The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) clash in the 48th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) took place on Tuesday, April 30, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians have been one of the weakest teams in the ongoing edition of the competition despite having one of the strongest lineups on paper. The star-studded team has failed to perform consistently well and Hardik Pandya & Co. are placed ninth in the Indian Premier League 2024 points table.
Out of nine games in the league, Mumbai Indians have won just three games while they suffered defeats in six games. Lucknow Super Giants, on the other hand, have also played in nine games but have done a much better job than the five-time IPL champions. The LSG has won five games and is in fifth place in the table with ten points.
Meanwhile, both LSG and MI face each other after a defeat in their last game. Lucknow Super Giants faced a 7-wicket hammer at the hands of Rajasthan Royals as they allowed the Royals to comprehensively chase 197 riding on the half-centuries of Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel.
Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, suffered a defeat against Delhi Capitals as their bowlers allowed the Rishabh Pant-led side to score 257/4 and MI then reached 247/9 and suffered a 10-run loss.
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Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field first in the game. They made some significant changes to their team with the biggest change being the return of express pacer Mayank Yadav.
“We will bowl first. Wicket looks good, we want to put their batters under pressure and try to chase them. We will try to stay as balanced as possible. We have to come out and put on a show. We had a few good wins.” . Few changes, Kulkarni is also back in the team, he put a lot of pressure on the physiotherapist team. He no longer knows that he had an injury.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said at the toss that injuries to some players had cost them games.
“Looks okay. Looks like a slower surface, let’s see how it plays. We know that all games are about winning or losing. We have to concentrate on one game at a time. I think we supported our playing eleven every time. The injuries cost us.” . All important players are secured. It’s a long tournament, we believed in all our players every time we played.
LSG vs. MI: Impact players –
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Nuwan Thosehara, Kumar Kartikeya, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani
Lucknow Super Giants Substitutes: Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad
LSG vs. MI: Playing XIs –
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(f), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah.
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(f/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav