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Tilak top-scored for India within the fifth T20I against South Africa, which is currently underway at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Tilak Varma becomes India’s highest run scorer in T20Is against South Africa. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Tilak Varma top-scored for India within the fifth T20I against South Africa, which is currently underway on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Tilak got here out to bat at No. 3 for the hosts on Friday (December 19) and scored 73 runs from just 42 balls. He hammered 10 fours and 1 six during his stay on the crease and added 105 runs for the fourth wicket with Hardik Pandya, who made 63 runs from 25 balls (5 fours, 5 sixes).
During his 73-run knock in India’s final international match of 2025, the young cricketer from Hyderabad broke Rohit Sharma’s record of 429 runs and have become India’s highest run scorer in T20Is against South Africa.
Rohit played 18 T20Is against South Africa from September 2007 to June 2024 and amassed a complete of 429 runs, whereas Tilak has 496 runs to his credit now in 10 T20Is against the African side.
Tilak needed 7 runs on Friday to go past Rohit’s tally, and he achieved the target on the second ball of the seventh over of the run chase.
Most runs for India in T20Is against South Africa
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE |
| Tilak Varma | 10 | 496 | 120* |
| Rohit Sharma | 18 | 429 | 106 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 15 | 406 | 100 |
| Virat Kohli | 14 | 394 | 76 |
| Hardik Pandya | 20 | 373 | 63 |
The general record of scoring probably the most runs in T20Is against South Africa is within the name of former England captain and star wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler. Buttler has scored 606 runs in 23 T20Is against South Africa. Buttler is followed by Pakistan’s Babar Azam and England’s Jonny Bairstow. Tilak, as of now, is fourth within the list.
Most runs in T20Is against South Africa
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE |
| Jos Buttler | England | 23 | 606 | 83 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 16 | 526 | 122 |
| Jonny Bairstow | England | 16 | 501 | 90 |
| Tilak Varma | India | 10 | 496 | 120* |
| David Warner | Australia | 15 | 471 | 89 |
Aside from Tilak, Hardik also impressed along with his batting on Friday. The Baroda-based cricketer slammed 63 runs from just 25 balls for the Indian team. Hardik accomplished his half-century in only 16 balls and likewise became the fifth Indian to attain 2000 runs in T20Is. During his stay on the crease, Hardik slammed five fours and five sixes.
The 105-run stand between Pandya and Tilak helped India post a complete of 231/5 in 20 overs.
December 19, 2025, 21:21 IST
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