Tilak Varma reveals motivation behind twin hundreds in T20Is vs ...

Tilak Varma revealed what motivated him to go all guns blazing in the 4th and final T20I match vs South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Tilak won the Player of the Series award as India beat South Africa 3-1.

Tilak Varma celebrates after scoring hundred. (Courtesy: AP)

India's young sensation Tilak Varma revealed what motivated him to go all guns blazing and play a whirlwind knock in the 4th T20I against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on November 15, Friday. Tilak recalled his last time playing at the Wanderers Stadium during the 2023 T20I series and said that he took motivation from his golden duck and scripted his redemption at the venue. Tilak won the Player of the Match award for his scintillating hundred as India beat South Africa by a huge margin of 135 runs in the 4th and final T20I match of the series.

"Actually I wanted to tell one funny thing, last year when I played here, I got out first ball. This innings was very crucial for the team and the series. [on his plans for today] Just wanted to hold my shape and follow my basics as to what I did in the last game. I was calm. It's an unbelievable feeling. I can't express it right now. I never imagined that too, two 100s in South Africa in challenging conditions. Thanks to our captain Surya for this. As I said last match, I was injured in the last few games, I believe in God and my process, that's why I celebrated like that to God," Tilak said in the post-match presentation ceremony.

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The T20 World Cup champions, India, capped off their year in the format with a 3–1 series win over the hosts South Africa. Tilak Varma made full use of the opportunity given at No. 3, which is the usual spot of Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. With his promotion up the order, Tilak struck two consecutive hundreds in the 3rd and 4th match of the series, making him only the 2nd Indian and 5th overall player to do so.

Tilak, alongside Sanju Samson, unleashed carnage on South African pacers as the duo shared a record-breaking partnership of 210 runs, the highest for India in the shortest format. The 22-year-old became the youngest centurion in T20Is with his hundred in Centurion and contributed with a 120-run knock in the series finale to win the Player of the Series award.