IPL 2022: Best Indian XI from the seventh week
Seven teams are still in contention for the remaining three spots in the playoffs.
5. Tilak Varma (MI)
The 19-year-old Tilak Varma has now scored the most runs in a season as a teenager in IPL history. He has scored a total of 368 runs in 12 innings for Mumbai Indians. With his continuous improvement in performance, seniors are lauding him inside Mumbai’s boot camp as well as outside it.
Although he failed to score in the match against KKR where Kolkata thrashed Mumbai with a 52 runs defeat. In another low-scoring game between the two most successful teams of IPL, CSK and MI, he stood firm on his ground. MI had bundled out CSK on 97 runs.
While chasing, Mumbai lost a few early wickets but Tilak made sure to not throw his wicket away this time. He scored an unbeaten 34 on 32 balls including four boundaries. He was deliberately sent at number 4 to boost his confidence. With his innings, Mumbai won this match by five wickets and ended CSK’s hopes of getting to the playoffs.
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