“On both of us…”, Tilak Verma revealed about his century, he had made this plan with Abhishek Sharma

• Against South Africa, captain Suryakumar Yadav took the decision to promote Indian young batsman Tilak Varma to number three, which proved right for the team.

Against South Africa, captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to promote Indian young batsman Tilak Varma to number three, which proved right for the team. In this order, he scored a flurry of runs by batting brilliantly and scored the first century of his T20 International cricket career. Due to his innings, the team was successful in scoring more than 200 runs. In such a situation, let us know what Tilak Varma has to say about his innings?

Tilak Varma said this after scoring a century 

After scoring a century against South Africa, Tilak Varma gave a statement about his innings in the press conference. He said that he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. The young batsman said that his focus was also on his shots. Tilak Varma said, 

I am really very happy. I was waiting for this moment for a long time. It is unbelievable to score a century after returning from injury. It was challenging in the beginning. The wicket was also helping the bowlers. But after some time everything became fine. While batting, I was also focused on my shot selection.

This plan was made with Abhishek Sharma

Tilak Verma further said that he and Abhishek Sharma had planned that they would try to make a good and big partnership for the team. He (Tilak Verma) said,

We (Abhishek and I) both were under pressure and this innings was important for both of us. We talked about following the basics. Our spinners are bowling well. We were expecting a score of 200-210. So we have a good score to hope for a win.

Tilak Verma became the second batsman to do so 

Tilak Varma has made many records by playing a stormy century innings against South Africa. Meanwhile, he has become the second youngest Indian batsman to score a century in T20I. He achieved this feat at the age of 22 years and 5 days. Before him, the name of young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is recorded. 

He scored his first century in T20 International cricket at the age of 21 years 279. Apart from this, Tilak Verma is the 11th batsman to score a century in T20. Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Suresh Raina, Deepak Hooda, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma also have centuries in T20 International.