In T20 cricket, Indian batsman Tilak Varma became the first player, male or female, to reach hundreds in three consecutive innings. He accomplished the milestone in Hyderabad’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 opening match against Meghalaya at Rajkot, scoring 151 off 67 balls.
Following back-to-back hundreds in South Africa 107 not out in Centurion and an undefeated 120 in Johannesburg Tilak, 22, entered the domestic T20 tournament. He became the first male cricketer from India to hit 150 or more runs in Twenty20 cricket with his knock for Hyderabad. In 2022, Kiran Navgire, who currently plays for Maharashtra, scored an undefeated 162 while representing Nagaland in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh.
Tilak Varma walked out in the first over, hammered 10 sixes and 14 fours before falling on the final ball of the innings. He batted at No. 3 against Meghalaya and finished with a strike rate of 225.37. He hit 50 runs off 18 balls with six fours and three sixes against medium pacer Dippu Sangma, whom he was harsh on. With just 48 balls, he scored 122 for the second wicket, which served as the foundation for Hyderabad’s highest Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy score of 248 for 4. In addition, it is the fifth-highest total in the competition’s history.
Tilak, who has played for the Mumbai Indians for the last three seasons, was one of five players the team kept before the IPL 2025 auction.
