Marcus Stoinis made a composed fifty to complement the splendid effort of the bowlers as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) strengthened their chances of a play-off berth with a nervy four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) at Ekana Stadium on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians’ top-order came a cropper as they stuttered to a below-par 144 for seven, riding on contributions from Nehal Wadhera (46), Ishan Kishan (32) and Tim David (35 not out).
With their sixth win in 10 games, LSG climbed to the third spot in the IPL standings. MI, on the other hand, slumped to their seventh loss in 10 games.
LSG made a watchful start to their chase after Nuwan Thushara struck with his fourth ball to remove impact sub Arshin Kulkarni for a duck on his IPL debut.
Stoinis cracked two back-to-back boundaries off Gerald Coetzee, who ended up conceding 15 in his first over. K L Rahul (28 off 22) too joined the party, slamming three fours and a six to take 20 runs off Thushara.
Stoinis then whacked Bumrah over longoff as LSG reached 52 in the powerplay.
Mumbai Indians posted 144 for 7 in their Indian Premier League match against Lucknow Super Giants skipper here on Tuesday.
Nehal Wadhera top-scored for MI with 46 while Tim David and Ishan Kishan made 35 not out and 32 respectively.
For LSG, Mohsin Khan took two wickets while Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Yadav, Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi got one each.
Brief Scores:
LSG’s tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav makes his return to the side after missing quite a few matches due to a lower abdominal strain. Arshin Kulkarni and Ashton Turner too are in the LSG side for the big-ticket match, while Quinton de Kock misses out.
Mumbai Indians have made just one change in their playing XI, bringing in Gerald Coetzee for Mark Wood.
IPL 2024: LSG vs MI Playing 11
LSG Playing 11: 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
Lucknow Super Giants Subs: Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, K Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad
MI Playing 11 probables: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah.