In the match between Lucknow and Mumbai played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Mumbai by 4 wickets. During this, there was a disciplined performance by Marcus Stoinis and the bowlers for LSG. While batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 144 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated overs. In response, Stoinis from Lucknow played a half-century of 62 runs in 45 balls and led his team to victory with four balls remaining.
Now Lucknow has reached the third position in the points table after its sixth win in ten matches. This was Mumbai's seventh defeat in ten matches. However, Lucknow got off to a bad start as Nuwan Thushara dismissed impact player Arshin Kulkarni on the fourth ball of the inning. He could not even open his account in his debut match in IPL. Stoinis hit Gerald Coetzee for two consecutive fours and scored 15 runs in his first over. KL Rahul scored 20 runs off Thushara by hitting three fours and a six. He was out after scoring 28 runs in 22 balls. Hardik Pandya sent Rahul to the pavilion, whose catch was caught by Mohammad Nabi near the boundary line.
After this, Stoinis made a partnership of 40 runs in 35 balls with Deepak Hooda (18) and took Lucknow close to 100 runs. Hooda was also dismissed by Hardik but Stoinis completed his half-century in 39 balls in the 14th over. Coetzee dismissed Ashton Turner while Ayush Badoni was run out. Nicholas Pooran (14 not out) took the team to the target.
Sent in to bat first, Mumbai lost four wickets within the powerplay. Nihal Wadhera (46) and Ishan Kishan (32) could not give a big score to the team even after making a partnership of 53 runs for the fifth wicket. Tim David scored 35 runs in 18 balls which included 17 runs scored in the last over. Mumbai's top order failed miserably and four wickets fell for 28 runs in the first six overs.
This is the second lowest score in the powerplay this season. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by left arm fast bowler Mohsin Khan while the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav was taken by Marcus Stoinis. Tilak Verma lost his wicket on an accurate throw by Ravi Bishnoi. Naveenul Haq did not even give captain Hardik Pandya a chance to open his account. Mumbai's score is 5. After 2 overs it was 27 runs for four wickets. Lucknow used Stoinis well in the powerplay, who took one wicket for 19 runs in three overs. Ashton Turner took the catch of Ishan Kishan at deep square leg on the ball of fast bowler Mayank Yadav, who was returning after recovering from injury. Ishaan and Nihal Wadhera made a half-century partnership for the fifth wicket.
With seven overs left, Ishan lost his wicket on Bishnoi's googly. While Vadhera thrashed Yadav in the 15th over, he hit two sixes and a four. Mohsin sent Vadhera to the pavilion on a yorker. Tim David hit a six and a four in this over. Yadav was hit by a shot from Mohammad Nabi and he had to leave the field immediately.
