In the IPL 2025 match against the Lucknow Super Giants, the Mumbai Indians made the decision to retire out Tilak Varma with seven balls left in their run chase.
On Friday, during their run chase against the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2025 encounter, the Mumbai Indians made the decision to retire out Tilak Varma with seven balls left. Mitchell Santner took Tilak’s position after he abruptly left the field before the last delivery of Shardul Thakur’s over, while he was batting at 25 from 23 deliveries. MI needed 24 runs off 7 balls at that point, but Avesh Khan won the match for LSG by successfully defending 22 runs in the last over. In cricket, there are times when you really try but it doesn’t work out. It was clear that we needed some hits, and he wasn’t getting any. Hardik Pandya stated following the loss, “I believe the decision speaks for itself why we did it.”
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Tilak Varma vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025*
The Lucknow Super Giants upset the Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in an Indian Premier League game on Friday, despite Suryakumar Yadav’s valiant half-century.
Even though MI captain Hardik Pandya (5/36) took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket, LSG, who batted first, reached 203/8 thanks to half-centuries from openers Mitchell Marsh (60 off 31 balls) and Aiden Markram (53 off 38), respectively.
MI was limited to 191 for five in response, even though Suryakumar scored a 67 off 43 balls, which included nine boundaries and a six.For LSG, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, and Shardul Thakur each claimed a wicket.
After getting struck on the knee during nets, former MI captain Rohit Sharma was forced to sit out the match.
