India cricket team batter Tilak Varma score his maiden T20I hundred in IND vs SA 3rd T20I as India finished at 219/6 in the 1st innings. The Hyderabad batter remained unbeaten on 107 off 56 deliveries. India have set a 220-run target for South Africa as they eye to go 2-1 up the series.
Tilak Varma scores maiden ton in IND vs SA 3rd T20I
Tilak Varma smashed eight fours and seven sixes en route to his 107-run knock. He is the second centurion of the series after Sanju Samson. Varma walked in to bat after Samson was dismissed for a duck and when on to stitch together a solid partnership with Abhishek Sharma. Varma stayed unbeaten at 107 runs at the end of India’s 1st innings.
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After losing Sanju Samson early, Tilak Varma and Abhishek Sharma joined hands to help India steady the ship. The duo took IND to 107/2 in 9 overs. At one stage SA made a comeback to reduce IND to 143/4 in 14.3 overs.
| Player | Age |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 21y 279d |
| Tilak Varma | 22y 5d |
| Shubman Gill | 23y 146d |
| Suresh Raina | 23y 156d |
| Abhishek Sharma | 23y 307d |
IND vs SA T20Is squads
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Ramandeep Singh , Yash Dayal
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter, Patrick Kruger, Mihlali Mpongwana, Donovan Ferreira, Ottneil Baartman, Lutho Sipamla
