Tilak Varma

Tilak Varma

Mumbai Indians · right arm offbreak · left-hand bat · Batter

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14
Matches
359
Runs
145.9
Strike Rate
29.9
Average
17
Sixes
2
Fifties
101*
HS
2
POTM

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
91.1
SR · 45 balls · 41 R
41 runs4 4s0 6s
↗
Middle (7–15)
116.3
SR · 141 balls · 164 R
164 runs11 4s5 6s
Death (16–20)
256.7
SR · 60 balls · 154 R
154 runs15 4s12 6s
↗

Tilak Varma's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 199 (+19 vs venue par) when he made 101 vs GT on 2026-04-20.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+19 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

P3 — Form & phase

4 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
Tilak Varma scores at 91.1 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (45-ball sample, #44 of 45 qualifying batters).
91.1 SRn=45 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
Tilak Varma's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: PBKS — 83 runs in 2 innings (avg 41.5).
83 runs vs PBKSn=2 innings, 36 balls faced · IPL 2026 to date
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma powerplay strike rate 91.1 in IPL 2026 (45 balls).
91.1n=45 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Death-overs batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma death-overs strike rate 256.7 in IPL 2026 (60 balls).
256.7n=60 death-overs balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

9 claims
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma strike rate 145.9 in IPL 2026 (246 balls, 14 innings).
145.9n=246 balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Runs scored in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma scored 359 runs in IPL 2026 (14 innings, avg 29.9).
359n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma hit 17 sixes in IPL 2026 (14 innings).
17n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
IPL career matches
Tilak Varma played 51 IPL matches across 5 seasons.
51n=51 matches · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗
IPL career runs
Tilak Varma scored 1499 runs in IPL career (51 innings, avg 37.5).
1499n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗
IPL career batting strike rate
Tilak Varma IPL career strike rate 145.3 (1032 balls, 51 innings).
145.3n=1032 balls faced · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗
IPL career batting average
Tilak Varma IPL career batting average 37.5 (51 innings, 40 dismissals).
37.5n=1032 balls, 40 dismissals · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗
IPL career sixes
Tilak Varma hit 74 sixes in IPL career (51 innings).
74n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗
IPL career wickets
Tilak Varma took 0 wickets in IPL career (4 matches, economy 7.6).
0n=22 balls bowled · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗

P2 — Moments

5 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
Tilak Varma has won Player of the Match 2 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs PBKS on 2026-05-14.
2 POTMsn=2 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Tilak Varma's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 81 for the 4th wicket with Naman Dhir vs RCB on 2026-05-10.
81 runs (4th-wkt)n=1 partnership · 56 balls · IPL 2026 to date
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma scored 2 half-centuries in IPL 2026.
2n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
Centuries in IPL 2026
Tilak Varma scored 1 century in IPL 2026.
1n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
IPL career half-centuries
Tilak Varma scored 8 half-centuries in IPL career.
8n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
Tilak Varma took the field for Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2026 fixture vs KKR on 2026-05-20 (fixture 69659).
MI vs KKRn=1 match · 2026-05-20 (fixture 69659)
IPL 2026 first appearance
Tilak Varma first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-29 vs KKR (fixture 69519).
2026-03-29n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026141435929.9145.912101*
IPL career6565185846.5145.4110101

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL career440—7.64—0
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-09-08 03:21:46 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-09-08 03:21:46 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Tilak Varma scored 1,499 runs in 51 pre-2026 IPL matches (2022–2026), strike rate 145.3.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2022MI1439761131.536.092916
2023MI1134384164.942.882623
2024MI1341665150.241.63519
2025MI133435914031.182316
2026MI14359101145.9329.923017
CareerMI51149984145.337.4811374

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
202220———
202310———
202410———
Career407.64——
Window: IPL 2022–2026 (pre-2026), 51 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show —.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-24MI vs RR3742.900bowledL
2026-05-20KKR vs MI203262.501caughtL
2026-05-14PBKS vs MI75*33227.366Not outW
2026-05-10RCB vs MI5742135.732bowledL
2026-05-04MI vs LSG111384.600caughtW
2026-05-02CSK vs MI5862.500caughtL
2026-04-29MI vs SRH75140.001caughtL
2026-04-23MI vs CSK3729127.650bowledL
Last 8 innings · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball · See all →

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs GT · Narendra Modi Stadium101*45224.42026-04-20
vs PBKS · Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium75*33227.32026-05-14
vs RCB · Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium5742135.72026-05-10
vs CSK · Wankhede Stadium3729127.62026-04-23
vs KKR · Eden Gardens203262.52026-05-20
vs KKR · Wankhede Stadium2014142.92026-03-29
Top 6 innings by runs · IPL 2026 · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3

Batted at 5 distinct positions (#3–#7).

PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#3 top order2111573.35.50
#4 middle411060183.336.67
#5 middle6223163136.844.60
#6 middle175140.07.00
#7 lower middle183266.78.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3

How Tilak Varma was dismissed across 12 wickets.

8
67%
Caught
3
25%
Bowled
1
8%
Run-out

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
GT110145224.4—87101*
PBKS28336230.683.08675*
RCB25845128.929.03257
CSK24237113.521.05037
KKR2404687.020.04120
RR21717100.08.52014
LSG1111384.611.00011
SRH175140.07.0017
DC1020.00.0000
Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Narendra Modi Stadium110145224.4—87101*
Wankhede Stadium78774117.612.411137
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium17533227.3—6675*
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium15742135.757.03257
Eden Gardens1203262.520.00120
Barsapara Cricket Stadium11410140.014.02014
All captures · Full breakdown: /players/tilak-varma/by-venue

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Sunil Narine161062.5010
Prasidh Krishna1643268.8430
Rashid Khan1320153.8110
Kartik Tyagi1212100.0200
Krunal Pandya1118163.6010
Jamie Overton1015150.0200
Varun Chakaravarthy10660.0000
Suyash Sharma912133.3010
Ashok Sharma928311.1230
Mukesh Choudhary99100.0100
Arshdeep Singh811137.5200
Bhuvneshwar Kumar88100.0100

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
165.2
SR of 165.2 vs pace bowling — 155 balls faced
155 balls·12 6s
vs Spin
115.7
SR of 115.7 vs spin bowling — 89 balls faced
89 balls·5 6s

Full breakdown at /players/tilak-varma/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Phase split
/phase-split
Death Overs
/death-overs
Powerplay
/powerplay
Recent Form
/recent-form
By Venue
/by-venue
vs Bowling Type
/by-bowling-type
IPL 2026 Season
/ipl-2026
IPL Career
/ipl-career
Partnerships
/partners
Franchise Mobility
/mobility

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Research mentioning Tilak

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026
Highest individual scores — IPL 2026

Tilak ranks #11 with 101 (246 balls faced).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Highest death-overs strike rates — IPL 2026

Tilak ranks #1 with 256.7 (60 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20)).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Mumbai Indians
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Yuzvendra Chahal · 58 ballsRashid Khan · 51 ballsR Ashwin · 48 ballsSunil Narine · 43 ballsKuldeep Yadav · 43 ballsPrasidh Krishna · 42 ballsKrunal Pandya · 38 ballsSuyash Sharma · 37 balls
Venues played at
Wankhede Stadium · 7 matchesArun Jaitley Stadium · 1 matchBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 matchNarendra Modi Stadium · 1 matchMA Chidambaram Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Tilak Varma is an Indian cricketer playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026 as a batter (right arm offbreak), left-handed batter born in Hyderabad.
Tilak Varma plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.
Tilak has played 14 IPL 2026 matches covered by CricketStudio ball-by-ball data.
Tilak Varma's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 199 (+19 vs venue par) when he made 101 vs GT on 2026-04-20.
Tilak Varma's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: PBKS — 83 runs in 2 innings (avg 41.5).
Tilak Varma scores at 91.1 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (45-ball sample, #44 of 45 qualifying batters).
Tilak Varma has won Player of the Match 2 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs PBKS on 2026-05-14.
Tilak Varma is Indian, born in Hyderabad.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Tilak Varma are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/tilak-varma — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Tilak Varma was born on 8 November 2002.
Tilak Varma bats left-handed.
Tilak Varma death-overs strike rate 256.7 in IPL 2026 (60 balls).

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Tilak Varma to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_1170265

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Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball match data. Computed 2026-09-08. All metrics are recalculated from raw delivery records. Minimum sample floors apply per claim.