Highlights:
• Tilak Verma broke Rishabh Pant’s record
• Made total 368 runs from 12 innings this campaign
19 years old Tilak Verma broke Rishabh Pant’s record by hiting 34 runs against Chennai Super Kings(CSK),helped him amass 368 runs from 12 innings this campaign.
Tilak Varma has been the standout performer for five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI). In the recently held match of MI and CSK, Tilak once again produced a match-winning knock. He scored an unbeaten 34 runs off 32 deliveries to chase the target of 97 runs.
Tilak Varma breaks Rishabh Pant’s record
Tilak verma made total 368 runs from 12 innings this campaign, by this he broke te Pant’s record. His runs tally in a single IPL season is the most by a teenager in the history of the competition, moving past Rishabh Pant’s record of 366 runs in 2017.
MI Captain praised record breaker Tilak
Rohit Sharma, captain of Mumbai Indians praised Tilak Verma for his record breaking performance in the IPL 2022 season. “He’s been brilliant playing for the first year. Having such a calm head is never easy and in my opinion, I feel he’s going to be an all-format player for India pretty soon. He’s got the technique, he’s got the temperament, which is the most important thing when you play at the highest level”, Rohit
Sharma said.
The Mumbai Indians skipper further added, “So, I think a lot of things are looking bright for him and there is hunger. When you speak to him, there’s hunger to do well and finish games and have some success as well. I think he’s on the right path; he just needs to keep growing and see how he can improve and get better as a player.”
If Tilak Varma continues to play the way he has been in the IPL season 2022, then the southpaw can indeed be a player for the future for Team India in all formats of the game.
