Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), Mumbai Indians (Mi) suffered another crushing defeat. At one time it seemed that the team would easily compete in its name, but the last overs overturned and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won the match. The biggest reason for this defeat himself became a batsman from Mumbai, who spoiled the entire rhythm. We are talking about Tilak Verma, whose batting felt as if they were playing T20, not T20.
Lucknow Super Giants had scored 203 runs while batting first, that is, Mumbai had to score 204 runs to win. The beginning was also good, where Suryakumar Yadav batted in a stormy style and Hardik Pandya also did not give up till the last moment. But, on the other hand there were Tilak Verma, who landed on a different mission. Earlier he did not find a place in the playing XI, but later landed as an impact player. Sadly, he played a very slow and disappointing innings.
Tilak Verma’s slow innings became the reason for defeat
Tilak Verma scored just 23 runs off 25 balls, which included only two fours. His innings was so slow that he was retired out in the 19th over, which is rarely seen in the IPL. Mitchell Santner, who came to his place, could not do anything special and could only score 2 runs in 2 balls.
Hardik hoped till the last over
In the last over, Mumbai needed 22 runs to win. Captain Hardik Pandya raised hopes by hitting a six on the first ball, two runs came on the next ball, but no run was scored on the third and fourth balls and from here the match was completely out of hand. If Tilak Verma had batted a little fast, the result could have been something else.
Tilak Verma’s slow innings in this match distanced Mumbai Indians from victory and he emerged as the biggest villain of this defeat.
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