IPL's third week has been wholesome of entertainment where we have seen a lot of entertaining matches, Teams with high stakes of players are seen to be struggling and the teams with a correct core of balance are playing a good game. There have been some controversial decisions too which have changed the course of matches too. One such match was played between Mumbai Indians(MI) Vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) which was played at Ekana Stadium. 
It was the match that Mumbai Indians had in their hands until Surya Kumar Yadav and Tilak Varma were playing but there was a twist ahead where Surya's wicket changed the momentum a lot which added the pressure, where Tilak couldn't able to time the ball well and was declared retired out in place of Mitchell Santner. 

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The Game Of Twist And Turns
 It was match number16 which was played between Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) vs Mumbai Indians (MI), MI won the toss and elected to field first, Lucknow had a great start with Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Makram giving a very good start, but they couldn't capitalise the start provided and tend to lose wickets at regular intervals which stormed the breaks to the innings which were cruising like a plan. However, LSG posted a total of 203 runs with the loss of 8 wickets. 
Despite losing wickets in the middle LSG posted a tough total for Mumbai Indians. Though MI too were ready for the chase as they were confident of their last win. But the start was not the idle one that MI thought as they lost their openers cheaply, Naman Dhir and Surya were controlling the innings, but when they both were done it was just lost in control which just changed the course of the match. 
Tilak Varma Digs A Big Statment
 It all started after Naman Dhir's wicket, where Tilak Varma came as an impact substitute but from the start, his timing was just missing, dealing in singles though he tried for a long ranger but he could only find the fielders. After Surya was gone it was their sole, responsibility of Tilak to finish the match as he was the main man there, but what followed next was shocking when he was given retired at the end of the 19th over which created a backlash and it was Santner who was replacing him. 

Mumbai Indians Name Removed From Bio of Tilak Varma👀 pic.twitter.com/N5kswszdP2

— 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) April 5, 2025

After Akash Madhwal now Tilak Verma removed “Mumbai Indians” from the Instagram bio.😂🔥

कट्टर रोहित शर्मा समर्थक @TilakV9 !! pic.twitter.com/VXLxRoWTwN

— ` (@R0hitinveins) April 5, 2025

Though Mumbai Indians lost the match despite that effort but strangled controversies on them. Even though they faced backlash everywhere on social media, ow they justified replacing Tilak with Mitchell Santner who is not known for hitting abilities. It tangled reports, that the decision was taken by head coach Jayawardene who claimed it was a tactical decision. After days of the match, Tilak Varma also removed the Mumbai Indian's name from his Instagram bio which little bit hinted that he was clearly disappointed with that act. It's been profiled he may get into next year's auction.