Tilak came out to bat at No. 3 for Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match against Meghalaya and hammered 14 fours and 10 sixes during his stay at the crease.
Tilak Varma is on fire these days. After scoring back-to-back unbeaten centuries for India in the T20I series against South Africa last week, the left-handed batter from Hyderabad scored his third straight century on Saturday (November 23). The 22-year-old came out to bat at No. 3 for his domestic side Hyderabad against Meghalaya in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot and hammered 151 runs from just 67 balls.
During his stay at the crease, he hammered 14 fours and 10 sixes. Tilak’s score of 151 is the highest score by an Indian batter in T20s. He broke Shreyas Iyer’s record. Iyer scored 147 runs from just 55 balls for Mumbai during the 2019 SMAT match against Sikkim in Indore.
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Highest score by an Indian in T20s
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | OPPOSITION | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6 | VENUE | YEAR |
| 1. | Tilak Varma | Hyderabad | Meghalaya | 151 | 67 | 14/10 | Rajkot | 2024 |
| 2. | Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | Sikkim | 147 | 55 | 7/15 | Indore | 2019 |
| 3. | Punit Bisht | Meghalaya | Mizoram | 146* | 51 | 6/17 | Chennai | 2021 |
| 4. | Mohammed Azharuddeen | Kerala | Mumbai | 137* | 54 | 9/11 | Mumbai (WS) | 2021 |
| 5. | Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | Assam | 134 | 61 | 13/9 | Rajkot | 2022 |
| 6. | KL Rahul | Punjab Kings | RCB | 132* | 69 | 14/7 | Dubai | 2020 |
| 7. | Manish Pandey | Karnataka | Services | 129* | 54 | 12/10 | Vizianagaram | 2019 |
| 8. | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai Indians | 129 | 60 | 7/10 | Ahmedabad | 2023 |
| 9. | Wriddhiman Saha | Bengal | Arunachal Pradesh | 129 | 62 | 16/4 | Cuttack | 2019 |
Thanks to Tilak’s super show with bat, Hyderabad posted a total of 248 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. The left-handed batter, who was retained for Rs 8 crore by Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, added 122 runs for the second wicket with Tanmay Agarwal (55) and 84 runs for the third wicket with Buddhi Rahul (30).
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India’s highest-ranked T20 batter
After his super performance in the four-match T20I series between India and South Africa, Tilak jumped 69 places to become the world No. 3 T20 batter in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday (November 20). During the bilateral series, apart from his twin centuries, Tilak scored 33 and 20 runs in the first two matches. He finished the overseas assignment with a total of 280 runs in four matches. The total of 280 helped Tilak break Virat Kohli’s record of most runs in a bilateral T20I series by an Indian batter. Kohli had amassed a total of 231 runs in a five-match T20I series played against England in March 2021.
