Tilak Varma Breaks Rohit Sharma's Record To Become India's Highest Run Scorer In...

Tilak Varma top-scored for India in the fifth T20I against South Africa, which is currently underway at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Tilak came 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 at 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 became 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 total 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 objective 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 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 South Africa. Buttler is followed by Pakistan’s Babar Azam and England’s Jonny Bairstow. Tilak, as of now, is fourth in 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