Tilak Varma breaks silence on getting retired out after following it up with 2 fifties, reveals what he told MI coach

“Nothing, I was just thinking that they have taken the decision for the team’s purpose. So I was taking in the positive way and didn’t take it in the negative way. But the main thing is how you take it's more important. So I was thinking it that way. I just want to be comfortable wherever I bat. So I said that to coach and staff that ‘don't worry wherever you play me I'm comfortable and I'll give my best,” said Varma on Star Sports.

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Varma's run in IPL 2025 so far

Varma became the first MI batter to get retired out. In the following match, he scored 56 runs from 29 balls and took MI close to the target against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The hosts ended up losing the match by 12 runs despite Hardik Pandya's blinder.

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Against DC, he walked out to bat at no.4 in the eighth over. He scored 59 runs from 33 balls, including six fours and three sixes. He helped MI post a total of 205/5. He departed in the 20th over bowled by Mukesh Kumar.

In the ongoing season, he is MI's second-highest run-scorer with 210 runs from six innings at an average of 42.

MI win first away game of IPL 2025

MI registered their first away win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. MI bowlers were able to choke DC in the run chase despite Karun Nair's blistering 40-ball 89. The win helped MI climb to the seventh spot with two wins from six games and a positive net run rate (NRR). 

The Pandya-led side will go up against Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on April 17 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.