Former Australian captain Aaron Finch said that Mumbai Indians (MI) star Tilak Varma’s best performance comes when he is batting in the middle order. Finch also added that when the veteran bats in the top three, he often tries too hard to play the perfect T20 knock as well. However, Varma smashed a scintillating 101* off 45 balls as MI thumped Gujarat Titans (GT) by 99 runs as well.

During a discussion on ESPNcricinfo, Finch said: “He’s a middle order player. Coming in the middle order suits him. When he is at the top of the order, he almost tries to construct the perfect T20 innings. When the game is laid out in front of him, he sees it differently. There are a lot of players like that. When you are at the top of the order, you are the one that has to make the decision. Some guys are so good at either one.”

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Tilak Varma has two T20I centuries to his name while batting in the top order as well. However, former South African captain Faf du Plessis agreed with Finch’s words about Varma being a better middle-order batter.

Referring to the T20 World Cup, he said: “This was the exact thing that happened in the T20 World Cup. His numbers were better at the back end when the change happened in the team. The openers changed, they moved him down and he was successful. So, once again the numbers tell you that he is better right now coming in a little bit late.”