LSG vs MI: Lucknow maintained its dominance against Mumbai Indians, even Hardik's all-round performance did not help..

Lucknow Super Giants registered their second win in IPL 2025 by defeating Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in a thrilling match. Lucknow, after losing the toss and batting first, scored 203 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs based on half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram. In reply, Suryakumar Yadav also hit a fifty but his efforts went in vain and Mumbai could only score 191 runs for five wickets in the stipulated overs. For Mumbai, Suryakumar scored 67 runs in 43 balls with the help of nine fours and a six.

Status of the points table

Lucknow has a great record against Mumbai Indians and has maintained its dominance in this match. Lucknow's win-loss record against Mumbai has now become 6-1. Lucknow has played four games so far in IPL 2025 and has lost two and won the same number of matches. With the win in this match, Lucknow has reached the sixth position in the points table. At the same time, Mumbai has also played four games and is in seventh place with one win and three losses.

Mumbai had a bad start.

Chasing the target, Mumbai did not have a good start and lost the wickets of Will Jacks and Ryan Rickleton within 17 runs. Jacks was out after scoring five and Rickleton 10 runs. After this, Suryakumar and Naman Dheer took over the innings and batted brilliantly, and added 69 runs for the third wicket. Naman, however, missed out on a half-century and was out after scoring 46 runs with the help of four fours and three sixes in 24 balls. Mumbai brought Tilak Verma as an impact player who supported Suryakumar well.

Suryakumar's aggressive batting

Suryakumar scored a half-century in 31 balls and then continued to play aggressively. Suryakumar was dismissed by Avesh Khan. After Suryakumar returned to the pavilion, captain Hardik Pandya came to the crease. Just before the last over, Tilak Verma retired after scoring 25 runs and Mitchell Santner came to the crease in his place. Mumbai needed 22 runs to win in the last over. Hardik hit a six on the first ball of Avesh, but Avesh was successful in defending the target. Hardik remained unbeaten after scoring 28 runs in 16 balls with the help of two fours and a six, while Santner also returned unbeaten after scoring two runs. Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, and Digvesh Singh Rathi got one wicket each from Lucknow.

Hardik created history

Earlier, Lucknow Super Giants gave a target of 204 runs to Mumbai Indians with the help of half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram. Captain Hardik Pandya bowled brilliantly for Mumbai and took five wickets for 36 runs in four overs. With this, Hardik has become the first captain to take five wickets in an IPL match. Not only this, he is the second bowler to take the most wickets as a captain. He has equaled Anil Kumble in this matter. Kumble and Hardik have equal 30-30 wickets as captains.

Marsh showed strength in the powerplay

Batting first, Marsh batted aggressively in the powerplay, but Vignesh Puthur gave Mumbai a big success by dismissing him. Marsh was dismissed after scoring 60 runs with the help of nine fours and two sixes in 31 balls. After this, Lucknow lost two more wickets soon. Captain Rishabh Pant once again proved to be a flop and was dismissed after scoring two runs. At the same time, Nicholas Pooran scored 12 runs. Markram, however, stood firm and completed his half-century. Markram also returned to the pavilion after scoring 53 runs with the help of two fours and four sixes in 38 balls. At the same time, Ayush Badoni played an innings of 30 runs in 19 balls.

David Miller showed his strength in the last overs and took Lucknow's score beyond 200. Meanwhile, Hardik had a chance to take a hat-trick in the last over, but he missed it. Hardik first dismissed Miller on the fourth ball of the 20th over who was dismissed after scoring 27 runs off 14 balls with the help of three fours and a six. Hardik sent Akash Deep to the pavilion without opening his account on the next ball. Apart from Hardik, Trent Boult, Ashwini Kumar and Vignesh Puthur got one wicket each for Mumbai.

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