Synopsis: Lucknow maintain their nerves in a slugfest to push Mumbai to the brink of a league-stage exit.
In a stark throwback to the early days of the IPL, Lucknow Tremendous Giants had been compelled to tug their 145-run chase proper right down to the wire by the Mumbai Indians.
Recent from his blistering century final week in Chennai, Marcus Stoinis’ foresighted cost within the PowerPlay helped LSG negate a nagging middle-overs spell from Hardik Pandya.
Stoinis maintained a brisk influx of boundaries early on earlier than his associate KL Rahul made up for an iffy begin with three fours and a six within the fifth over.
Whipped with aptitude! 😎
KL Rahul unleashes the helicopter shot 🤌🚁
Watch the match LIVE on @StarSportsIndia and @JioCinema 💻📱#TATAIPL | #LSGvMI pic.twitter.com/kgNyqlFj1Y
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2024
Whereas Hardik saved MI afloat with the wickets of Rahul and Deepak Hooda earlier than the spinners darted in some miserly overs, Stoinis reeled in 62 off 45 deliveries. Having rendered Jasprit Bumrah wicketless and fended off just a few probing overs on the dying, LSG’s lower-order then took one other 27 balls to erase the remaining 30 runs, implementing a nervy last-over end of one other sort.
The mighty crumble
The dying knell could have been sounded on Mumbai’s bid for the playoffs a lot sooner than the standard norm for the ‘comeback males’. After struggling to attain parity of their mixtures on high-scoring decks in higher situations by means of the season, the knockout punch was dealt on a sticky Lucknow pitch.
In a sport that renewed the bowlers’ spirits and chiselled the manic willow-wielding, Mumbai had been subdued throughout the PowerPlay after Lucknow opted to bowl, and their easy plans bore fruit.
Glittered with central figures from the nationwide T20I facet, the MI top-order would have wished to keep away from an ignominious blip, hours after India unveiled their T20 World Cup squad to a combined public reception.
, # 🤯🔥#TATAIPL #LSGvMI #IPLonJioCinema #IPLinHindi pic.twitter.com/eZtEfoOWaH
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 30, 2024
Having fallen on scores of 1 and two over his final two birthdays through the IPL, Rohit Sharma’s ominous streak continued with one other damp squib. Turning 37 on Tuesday, the Indian captain teased with a cheeky ramp for 4 earlier than mistiming left-armer Mohsin Khan’s fuller supply straight to cowl, perishing on 4 off 5 deliveries. Suryakumar Yadav was subsequent within the firing line regardless of stepping off the blocks with a feisty six in opposition to Marcus Stoinis. Utilised in a contemporary function up entrance within the PowerPlay with three overs, the sturdy Aussie cramped up Suryakumar, discovering a tame feather to the keeper down the leg-side.
Mumbai’s disaster man Tilak Varma was then tied down earlier than a rearguard counter as a brain-fade cost from the crease ended with Ravi Bishnoi’s sharpshooting throw from backward level, leaving the left-hander inches quick on the striker’s finish.
Stoinis scalps SKY, ✌️down & early bother for the Paltan 😬#IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL #LSGvMI #IPLinBhojpuri pic.twitter.com/xEZIWhvuP7
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) April 30, 2024
Along with his group in tatters, Hardik didn’t click on with the bat but once more. Hardik fell off the primary ball to contemporary bait tossed in on the fuller size by Naveen-ul-Haq, pushing laborious and providing a regulation catch to Rahul off the thick outdoors edge. Leaving the PowerPlay at 27 for 4, the second-lowest of the season, MI had been all the time taking part in catch as much as attain a preventing whole.
Mayank’s wavering return
Returning to the facet after seven video games, Rahul unleashed speedster Mayank Yadav within the seventh over to pressure the stranglehold on the left-handed pair of Nehal Wadhera and Ishan Kishan. Whereas he didn’t crank it up into the excessive 150s, Mayank startled a crouching Wadhera with a agency bumper that rose simply sufficient to crash into the helmet.
Mayank arrange Ishan Kishan with one other rising supply in his second over — chequered reflex pull almost undid Kishan however Ashton Turner didn’t latch onto the ball at deep mid-wicket.
Kishan and Wadhera then battled by means of a sluggish 53-run partnership that consumed 52 deliveries. Whereas Kishan fell earlier than the guile of Ravi Bishnoi’s googly, Wadhera took Mayank head-on, parrying him for 2 streaky sixes in his third over.
Mayank would have felt like he had hit the highest of his stride after castling Mohammad Nabi with a skiddy supply. Nonetheless, a resurfacing niggle compelled him off the sphere on an evening of combined returns earlier than his teammates rallied as much as limit Mumbai to 144.
Temporary Scores: Mumbai Indians 144/7 in 20 overs (Nehal Wadhera 46, Mohsin Khan 2/36) misplaced to Lucknow Tremendous Giants 145/6 in 19.2 overs (Marcus Stoinis 62, Hardik Pandya 2/26) by 4 wickets.