Suryakumar Yadav heaps praise on Tilak Varma for scoring centuries against South Africa, sends congratulations to Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was blessed with his second child and Tilak Varma scored two centuries in the T20I series against South Africa.
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Indian cricketers with the likes of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav sent their wishes to India’s ODI and Test captain, Rohit Sharma, after he and his wife Ritika announced the birth of their son on November 16, 2024, on their social media. Since then, wishes have been flowing in for the couple. They had their first daughter, Samaira, in 2018.
On the field, India registered a thumping 3-1 T20I series win against South Africa under the captaincy of Yadav. Tilak Varma batted at number three and scored two consecutive centuries. Varma, Yadav and Sharma have been playing together for Mumbai Indians in the IPL for quite some time and they have been retained by the franchise as well ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
The Indian T20I captain talked about Varma scoring a century and also Sharma becoming a father for the second time.
Many, many congratulations to Rohit and his family. It’s the best news on a perfect day, we won the game as well – A guy from the One Family has also scored runs – It’s a good thing. I wish him Rohit all the best for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as well.
Suryakumar Yadav said after India’s 3-1 T20I series win against South Africa.
Suryakumar Yadav said "Many, many congratulations to Rohit and his family. It's the best news on a perfect day, we won the game as well – A guy from the One Family has also scored runs – It's a good thing. I wish him Rohit all the best for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as well". pic.twitter.com/MWtWDexFk1
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 16, 2024
Team India managed a 135-runs win against Proteas in the fourth and final match of the series in Johannesburg. Varma and Samson had scored hundreds in the game and as a result India posted a mammoth 283 runs in their 20 overs for the loss of just one wicket.
Suryakumar Yadav allowed Tilak Verma to bat at number three
Earlier, Yadav had been batting at number three in the Indian T20I team. However, Varma requested the Indian captain to let him bat at number three to which Yadav obliged.
He repaid his captain’s trust by scoring back-to-back centuries while batting in that position. Varma also thanked his captain each time after scoring a hundred on South African soil.
In the final T20I, he scored 120 runs from just 47 deliveries with 255.32 strike-rate. His innings was laced with nine fours and 10 sixes. On the other hand, Samson smashed his third T20I century in his last five innings. He scored 109 runs from just 56 deliveries with a strike-rate of 194.64. Samson’s innings was laced with six fours and nine sixes.
Meanwhile, Sharma is set to travel to Australia to take part in the first of the five-match Test series in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. Earlier, it was reported that he will be missing the first Test due to the birth of his second child.
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