The Mumbai Indians’ batter (MI) Tilak Varma was retired during his last game against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the premier lion’s ongoing (IPL 2025) after he played a thorough entry.

During the 19th of me, when Mumbai’s Indians needed 24 races to win seven balls, Tilak Varma was replaced by Mitchell Santner after the former achieved only 25 of 23 balls.

While the decision surprised many since Tilak is a better batter, Captain Hardik Pandya revealed the real reason behind the decision after today’s party against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Speaking at the presentation ceremony after the game, Pandya said: “The last game, many things happened. People did many things about it, but people do not know that they had a very unpleasant success of the previous day. It was a tactical decision, but due to the finger he had, the coach only felt that it was a better option that someone fresh can come and do it.”

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Tilak Varma explodes Fiery fifty against RCB but turns in vain

Speaking about the game my vs RCB tonight, it was another high score issue in which the team led by Hardik Pandya was chasing a goal of more than 200 for a second consecutive game. However, unlike the last game, Tilak Varma seemed absolutely destructive while criticizing a fiery fifty (59 of 26), although it was in a loss cause.

For me, it was an extremely difficult loss, since they went through the same margin that they granted against LSG. My fell 12 races while trying to chase 204 against the side of Rishabh Pant and, once again, it was the same difference tonight against RCB, hunting for an steep goal of 222.

With his fourth defeat in five games, Mi is currently in the eighth position with only two points for his account.

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