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The 2025 IPL (Indian Premier League) season is piling up with records and raw emotions that sprouts both on and off the ground during every match. Some records raise our eyebrows but few shocks both the fans and the players too. Social media is buzzing with the heated debates over the ‘Retired Out’ decision of Mumbai Indian Batsman Tilak Varma. And the head coach of MI defends this decision as a ‘Tactical Move’ made when their team were in need of 24 runs in 7 balls (with 5 wickets in hand). Unfortunately, this decision backfired the team and ended with the victory of LSG against MI.
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“These things happen in cricket. Not nice to take him out but I had to do that, it was a tactical decision at that point.” – Jayawardene, MI Head Coach
With this decision Tilak Varma becomes the fourth player to back to the pavilion as a retired out batsman in the history of IPL. Though MI lost their match, skipper Hardik Pandya became the first player in the 17 seasons of IPL to take the 5-wicket haul as a captain. Let us look at the list of retired players in the IPL history.
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Retired Out Batsmen – IPL
| Name of the Player | Match | Venue | Date | Over | Result |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | RR vs LSG | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 10 April 2022 | 18.2 | RR won by 3 runs |
| Atharva Taide | PBKS vs DC | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | 17 May 2023 | 14.6 | DC won by 15 runs |
| Sai Sudharsan | GT vs MI | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 26 May 2023 | 18.6 | GT won by 62 runs |
| Tilak Varma | MI vs LSG | Ekana Stadium, Lucknow | 4 April 2025 | 18.5 | LSG won by 12 runs |
