MI vs LSG / Mumbai won the eliminator by 81 runs, Lucknow out – next match against Gujarat

MI vs LSG: 5-time champion Mumbai Indians defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 81 runs in the eliminator match of Indian Premier League-2023. With this victory, Rohit Sharma's team has reached Qualifier-2 of the current season of the league. In Qualifier-2, Mumbai will face defending champions Gujarat Titans on May 26 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Batting first after winning the toss at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, Mumbai scored 182 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Lucknow got all out for 101 runs in 16.3 overs.

Madhwal bowled the best bowling spell of the playoffs

Akash Madhwal of Mumbai took 5 wickets for just 5 runs. This is the best bowling figure of the IPL playoffs, before that this record was in the name of CSK's Doug Ballinger. Ballinger took 4 for 13 against Delhi in 2010. Madhwal also bowled the fifth best spell of IPL. Before him, Anil Kumble took 5 wickets for 3 runs against Rajasthan in 2009. Whereas Adam Zampa, Sohail Tanvir and Alzarri Joseph have taken 6-6 wickets in a single match. Joseph took 12 wickets, Tanveer 14 and Zampa took 19 wickets.

Lucknow lost after losing 8 wickets for the last 32 runs

Chasing a target of 183 runs, Lucknow got off to a steady start but kept losing wickets in the middle overs and fell 81 runs short of the score.

Electing to bat after winning the toss, Cameron Green scored 41 off 23 balls for Mumbai, while Suryakumar Yadav scored 33 runs. In the last, Nehal Wadhera played an explosive inning of 23 runs off 12 balls. He scored 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Naveen-ul-Haq took 4 wickets for 38 runs, while Yash Thakur got two successes.

In the counter-innings, Marcus Stoinis scored 40 and Kyle Meyers scored 18 runs from Lucknow. The remaining batsmen of the team could not score more than 15 runs. In bowling, Akash Madhwal took 5 wickets by giving 5 runs. Chris Jordan and Piyush Chawla got one wicket each.

Lucknow's wickets fell like this

First: On the 5th ball of the second over, Akash Madhwal got Prerak Mankad caught by Hrithik Shokeen.

Second: On the second ball of the fourth over, Chris Jordan got Kyle Meyers caught by Cameron Green.

Third: On the second ball of the ninth over, Piyush Chawla got Krunal Pandya caught by Tim David.

Fourth: On the fourth ball of the 10th over, Akash Madhwal bowled Ayush Badoni.

Fifth: On the 5th ball of the 10th over, Madhwal got Nicholas Pooran caught by wicketkeeper Ishant Kishan.

Sixth: Marcus Stoinis was run out on the 5th ball of the 12th over.

Seventh: Krishnappa Gautam also got runout on the third ball of the 13th over.

Eighth: On the third ball of the 15th over, Akash Madhwal got Ravi Bishnoi caught by Chris Jordan.

Ninth: Deepak Hooda got runout on the 5th ball of the 15th over.

LSG lost 8 wickets in scoring 32 runs

After a steady start in the powerplay, Piyush Chawla got Krunal Pandya caught out in the 9th over. In the very next over, Akash Madhwal removed Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran. After Chawla and Madhwal, Marcus Stoinis and Krishnappa Gautam were run out in the next two overs. The team's score went from 2 for 69 to 7 for 92. Madhwal also made Ravi Bishnoi walk on the score of 100 runs. Deepak Hooda was run out in the same over. The team also lost the last wicket on the score of 101. In this way LSG lost 8 wickets in scoring 32 runs.

LSG lost 2 wickets in powerplay

Chasing the target of 183 runs, Lucknow got off to a bad start. The team lost the wicket of Prerak Mankad in the very second over. Kyle Meyers was also dismissed in the fourth over. But thanks to the innings of Marcus Stoinis, the team scored 54 runs in 6 overs.

This is how Mumbai's wickets fell

First: On the second ball of the fourth over, Naveen-ul-Haq got Rohit Sharma caught by Ayush Badoni.

Second: On the second ball of the 5th over, Yash Thakur got Ishaan Kishan caught by wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran.

Third: On the fourth ball of the 11th over, Naveen-ul-Haq got Surya caught by Krishnappa Gautam.

Fourth: Cameron Green was bowled by Naveen-ul-Haq on the last ball of the 11th over.

Fifth: On the third ball of the 17th over, Yash Thakur got Tim David caught by Deepak Hooda.

Sixth: On the third ball of the 18th over, Naveen-ul-Haq got Tilak Verma caught by Deepak Hooda.

Seventh: On the 5th ball of the 19th over, Mohsin Khan got Chris Jordan caught by Deepak Hooda.

Eighth: On the last ball of the 20th over, Yash Thakur got Nehal Wadhera caught by Ravi Bishnoi.

Half-century partnership between Surya-Green

After losing 2 wickets in Powerplay, Suryakumar Yadav and Cameron Green did Fifty Partnership on 26 balls. Both scored 66 runs on 38 balls. Surya was dismissed after scoring 33 runs in 20 balls and this partnership was broken. After Surya, Cameron Green also became a victim of Naveen-ul-Haq. Green scored 41 runs.

2 shocks to Mumbai, still scored 62 runs

Mumbai's performance in the powerplay was mixed. The team scored 62 runs in 6 overs even after losing the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma (11 runs) and Ishaan Kishan (15 runs). Naveen-ul-Haq and Yash Thakur gave Lucknow the early breakthroughs.

Hrithik Shokeen replaces Kumar Kartikeya in MI

The Mumbai team has landed with one change. Hrithik Shokeen has got a chance in place of Kumar Kartikeya in the team.

See playing eleven

Mumbai Indians - Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff and Akash Madhwal.

Impact Players - Ramandeep Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Kumar Kartikeya, Nehal Wadhera, Sandeep Warrier.

Lucknow Super Giants - Krunal Pandya (Captain), Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krishnappa Gautam, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq and Mohsin Khan.

Impact Players - Kyle Meyers, Denysal Sams, Yudhveer Singh, Swapnil Singh and Amit Mishra.