Mumbai Indians player Tilak Varma set a new T20 world record in domestic cricket by scoring a century against Meghalaya in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C in Rajkot.

Tilak Varma came to bat at number 3 for Hyderabad very early in the innings after Gahlaut Rahul Singh was dismissed in the first over. He then built a solid 122-run partnership with Tanmay Agarwal, before Tanmay was out for 55.

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The MI star smashed an impressive century in just 51 balls and scored 151 in 67 balls, hitting 14 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of 225.37. His explosive knock helped Hyderabad post a massive total of 248-4 in 20 overs.

First to score three consecutive T20 hundreds

Earlier this month, Tilak Varma scored two brilliant centuries against South Africa in the third and fourth T20Is. In this last century, he has become the first batsman to score three T20 hundreds, a feat never before achieved in domestic cricket.

In that series against South Africa, Tilak Varma became the second Indian and fifth international cricketer to score consecutive centuries in T20Is. Before him, Sanju Samson was the first Indian to achieve this feat, scoring a century against Bangladesh and another in the 1st T20I against South Africa.

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Tilak Varma was the series’ top scorer, amassing 280 runs in 4 matches at an impressive average of 140 and a staggering strike rate of 198.58.

Normally batting at number 4, Tilak asked India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav to promote him to number 3. The decision worked out perfectly as Tilak scored centuries in the last two T20Is.

With the form that Tilak has shown, he is on his way to becoming a key player in the Indian team.

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