Mumbai, April 6 -- Ahead of his side's clash against Royal Challengers' Bengaluru (RCB) at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene backed under-fire batter Tilak Varma, saying that he will win them the high-profile clash against Red and Gold side.

Tilak caught plenty of flak for his poor knock of 25 in 23 balls, consisting of just two fours during a run chase of 204 against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. Tilak's struggles meant he was made to take a tactical "retire out", and Mitchell Santner was sent to finish the game with skipper Hardik Pandya. MI lost the game by 12 runs.

So far in three innings across four matches, Tilak has made 95 runs at an average of 31.66 with a strike rate o...