Tilak Varma from the Mumbai Indians shared that he wasn’t upset about the team’s choice to retire him out against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). He had scored 25 runs off 23 balls when this happened, and MI needed 24 runs in the last seven balls. Mitchell Santner came in to bat after Varma but only managed to score 2 runs, and MI lost the match by 12 runs.
Since then, Varma has bounced back well, hitting half-centuries in his next two games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC). After scoring 59 runs off 33 balls against DC, he talked about how he felt about being retired out in the previous match. He said he saw the decision as being for the team’s benefit, so he took it positively. He mentioned, “It’s important how you take these things. I just want to be comfortable wherever I bat, and I told the coach and staff that I’m ready to give my best anywhere.”
Earlier against RCB, Varma scored a solid 56 runs off 29 balls, hitting four fours and four sixes, but MI still fell short by 13 runs in that chase of 222. He’s currently the second-highest run scorer for Mumbai this season, with 210 runs from five innings at an average of 42 and a strike rate of 143.83. After their win against DC, MI moved up to seventh place on the points table with two wins from six matches, totaling four points.