Tilak Varma retired out in chase against LSG

By Alex, CricTips Editorial Team · How we predict.

• Tilak Varma was retired out while batting on 25 off 23 balls during Mumbai Indians' chase against Lucknow Super Giants.

• With 24 runs still needed from 7 deliveries, Varma was replaced by Mitchell Santner in the penultimate over.

• Mumbai Indians went on to lose the match as Avesh Khan defended 22 runs off 6 balls.

• "It was obvious that we needed some hits and he was not getting… in cricket, one of those days come when you really try but it does not happen. I think the decision speaks for itself why we did it," said Hardik Pandya after the defeat.

• Head coach Mahela Jayawardene explained it was a difficult but tactical decision. "I think Tilak did well for us when we lost that wicket and that partnership with Surya and he just wanted to get going but he just couldn't and waited till the last few overs hoping that because he spent some time there, he should have been able to get that hit out of the way. But, I just felt that at the end, I just needed someone fresh to go and he was struggling when these things happen in cricket. It wasn't nice to take him out but I had to do that, it was a tactical decision at that point."