Tilak Verma was retired when the Mumbai Indians were chasing 200 with just 7 balls remaining against the Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2025.
Tomorrow, Friday, was the IPL 2025 match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, but LSG decided to retire Tilak Verma of Mumbai Indians after setting a target of 200 runs. He was not out on 25 runs off 23 balls.
Tilak Verma left the field before Shardul Thakur played the last ball, and Mitchell Santner came on the field. At that moment, Mumbai Indians needed 24 runs off 7 balls.
Why Tilak Verma Suddenly Retired OUT During The Match
Avesh Khan successfully defended 22 runs in the last 19th overs for Lucknow Super Giants. But the match turned in LSG’s favor when Hardik Pandya could not hit a six at home. 3 sixes were needed in the last over, but only one six could not make it easy for Mumbai Indians to win.
It was clear that we needed some good hits and he wasn’t getting them. …In cricket, there come days when you really try and it doesn’t happen. I think the decision itself tells us why we are doing this,” said Hardik Pandya after the loss
Earlier, during the IPL match, R Ashwin vs LSG 2022 wankhede
Atharva Taide vs Delhi Capitals Dharamshala 2023
Sai Sudarshan vs MI Ahmedabad 2023
Tilak Verma vs LSG Lucknow 2025
On Friday, despite defeating the Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in IPL 2025, Suryakumar Yadav’s (SKY) half-century failed to work well. We all thought he would win the match.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl and bat. Australian top-order batsmen Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram scored 60 runs off 31 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes, while Markram scored 53 runs off 38 balls, including 2 fours and 4 sixes. This created a good partnership, and the score crossed 150+ in a very short time. Hardik Pandya took 5 wickets, but it was not easy for his team to win.
For LSG, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, and Digvesh Rathi took one wicket each. But among them, Digvesh Rathi took 1 wicket but kept the runs down, which made it easy for LSG to win.
Rohit Sharma is out of the competition due to a knee injury while practicing nets.
Some Cricket Expert Thoughts
Retiring Tilak for Santer was a mistake in my opinion . Is Santner a better hitter than Tilak ? If it was for Pollard or some other accomplished hitter I would have understood . But Don’t agree with this . Come on @mipaltan
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 4, 2025
Tilak Verma retired out n Santner coming in? Doesn’t make sense to me. What do you guys think?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 4, 2025
