The diagonal distance derby is on fire tomorrow with the finest set of players clashing against each other to pocket the points into their kitty and progress in the league forward. It’s the clash of the finest in LSG vs MI.
Overview:
Lucknow Super Giants: The Super Giants from Lucknow would like to keep the momentum when they won against Mumbai when they met last time by 18 runs albeit a 3-wicket haul from Avesh Khan. They are now placed at 4th comfortably despite a disappointing defeat against RCB in their last match. They would not want to tinker with their combination now as they have good match winners in their team.
Mumbai Indians: All good things will face backlashes at some time and how one faces those and moves forward with a positive attitude matters a lot. Mumbai Indians, 5 time champions of the tournament, are facing the abnormal situation of 7 straight losses in the current edition of IPL and would like to pocket points into their kitty to save their reputation. They may make some harsh changes to balance and also have some new faces debut themselves in IPL when they face the Lucknow Super Giants whom they were dished and dashed last time they met.
Probable Playing XI:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni,, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Marcus Stoinis, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Kieron Pollard / Tim David, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat / Basil Thampi / Arjun Tendulkar, Riley Meredith, Jasprit Bumrah.
Pitch / Weather Report:
The pitch has produced some high-scoring thrillers and might do the same in this game as well. The bowlers are likely to have nothing to work upon and the batters are likely to dominate the entire match. The team winning the toss is likely to continue the tradition of bowling first.
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date & Time: April 24th at 7:30 PM IST and local time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar
Interesting Facts:
- 24th April being Sachin Tendulkar's birthday, Mumbai would be raring to present a gift to their mentor on his birthday.
- Mumbai Indians would be playing their first match at Wankhede this season and would like to break the shackles of this season at this stadium.
- Mumbai Indians, for the first time, are facing the wrath of losing 7 matches in a row and would be looking to arrest the slide by winning the match.
- KL Rahul averages 94.5 in the nine innings he has played against Mumbai Indians since 2018, including three not outs and three scores in excess of 90. His sequence against them reads 24, 94, 71, 100*, 17, 77, 60*, 21, 103*; with the last one coming in LSG colours.
- Between Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, they have dismissed Suryakumar Yadav four times while conceding only 20 runs in 25 balls.
- Avesh Khan has a good record against Rohit Sharma dismissing him twice in 13 balls giving away only 11 runs.
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