Mumbai Indians suffered a third defeat in four matches due to poor batting in the death over. Lucknow beat Mumbai by a 12 -run margin at Ek's Stadium. Mitchell Marsh scored 60 and Eden Markram scored 53. Hardik Pandya took 5 wickets from Mumbai.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Digesh Rathi, who bowled in the middle over, took 1 wicket for just 21 runs in 4 overs. Due to his bowling, Lucknow did not let Mumbai achieve a target of 204 runs. Digvesh also took a big wicket of Naman Dhir.
Naman Dhir was bowled by Digesh Rathi.
2. The hero of the win
- Shardul Thakur: Lucknow had to save 29 runs in the last 2 overs. Shardul gave only 7 runs in the 19th over and increased pressure on Mumbai.
- Eden Markram: After deciding to bat first and losing the toss, Markram gave the LSG a strong start. He scored 53 runs and scored the team more than 170.
- Mitchell Marsh: Marsh batted fast and scored 60 off just 31 balls. He also shared a 76 -run partnership with Markram.
3. Fighter of the Match
Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya took 5 wickets while bowling. He sent Markram, Nicholas Puran, Rishabh Pant, David Miller and Akash Deep to the pavilion. Hardik then scored 28 off 16 balls while batting, but his score was not enough for the team's win.
4. The Turning Point
Mumbai needed 60 runs in the last 5 overs. Mumbai scored 31 runs in 3 overs, but the team collapsed in the last 2 overs. Mumbai completed 100 runs in the 10th over, but despite saving the wicket, the team collapsed in the last 10 overs.
Tilak Verma was able to score only 25 off 23 balls.
5. Match report
Lucknow lost the toss and took the bat first. On the basis of Markram and Marsh's half -century, the team lost 8 wickets and scored 203 runs. David Miller scored 27 and Ayush Badoni scored 30 runs. In reply, the Mumbai team was able to score only 191 runs by losing 5 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav scored 67 and Naman Ghat 46.
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