Tilak Varma's stellar performance in the recent T20I series against South Africa has presented him as potentially India's new number three batsman in the shortest format. His back-to-back centuries, a feat achieved after support from captain Suryakumar Yadav who relinquished his own position,

Tilak surpassed Virat Kohli, who had scored 231 runs in a five-match series against England at an average of 115.50 and a strike rate of 147.13, with three half-centuries and a top score of 80*.

Tilak Varma who smashed a century against South Africa in the 3rd T20I at the Centurion said that it was he who had gone to skipper Suryakumar Yadav and asked to bat at No.3 instead of his regular position at No.4. “In Gqeberha, he (Tilak) came to my room and said, ‘Give me the opportunity to bat at No. 3. Let me express myself’,” Surya said.

Indian batsman Tilak Varma scored his first T20I century against South Africa in the third T20I. He achieved this feat at 22 years old, becoming the y

Tilak Varma became only the second Indian to score two consecutive T20I centuries during the fourth match against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday.

Tilak Varma rose to the challenge in the third T20I against South Africa, scoring an unbeaten maiden hundred. Partnering with Abhishek Sharma, they set a formidable 219-run target. Varma, the second-youngest Indian to hit a T20I century,

Tilak Varma came to the crease with India rooted at 0 for 1 as Sanju Samson got dismissed for another duck. Varma took control of the proceeding from the start and looked in ominous touch from the get-go.

Suryakumar Yadav was all praise for Tilak Varma as the young India batter smashed a brilliant century in the 4th T20I against South Africa.

In four matches of the recently concluded T20I series between India and South Africa, Tilak scored 280 runs for the Suryakumar Yadav-led side.