Team India's young batsman Tilak Verma managed to score a century against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. He scored heavily against almost every African bowler in this match. He managed to score the maximum runs for his team in this match. Let us tell you, Tilak Verma had recently recovered from his injury and returned to the field. 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 Verma's century in Centurion

Tilak Verma completed his century in 51 balls in this match, during which he hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. He scored a century while scoring runs at a strike rate of 196.07. Let us tell you, Tilak Verma and captain Suryakumar Yadav also had a big role in this innings. 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 to be correct.

Let us tell you, Tilak Verma is the 11th player from India who has scored a century in T20 International cricket. At the same time, he is only the 5th player from India to achieve this feat against South Africa. Before this, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson have played century innings against South Africa. Apart from this, he has also become the second youngest player of India 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.

Team India put 219 runs on the board

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