India, April 6 -- Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene backed left-handed batter Tilak Varma ahead of the crucial fixture against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2025 edition. This comes after the management retired Tilak during the Lucknow Super Giants match, which the five-time champions lost.

Tilak Varma failed to get going against LSG in Lucknow. In the penultimate over of the contest, the left-handed batter was called back to the dugout, and Mitchell Santner was sent instead. Tilak Varma scored 25 runs off 23 balls, including two boundaries. Throughout the innings, he could not time the ball properly, struggling to get the big hits.

The decision to retire Tilak Varma caused a lot of furore on social media, and ...