Rohit Sharma indirectly hints at India call-up, The 20-year-old continued to impress fans with his batting exploits as he hit another impactful knock in IPL 2023
Tilak Varma, a batsman for the Mumbai Indians (MI), once again shown his strong form on Tuesday, April 18 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad during an IPL 2023 encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). He has routinely scored at least 20 runs in each of his innings throughout this season, frequently turning in match-winning efforts in the middle overs.
Tilak replaced Suryakumar Yadav at No. 5 during the SRH game after Yadav was dismissed with Mumbai’s innings at 95-3 in 11.3 overs. Tilak gave the team the change of pace they were looking for, scoring 37 runs off only 17 deliveries, including two fours and four sixes. His contribution was essential in helping Mumbai Indians score 192-5 in the stipulated 20 overs.
With the penultimate ball of the 15th over being a hard shot over the deep square-leg fence, Tilak smacked two of his sixes off successive deliveries from Marco Jansen. He deftly picked the leg-side off-cutter and executed a clean baseball-style swing, which produced an 82-meter strike. The next ball was delivered full and wide outside the off-stump by Jansen, but Tilak remained on his knees and hit the bowler for another six. Mumbai Indians scored 21 runs off of this over.
We watched Tilak last season, Rohit Sharma remarked during the post-game press conference. Everyone is aware of his abilities. I adore his strategy. He plays the ball instead of the bowler. He will play for numerous teams, as will we.
Tilak, who was a member of the Indian team for the 2020 U19 World Cup, is regarded as one of the country’s brightest emerging talents and has great IPL stats from the previous two seasons. Only batters in the top of the order have scored more runs than he has as of right now, which puts him sixth on the Orange Cap record. Tilak has 214 runs and a strike rate of 158.51 in the IPL 2023, both great stats.
