Lucknow Supergiants defeated Mumbai Indians by 12 runs at their home. This is Lucknow's second win out of four matches. After losing the toss in the match, the Lucknow Supergiants team batted first and scored 203 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, five-time champion Mumbai could only score 191 runs in the last over. This is Mumbai Indians' third defeat out of four matches in IPL 2025. With this defeat, the Mumbai team has now come to 7th place. Mumbai's start was not very special while chasing the target at the Ekana Cricket Stadium against Lucknow. Both Mumbai batsmen Will Jacks and Ryan Rickelton were out early. After this, Naman Dheer and Suryakumar Yadav took charge for Mumbai. Naman Dheer was out after scoring 46 runs in 24 balls for Mumbai, but after this Suryakumar Yadav batted well and took the team's score beyond 150 runs. After Suryakumar Yadav was out, Hardik Pandya came to bat, but he was seen struggling for the team in batting.
After Suryakumar was out, it was the responsibility of Tilak Verma and Hardik to finish the match, but Lucknow's bowlers tied down both the batsmen in the last three overs. Mumbai needed 19 runs to win in the last 12 balls, but Shardul Thakur conceded only 6 runs in the 19th over. Due to this, captain Hardik Pandya retired Tilak Verma hurt and sent him back to the pavilion. Mitchell Santner was sent to bat in place of Tilak, but the captain's decision did not work.
Mumbai had to score 22 runs to win in the last over. Avesh Khan came to bowl the last over for Lucknow. Hardik hit a six off the very first ball of Avesh. However, after this Avesh made a strong comeback and conceded only 3 runs in the remaining five balls. In this way, in the thrill of the last over, the Mumbai Indians team lost by 12 runs.
Lucknow Marsh and Markram did wonders
Lucknow Supergiants scored 203 runs for eight wickets after being invited to bat first against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match. For LSG, Mitchell Marsh contributed 60 runs in 31 balls while Aiden Markram contributed 53 runs in 38 balls. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya took five wickets for 36 runs in four overs.
