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Tilak Varma Or Yashasvi Jaiswal: Who Is The Youngest Player To Score T20I Hundred For India?

Aashay Chopade

Tilak Varma scored a century against South Africa (Source:@CricCrazyJohns/X.com)Tilak Varma scored a century against South Africa (Source:@CricCrazyJohns/X.com)

Tilak Varma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are two of the brightest young talents in Indian cricket. Yashasvi Jaiswal has made his mark in T20Is and Test cricket with Tilak Varma has now announced his arrival on the big stage with a fantastic century against South Africa in the third T20I at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.

The century made Tilak Varma the youngest player to score a T20I century against the top 10 teams in the rankings. He is just 22 years and five days old while the second in the list is Ahmed Shehzad with a century against Bangladesh in 2014. He was 22 years and 127 days old when he scored a T20I century while third and fourth in the list are Shubman Gill and Suresh Raina.

However, if all the teams are considered then Tilak Varma is the second youngest Indian batter to score a T20I century. The first in that list is Yashasvi Jaiswal who smashed a century against Nepal in 2013 at a tender age of 21 years and 279 days.

Youngest Players To Score A T20I Hundred For India:

Yashasvi Jaiswal 100 vs Nepal, 2023 - 21y 279d 

 Tilak Varma 107* vs South Africa, 2024 - 22y 5d 

Shubman Gill 126* vs New Zealand, 2023 -  23y 146d  

 Suresh Raina 101 vs South Africa, 2010  - 23y 156d

Tilak Varma's blazing century took India to a massive total of 219 in the third T20I while Abhishek Sharma who also has a T20I century to his name scored a quickfire fifty. Tilak Varma, on the other hand has two fifties as well along with a century and is one of the players to watch out for the future due to his superb temperament.