbeaten 107 in Centurion and an unbeaten 120 in Johannesburg.

Indian male cricketer to score more than 150 runs in T20

Tilak has also become the first Indian male cricketer to score more than 150 runs in T20. Before him, Kiran Navgire scored 162 for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy in 2022. Navgire now plays for Maharashtra.

Hyderabad scored 248 runs

Tilak batted at number three against Meghalaya and scored 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. It 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.

Mumbai retained

Tilak Verma was one of the five players retained by Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL-2025 auction, who played for the team in 2023 and 2024. Apart from him, Mumbai has retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma.

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