Mumbai Indians were knocked out of the 2023 Indian Premier League on Friday night after they faced a huge 61-run defeat to Gujarat Titans in the second qualifier. The Titans, while batting first posted a mammoth score of 233/3 in 20 overs with Shubman Gill scoring an amazing century (129). Later, MI were bowled out for 171 in reply as well. It is also noteworthy that, Mumbai Indians faced a lot of setbacks early in the innings but they had faith in Tilak Varma who played a quick 43 off 13 deliveries before he gave his wicket away to Rashid Khan and Sehwag opened up on this as well.

“He should focus on 2 things; improve his fitness, and identify the skills that he can work on, as well as the mindset. It often happens when you play regular cricket, you change yourself with time. But when you’re not playing cricket, you have to focus on your fitness and your skills. Like Suryakumar Yadav, he practiced a lot for his shots,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.

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“Tilak Varma should focus on improving his weakness. It reminds me of him, when I played for India for the first time in 1999, I was dismissed by Shoaib Akhtar. Before I could bring my bat down, the ball hit my pad. So, Dada (Sourav Ganguly) told me one thing… go back, practice against fast bowling, so you come better prepared. I used to play middle-order, I got spin, and by the time fast bowlers came, I had already scored a century. Likewise, Tilak Varma needs to look on where are his weaknesses,” Virender Sehwag further said.