Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma interacted with young Tilak Varma after their first win of the season against Delhi Capitals in a last ball finish at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Tilak said that it was his dream to bat with skipper Rohit and building a partnership with him was fun.
MI skipper Rohit and Tilak's partnership of 61 runs laid the foundation of MI's first IPL 2023 win. Rohit was MI’s top-scorer with 65 of 45 while Tilak played a helping knock of 41 runs in 29 balls.
In a video posted on IPL’s Twitter handle, Rohit asked Tilak about his feelings after the win
"I am feeling nice, I was waiting from last year to bat with you, this time got the opportunity, building partnership with you was fun," Tilak said.
Rohit further asked what was running through his mind in the 16th over where he punished bowlers with two consecutive sixes and four with straight bat into the stands.
"I thought to keep my head still and base strong. Rather than hitting unique shots, I chose my strength and hit straight" Tilak said
Taking about the first win of MI in this season, he said, "It is important to find early momentum, we have played two matches and it was required to win as we can have the momentum going."
At the end, Rohit concluded the interaction with Tilak by using famous Hyderabadi slang "Bahut maza aya tumse baat karne miyan! (it was nice to talk to you)".
