In the match held on Monday in IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Titans by a huge margin of 99 runs. This is Mumbai’s first win after 4 consecutive defeats and its second win of the edition. The hero of the match was Tilak Verma, who scored his first IPL century. He scored unbeaten 101 runs in 45 balls. After the match, Suryakumar Yadav made a special post in his praise.

In this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat Titans won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai faltered in the beginning, 3 wickets had fallen for 44. Tilak Verma, who came at number five, played cautiously in the beginning, after 14 overs his score was 19 runs in 22 balls. After this he scored runs at a fast pace and completed his century in 45 balls.

The century in 45 balls is the fastest century by a Mumbai Indians batsman in IPL history, Tilak equaled Sanath Jayasuriya’s record. Jayasuriya scored a century in 45 balls against Chennai in 2008.

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Suryakumar Yadav praised like this

Suryakumar Yadav, captain of the Indian T20 team and playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026, made a special post in praise of Tilak Verma. While sharing 3 photos of Tilak, he wrote, “This boy is built differently.” Surya also shared emojis of power and love in the caption.

This guy is built different pic.twitter.com/ToqQbnbB6d

— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) April 20, 2026

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what did hardik say

After the second timeout, Tilak Verma batted in an explosive manner. Hardik told that he had told Tilak not to worry and hit the ball hard after seeing it. This tilak was necessary for Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians have won 2 out of 6 matches and lost 4. With 4 points and a net run rate of 0.067, the team is at seventh position in the points table. Mumbai’s next match is with Chennai Super Kings on Thursday, 23 April.

The 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7 February. This time this global tournament is being played in India and Sri Lanka. Team India is a strong contender to win this tournament. Team India, which wins the 2024 T20 World Cup, would like to win this ICC title for the second consecutive time. Before this, the Indian team played a five-match T20 series against New Zealand at home. Team India won this series 4-1. However, even before this series, India’s two star players Tilak Verma and Washington Sundar were injured. Both did not play in this series. However, after defeating New Zealand, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has given an update on the fitness of Tilak and Washington.

Tilak has started everything batting, bowling and fielding – Suryakumar Yadav

Let us tell you that Tilak Verma got injured while playing domestic cricket just before the start of the T20 series against New Zealand. He also had a small operation. He has been away from cricket for almost a month. Tilak is part of Team India for the T20 World Cup. Giving an update on his fitness, Suryakumar Yadav said, “Tilak Verma is getting fit well. I heard that he is playing two matches in Mumbai on February 2 and 4. I think two matches are enough. I spoke to him only yesterday. He has started batting, bowling and fielding everything. Hopefully he will be with us soon.”

Sundar has started bowling and batting – Indian T20 captain

Washington Sundar is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI Center of Excellence. Sundar was part of India’s playing eleven in the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara on 11 January. He suffered a rib injury while bowling in that match, but despite this he came to bat and along with KL Rahul helped India win.

On Washington Sundar’s fitness, Suryakumar Yadav said, “I think Vashi is also doing well. I have also talked to him. He has also started bowling and batting. He is looking good and hopefully will be back soon.”

Tilak Varma Fitness Update: The excitement of T20 World Cup 2026 is just about to begin. 20 teams of the world will face each other, a total of 55 matches will be played in the tournament and all this will happen just for a shining trophy. India will enter this tournament as the defending champion, but Tilak Verma’s injury remains a matter of great concern. Now the latest update regarding his fitness has come out.

Tilak Verma, the most reliable batsman of India’s T20 team, has started practicing again. He shared a video on social media, in which it can be clearly seen that Tilak has started batting practice. According to the video going viral, Tilak is able to hit shots with good footwork.

The most important link of Team India

Tilak Verma is the most important link of Team India, who scored 187 runs at an average of 62.33 in four innings of the T20 series against South Africa in December 2025. His fitness is very good news for the Indian team. Has scored two half-centuries in the last 3 T20 innings.

Tilak Verma gave an example of his maturity when Team India lost 3 quick wickets against Pakistan in the Asia Cup final. In such a situation, Tilak gave a historic victory to Team India by playing an unbeaten inning of 69 runs.

In his absence, Ishan Kishan got a chance at number-3, which he left no stone unturned to capitalize on. Ishan Kishan got the opportunity to bat in 3 innings against New Zealand, in which he scored 112 runs including a half-century and also impressed everyone with his stormy strike rate.

most trusted tilak

Tilak Verma has proved to be the most reliable batsman of Team India at number-3. Till now, while batting at number three, he has scored 542 runs in 15 innings at an excellent average of 60.22 and both the century innings of his T20 career have also come in this batting order. At the fourth position also his batting average is 54.44.

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The Indian cricket team is fully prepared for the T20 World Cup 2026. Before this big tournament, India has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand. Except the first match, the team won one-sidedly in both the other matches. Last Sunday, the team completed the target of 154 in just 10 overs. Abhishek Sharma is in great form, while captain Suryakumar Yadav has also returned in great form. Meanwhile, a big good news came for the team, Tilak Verma has become fit.

Tilak Verma is a part of T20 World Cup 2026, who is out of the team due to stomach problem. Although the team has explosive batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, but the strength of the Indian team is that if the top order of the team flops, then the middle order batsmen play good innings keeping in mind the pace of runs. Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma are such middle order batsmen.

Tilak Verma can play 5th T20

According to the report of Indian Express, Tilak Verma will be available in the fifth T20 against New Zealand to be held on January 31 in Thiruvananthapuram. Let us tell you that he had a stomach operation during the Vijay Hazare Trophy, after which the doctors asked him to take rest for 2 weeks. He is working hard to get fit in the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. However, the team management does not want any haste in Tilak’s return, instead they want Tilak to be completely fit for the T20 World Cup 2026.

Tilak has started training

BCCI had earlier told that Tilak Verma has started physical training. Once his symptoms are completely cured and the wound healing process is satisfactory, he will gradually return to skill-based activities. BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia had said about him that he is out of the first 3 matches against New Zealand, the decision on his availability in the other 2 matches will be taken based on his progress in the training and skill phase.

India’s squad in T20 World Cup 2026

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.

Tilak Verma was suddenly registered during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He complained of a stab wound in the groin, after which he was taken to the hospital. He had to undergo surgery, due to which he will stay away from cricket for at least 2 weeks. BCCI has confirmed that Tilak Verma has been ruled out of the first 3 T20 matches against New Zealand, although the board has not announced his replacement. Giving his opinion on this, former cricketer Aakash Chopra said that Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal should not be his replacement.

Why shouldn’t Gill or Jaiswal be the replacement?

Aakash Chopra shared a video regarding this on his social media platform. In this he said, “Tilak Verma is injured. There will be doubts about his playing in the T20 World Cup. A new player will have to be found. Can it be Shubman Gill? I would say no, Gill should not be there and Yashasvi Jaiswal should also not be there. Why? Because you do not need an opener. Tilak Verma bats at number three or four, so you need a player who bats in the middle order. If he can bowl a little then it is even better but you Don’t need an opener.”

Aakash Chopra said that he is the perfect replacement for Tilak Verma!

Aakash Chopra further said, “I would say Shreyas Iyer, you should select Sarpanch Sahab quickly. He is already playing well. He did well in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Now he is getting the opportunity, there is a need for a middle order batsman here, he is also an experienced senior player. He also did well in the IPL.

“But if you don’t want to go with Shreyas Iyer for any reason, then I would choose Riyan Parag as the second option. He can also contribute in bowling. As the third option, I would take the name of Jitesh Sharma. But my first choice is Shreyas Iyer.”

NEWS

Tilak Varma ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand.

His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 8, 2026

What did BCCI tell?

BCCI said in an official statement regarding Tilak Verma, “Indian batsman Tilak Verma underwent surgery for a stomach problem in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 7. He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday morning and will return to Hyderabad on Friday. His condition is currently stable and he is improving. Tilak will then start physical training and gradually return to skill-based activities once his symptoms are completely resolved and the wound is healed. He will play in the first three matches against New Zealand. “He has been ruled out of the T20 matches. His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the training and skill phase.”

The Indian team has suffered a big blow, because Tilak Verma has been ruled out of the first 3 T20 matches against New Zealand. India vs New Zealand five T20 match series will start from January 21. Tilak Verma underwent stomach surgery in emergency condition on Wednesday.

Tilak Verma out of first three T20 matches

On Thursday, BCCI issued a statement saying that Tilak Verma had successful surgery on Wednesday after suffering from stomach problem in Rajkot. He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday and will leave for Hyderabad on Friday. His condition is stable now and he is recovering quickly.”

The BCCI statement further said, “Tilak will be able to resume physical practice once the symptoms are completely resolved and the wound is healed and then gradually start skill training. Tilak Verma will not be able to play in the first three T20 matches against New Zealand. On the basis of practice and skill training, it will be decided whether Tilak will be able to play the remaining 2 T20 matches or not.”

Tilak Verma gave health update

Tilak Verma thanked the people who expressed concern about his health through social media. He has started on the path of recovery and he also promised the fans that he will return to the field sooner than their expectations.

Tilak Verma’s replacement has not been announced yet for the T20 series against New Zealand. It is possible that Ishan Kishan may get a chance to play at number 3, who was included in the T20 team as a back-up wicketkeeper option to Sanju Samson.

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