After MI batter Tilak Varma scored 1(3) against RCB, ex-India captain Kris Srikkanth said, "Tilak doesn't have the big-hitting capacity." "He can't demolish attacks like [RCB batters] Phil Salt or Rajat Patidar. Tilak Varma can't smash the bowling like Rajat Patidar," he further added. Notably, Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar scored 78(36) and 53(20) respectively in the match.