India vs South Africa 5th T20I: Tilak Varma continues to impress in the shortest format of the game and came up with an impactful effort during the fifth and final T20I match between India and South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. He was the top run-getter for India.

Tilak came out to bat at no.3 for India after the hosts were put into bat first. He went on to play an incredible knock of 73 runs in 42 balls on the back of 10 fours and a six. Having maintained his outstanding record against South Africa, Tilak has now become the top run-getter against the Proteas in the T20I format. During his stay at the crease, Tilak went past Rohit Sharma’s record of 429 runs and became India’s highest run scorer in T20Is against South Africa.

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Rohit played 18 T20Is against South Africa from September 2007 to June 2024 and amassed a total of 429 runs, whereas Tilak has now 496 runs under his belt in 10 T20Is against the same opponents. Tilak's effort helped India reach a mammoth total of 231/5 in their 20 overs.

Most runs for India in T20Is against South Africa

Tilak Varma: 496 runs in 10 matches

Rohit Sharma: 429 runs in 18 matches

Suryakumar Yadav: 406 runs in 15 matches

Virat Kohli: 394 runs in 14 matches

Hardik Pandya: 373 runs in 20 matches

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The overall record of scoring the most runs in T20Is against South Africa is in the name of former England captain and star wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler. Buttler has scored 606 runs in 23 T20Is against the Proteas. Pakistan's Babar Azam stands second in the list, followed by England's Jonny Bairstow.

Apart from Tilak's knock, Hardik Pandya produced a memorable effort as he smashed a 16-ball half-century. He played a sensational knock of 63 runs in just 25 balls, hitting five fours and as many sixes. For South Africa, Corbin Bosch took a couple of wickets, whereas Ottneil Baartman and George Linde found a scalp each.


IND vs SA 5th T20I Playing XIs

India: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

South Africa: Aiden Markram (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman