Mumbai Indians

Well, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that Tilak Varma has been one of the most promising young talents to have come up in Indian cricket over the last few years and IPL 2022 had a massive role to play in that.

Fresh from winning the under-19 World Cup, the southpaw took no time to take the step up and impress in the IPL. His 61 off just 33 balls against Rajasthan Royals, both breath-taking and destructive, was just the initiation of what was to come in the next two seasons in the Blue and Gold.

Now, with two stellar IPL seasons behind him, an India cap, and the experience of captaining Hyderabad to win the 2024 Ranji Trophy Plate division, TV — as we fondly call him — is simply one player worthy of being a gamechanger in the middle-order.

Tilak Varma’s form ahead of IPL 2025 has been the talk of the town. In November 2024, he became the first-ever cricketer to register three successive tons in T20s (YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT!). He never put his foot off the gas and has been among the runs regularly in both international & domestic cricket.

The upcoming campaign will only see the rise and rise of our very own TV, who is raring to set the stage ablaze once again!