India, April 5 -- If you are Tilak Varma, you have every right to feel dejected and heartbroken. Very few would blame you if are a tad miffed too. Yes, Mumbai Indians is a team that possesses one of the strongest Indian batting cores in the IPL with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya in their arsenal but despite this, Tilak Varma has already done enough to make space for himself if not get counted among them.

In 42 matches for MI, Tilak has accumulated 1251 runs at a strike rate of 143.14. For India, he has scored 749 runs in 25 matches at an average of nearly 50 and an impressive strike rate of 155. His form with the bat in T20Is has been so good that he holds the fourth spot in the ICC T20I rankings.

Keeping al...