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

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P3Form & phase

4 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
83 runs vs PBKSn=2 innings, 36 balls faced · IPL 2026 to date
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
91.1n=45 PP balls faced · IPL 2026
Death-overs batting strike rate in IPL 2026
256.7n=60 death-overs balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

9 claims
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
145.9n=246 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
359n=14 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
17n=14 innings · IPL 2026
IPL career matches
51n=51 matches · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)
IPL career runs
1499n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)
IPL career batting strike rate
145.3n=1032 balls faced · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)
IPL career batting average
37.5n=1032 balls, 40 dismissals · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)
IPL career sixes
74n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)
IPL career wickets
0n=22 balls bowled · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)

P2Moments

5 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
2n=14 innings · IPL 2026
Centuries in IPL 2026
1n=14 innings · IPL 2026
IPL career half-centuries
8n=51 innings · IPL career (pre-2026 Cricsheet)

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

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 career4407.640
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:40:59 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:40:59 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 20222026 (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

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
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
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
GT110145224.487101*
PBKS28336230.683.08675*
RCB25845128.929.03257
CSK24237113.521.05037
KKR2404687.020.04120
RR21717100.08.52014
LSG1111384.611.00011
SRH175140.07.0017
DC1020.00.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Narendra Modi Stadium110145224.487101*
Wankhede Stadium78774117.612.411137
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium17533227.36675*
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium15742135.757.03257
Eden Gardens1203262.520.00120
Barsapara Cricket Stadium11410140.014.02014

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

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.

Research mentioning Tilak

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