Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants registered their sixth win of the IPL 2024 on Sunday at Ekana Cricket Stadium by beating Mumbai Indians by four wickets. LSG were chasing a target of 145 and Marcus Stoinis' gritty 62 helped them hunt down the target with four balls to spare. Hardik Pandya picked two wickets for MI but his spell wasn't enough to restrict the opposition before reaching the target.
Earlier in the day, MI were reduced to 27/4 after being invited to bat first. However Nehal Wadhera steadied the innings with his knock of 46 runs while Tim David provided final flourish with a knock of unbeaten 35 runs from 18 deliveries.
Live updates from the second innings
- Over 16-19.2 (145/6)
Seven runs in total form the 16th and 17th over and the it is turning out to be a close contest now. Gerald Coetzee clean bowled Turner in the 18th over but Ayush Badoni earned two fours in succession after arriving at the crease. However, Badoni was then dismissed via run-out in the penultimate over but Pooran kept his composure till the end and helped the side chase the target in the last over. With the victory, they move to third position in the points table.
- Over 11-15 (115/4)
12 runs from the first two overs of the phase as Stoinis and Hooda are approaching the innings with a cautious approach. Stoinis punished Chawala for bowling a tossed-up delivery on the first ball of the 13th over with a four straight down the ground. Stoinis completes his fifty but Hooda walks back to the pavilion as he tries to attack a short-of-length delivery from Hardik but fails to whack the hit over the 30-yard circle and gives a catch in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah.
However, Nabi comes up with an important breakthrough as he dismisses Stoinis and the game can turn anywhere from here on. A tough equation for the chasing side as shot-making isn’t very easy and both the batters are newly arrived on the crease.
- Over 7-10 (79/2)
Just when the duo of Rahul and Stoinis were trying to take the game away from the opposition, Hardik Pandya came up with a much-needed breakthrough for MI. It was a full-length delivery and the LSG skipper tried to whack it on the leg-side. However, he mistimed the stroke and was caught at deep mid-wicket by Mohammed Nabi. A fine catch on the boundary ropes by the Afghan all-rounder. Stoinis is supposed to play a crucial role in the chase for the LSG from here on now as it will be difficult for the upcoming batters to attack from the start on this surface. Hooda started the 10th over with a boundary as he flicked a full length-delivery towards a deep square leg.
- Over 0-6 (52/1)
N Thushara provided a breakthrough on the fourth ball of the innings as he bowled a fullish outswinger and Arshin Kulkarni was trapped in the front of the stumps as the ball hit his pads. LBW appeal was turned down but the fielding side challenged it with a review and the replay showed three reds. It was a maiden wicket for Thushara while debutant Arshin was dismissed on a duck. The pitch is slow and playing shots on up is a difficult task for the batters here.
However, Stoinis broke the deadlock and hit a couple of boundaries to Gerald Coetzee and then followed it up with a boundary on the leg side against Thushara. Rahul also smoked a six and both the batters are now taking their chances to steer the run rate.