Having put to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) lost the early wicket of its opening batsman, Josh Inglis, on 13 runs in five balls, including three boundaries. Fellow opening batsman Mitchell Marsh departed after scoring 44 runs in 25 balls, with the help of four boundaries and three maximums (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Swashbuckling batsman Nicholas Pooran delivered a blistering knock of 63 runs. His knock came in 21 balls, and included a boundary and eight maximums (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Later, captain Rishabh Pant registered 15 runs in 10 balls, including a boundary and a maximum. Akshat Raghuwanshi was dismissed on 11 runs in seven balls, including a maximum. Aiden Markram and Himmat Singh stayed unbeaten. Facing 25 balls, Markram scored 31 runs, including a boundary and a maximum, whereas Himmar smashed 40 runs off 31 balls, laced with two boundaries and the same number of maximums. With this, the Super Giants posted a total of 228 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs (Pic: File Pic)

Mumbai Indians' (MI) Corbin Bosch returned with the figures of two wickets for 20 runs in two overs. Allah Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma, and Will Jacks also bagged one wicket each. Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against LSG (Pic: X/@mipaltan)

The "Paltan" will heavily rely on its star opening batsman Rohit Sharma. The right-handed batsman will make his appearance after recovering from an injury (Pic: X/@mipaltan)