Tilak Verma retired as an impact player for the first time in IPL 2025, batting at number four. The real controversy is over who was Mitchell Santner, given his place.
Hardik Pandya Opens Up “Why Tilak Verma’s Sudden Retired Out”
On Friday, an incident that has become a very controversial topic in IPL 2025 was seen when Mumbai Indians were scoring a huge 200 runs and needed 24 runs from 7 balls, at that very moment, the Mumbai Indians management decided to retire the set batsman Tilak Verma, who was playing 25 runs from 23 balls, from the game and give place to his replacement Mitchell Charan.
Of course, Suyakumar Yadav was a little surprised to hear that, but it was clear that Mahela Jayawardena Yadav Ji was trying to convey something, after which Tilak Verma left the field.
The management said that Tilak Verma was not able to score runs quickly, for which this decision was taken, Hardik Pandya said after the game.
“It was clear that we needed some Borohit, but there are days in cricket when you try and it just doesn’t work out,” Hardik Pandya said.
Experts believe the match turned around when set batsman Naman Dhir was dismissed for a slow run and was dismissed by Digvesh Rathi, who conceded just 21 runs and took the first wicket.
Hardik Pandya said that I feel that I have failed as a batting unit, we win as a team. We lose as a team. I don’t want to identify anyone. The entire batting unit has to take ownership of it. I have taken complete ownership,” MI captain Hardik Pandya said.
He also said that – it is disappointing when you lose. To be honest, we gave away 10-15 runs on the field at that time.
T20 is a format where when wickets start falling in powerplay, the team that is in time starts, and the swing that will score runs in powerplay will definitely go towards winning.
Hardik Pandya also said that – I enjoyed bowling, I don’t think I have many options, I have tried to take wickets and tried some options, I don’t try to take wickets. I try to bowl dot balls and let the batsmen take risks.
Hardik said that just play good cricket, I like to keep it simple. We have to be smarter in bowling, play simple cricket with some aggression. It is a long tournament. If we get two wins, we will get back on track.
