2023-05-24 04:00:14
CHENNAI ∙ Who are the fans most thankful for for Mumbai Indians’ playoff entry? Suryakumar Yadav? Cameron Greene? Ish Kishan? No! Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill! Mumbai reached the playoffs following beating Gujarat Bangalore in the last match. Gill’s brilliant century paved the way for that. Immediately following the match, the social media of Mumbai fans was filled with Gill’s picture!
Mumbai, five-time champions in the IPL, know that they have reached the playoffs with the help of luck. In the eliminator competition, Lucknow Super Giants, who are only 2 seasons old, are ahead of them today. But they reached the playoffs in both seasons. Lucknow is coming to forget the sadness of losing to Bangalore at this stage last time. The match will be played at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai at 7.30 pm. The winning team will qualify for the playoff second qualifier. The losing team is eliminated.
A brilliant revival of the batting line-up gave Mumbai a boost in the second half of the group stage. Its spearhead is Suryakumar Yadav, the world number one player in Twenty20. Surya has so far scored 511 runs with a century and 4 fifties. Joining Ishan Kishan (439 runs), Rohit Sharma (313) and Cameron Green (381), Mumbai’s top order is the best in the tournament. After losing Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer due to injuries, Mumbai, which had weaknesses in bowling, later got an unexpected hero. Piyush Chawla is a spinner who has taken 20 wickets. Jason Behrendorff (14) is leading the Pacers.
The thing that gives Lucknow confidence is that they have reached the playoffs despite losing captain KL Rahul due to injury. Marcus Stoinis (368 runs), Kyle Meyers (361) and Nicholas Pooran (358) rose to the occasion and helped them. On the bowling side, captain Krunal Pandya has one man he can trust on Chennai’s slow pitch – leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who has 16 wickets. Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Naveen Ul Haq and Josh Khan are the pacers in the team.
English Summary : Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow super giants match
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