Tilak Varma creates T20 world record, also hits highest score in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history
Hindustan TimesLeft-handed batter Tilak Varma continues to go from strength-to-strength. The 22-year-old, who is leading Hyderabad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, on Saturday, became the first batter to score three consecutive T20 centuries. Tilak achieved the feat during Hyderabad's opening Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Meghalaya at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C. India's Tilak Varma jumps in the air. Tilak Varma, who recently scored back-to-back centuries in the last two T20Is against South Africa, smashed 151 runs in just 67 balls to help Hyderabad post 248/4 in its opening fixture. Tilak Varma lights up T20 series against South Africa Earlier, Tilak Varma had smashed back-to-back hundreds in Centurion and Johannesburg, in the last two T20Is against South Africa.