LSG vs MI: Lucknow Super Giants defeated Mumbai Indians in an absolute nail-biter at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow by 5 runs on May 16. Defending a total of 177 on a red soil pitch in Lucknow, Krunal Pandya's side managed to keep Rohit Sharma's side at bay. The bowlers scripted the comeback for the home side in the latter half of their defence with Mohsin Khan leading the way. LSG have bagged the crucial 2 points and have pipped Mumbai from 3rd in the points table.
MI were taking the game away, especially with the start that Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan provided. But after Ravi Bishnoi accounted for both the set batters, MI started to lose momentum. Suryakumar Yadav and Nehal Wadhera struggled in the middle and got out in the middle stage. But Tim David provided hope to Mumbai with his 32-run knock from 19 balls as Lucknow witnessed a huge thriller. He amassed 19 off the 2nd last over to bring the equation to 11 needed off the final over. But Mohsin Khan held his nerves in front of David and Cameron Green to take LSG home.
Earlier, LSG finished well as Marcus Stoinis' 89-run knock powered the home side to 177. He started strong, then steadied a bit and then went all guns blazing in the death overs. Due to his fireworks, LSG collected 54 runs in the final 3 overs. He smoked Chris Jordan for 24 in the 18th over and then scored 15 each in the next two along with Nicholas Pooran.
With this win, LSG have snatched the third spot in the points table from MI. LSG have 15 points in 13 games, 1 more than Mumbai in the same number of games. Lucknow are tied on points with Chennai but have an inferior NRR. They have a chance to qualify in the top 2 too. Meanwhile, it is not the end of the road for Mumbai as they are still very much in the mix for the playoffs.
LSG's Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan
MI's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal
