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Tilak said before the match between Mumbai and Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium, ‘I was especially talking to Rohit Bhai. He told me to play 15-20 balls and you will know what you can do.
Tilak Verma gave credit to Rohit Sharma for his century
New Delhi. Tilak Verma on Wednesday said that Rohit Sharma helped him score a century in the IPL and return to form when he advised him not to think too much about the match situation, just play the first 15 to 20 balls. Tilak scored an unbeaten 101 runs as Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by 99 runs in their last match and broke the losing streak of four consecutive matches.
Tilak hit eight fours and seven sixes in his innings of 45 balls. His start was a bit slow and at one time he was scoring 19 runs in 22 balls. Tilak said before the match between Mumbai and Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium, ‘I was especially talking to Rohit Bhai. He told me to play 15-20 balls and you will know what you can do.
Rohit showed the way
He said, ‘If you play 15 balls, everyone knows what you will do after that. Just don’t think about the situation or anything else, play 15 balls and see what happens. Tilak said, ‘This gave me confidence and I made up my mind that I will play 15 balls and then look at the rest. When I played those 15 balls, I automatically understood that I had to hit big shots.
Didn’t take pressure from previous matches
Tilak said that after the poor start of the IPL, he did not take any pressure on himself. Before the last match, he had scored 20, 00, 14, 01 and 08 runs. He said, ‘(In the last few matches) I did not get much time on the wicket and I had to hit big shots from the beginning. Sometimes the ball hits my bat and sometimes I get out, so I didn’t take too much pressure from the fact that I was not in good form. Tilak said that Suryakumar Yadav, who has scored only one half-century so far in the current IPL, is not far away from playing a big innings.
