30 April,2024 11:24 PM IST | Lucknow | mid-day online correspondent
KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (Pic: X/@mipaltan)
An inconsistent Mumbai Indians will have to display all-round solidity when they face an unpredictable Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2024 match on Tuesday.
The Super Giants, meanwhile, have ten points from nine matches, similar figures as that of Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, and the side would certainly like to breakaway from that mid-table gridlock with a win.
LSG, in their previous match, were handed a seven-wicket loss by Rajasthan Royals, who chased the 197-run target with six balls to spare. The onus will also be on the team's big hitting troika of Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran to hit those towering maximums and get match-winning totals as the race for the playoff heats.
They will fancy their chances against a struggling Mumbai bowling unit which was carted all over the park by the Delhi Capitals batters the other day.
MI bowlers struggled to find answers against young Jake Fraser-McGurk, who wreaked havoc in the Powerplay.
Even the world class Jasprit Bumrah conceded a 19-run over before returning to his frugal self while the likes of Luke Wood and skipper Hardik Pandya were pummelled into submission. They would look to do better.
Mumbai Indians find themselves in a precarious position sitting ninth on the points table. They need to win all their matches to stay alive in the competition.
The five-time champions need to fire as a unit and the likes of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, premier T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav would be like to get into the rhythm and churn out some consistent performances ahead of the World Cup.
All-rounder Pandya has flopped with the bat and ball this season. He did get his highest score this season the other day but should be relieved now that he has made it to the World Cup squad.
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Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Harvik Desai, Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood.
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharth, Prerak Mankad, Arshad Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mayank Yadav and Arshin Kulkarni
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan
Batsmen: Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Tim David
All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah
Lucknow Super Giants win toss, opt to field against Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav
11: 24 PM: LSG: 145/5 (20)
Nicholas Pooran scores the final run for Lucknow Super Giants. The hosts won the IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians by four wickets.
11: 12 PM: LSG: 132/5 (18)
Gerald Coetzee picks the wicket of Turner. Lucknow is in a difficult position.
11: 00 PM: LSG: 122/4 (16)
Stoinis departs after scoring fifty. Two new batsmen Nicholas Pooran and Ashton Turner are at the crease.
10: 48 PM: LSG: 103/3 (14)
Pandya strikes another wicket. LSG loses the wicket of Hooda. Stoinis completes his half-century.
10: 40 PM: LSG: 91/2 (12)
No comeback for MI as Stoinis and Hooda take control of the match.
10: 30 PM: LSG: 79/2 (10)
Stoinis and Hooda continue to strike boundaries despite losing the wicket of their skipper.
10: 20 PM: LSG: 61/2 (8)
Captain Hardik Pandya dismissed LSG captain Rahul. Deepak Hooda joins Stoinis in the middle.
10: 10 PM: LSG: 52/1 (6)
Rahul and Stoinis smash boundaries all around the ground, taking Lucknow to 52 runs after 6 overs.
10: 00 PM: LSG: 26/1 (4)
KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis look to stabilize Lucknow's innings. The hosts are now 26 runs for the loss of one wicket after four overs.
9: 50 PM: LSG: 8/1 (2)
Debutant Arshin Kulkarni departs on the first ball. Nushan Tushara helps Mumbai Indians to get their first breakthrough.
9:20 PM: 144/7 (20 overs)
Lucknow bowlers restrict Mumbai Indians to 144/7 in 20 overs. Tim David stays unbeaten on 35 off 18 balls.
9:13 PM:123/7 (18.1)
Mayank Yadav shatters Nabi's stumps with a hard length delivery, inducing an inside edge off Nabi's attempted heave, resulting in his dismissal for just one run off two balls.
9:05 PM: 112/6 (17.1)
Mohsin Khan dismisses Nehal Wadhera nailing a perfect yorker, ending his impressive innings of 46 runs off 41 balls, as the ball crashes into the middle-and-leg stump.
8:56 PM: 106/5 (16)
Nehal Wadhera showcases his batting prowess, smashing a boundary and two sixes off Mayank Yadav's over, accumulating 16 runs, with impeccable timing and placement, boosting Mumbai Indians' scoring rate.
8:48 PM: 80/5 (14)
Ravi Bishnoi sends Ishan Kishan back to the pavillion with a googly, breaking his half-century partnership with Wadhera. Tim David comes in next.
8:40 PM: 73/4 (13)
Hooda with a chance, nearly dismissing Nehal Wadhera at cover, as Mumbai continue to pick up singles.
8:34 PM: 65/4 (11)
Hooda concedes singles to Ishan Kishan and Nehal Wadhera, with Kishan hitting a boundary with a well-timed pull shot, as Mumbai Indians accumulate runs steadily.
8:20 PM: 41/4 (8)
Mayank Yadav bowls a varied over, troubling Nehal Wadhera with pace and bounce, conceding a boundary and a wide, while Ishan Kishan manages a single off a no-ball, as Mumbai Indians struggle with early wickets.
8:12 PM: 27/4 (5.3)
Naveen-ul-Haq dismisses Hardik Pandya with a caught-behind for a golden duck, followed by Tilak Varma getting run out by a direct hit from Ravi Bishnoi as Mumbai Indians look in all sorts of trouble here.
7:57 PM: 27/2 (5)
Mohsin Khan keeps things tight for Mumbai, conceding only singles.
7:50 PM: 18/2 (2.4)
Stoinis takes Suryakumar Yadav's wicket with a caught-behind by skipper Rahul, thanks to their successful review, leaving Mumbai in a precarious position. Tilak Varma walks in next.
7:40 PM: 7/1 (1.3)
Rohit gets caught behind by Stoinis off Mohsin Khan's delivery. Mumbai Indians' top-order struggles continue. Power-hitter Suryakumar Yadav comes in at number 3.
7:34 PM: 2/0 (1)
Stoinis keeps things tight with Rohit and Ishan, with the duo managing only singles at the moment.
7:30 PM: Match begins!
