“Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Supergiants battle it out for IPL playoff spot in Lucknow match”

Lucknow: Mumbai and Lucknow face off today to keep their playoff hopes alive in the IPL. The match will be played in Lucknow at 7:30 PM. Mumbai Indians, who are third with 14 points, and Lucknow Supergiants, who are fourth with 13 points, need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Former champions Mumbai Indians are coming to Lucknow with the confidence of winning four of the last five games. Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant form is Mumbai’s strength. Big actors like Ishaan Kishan, Tim David, Cameron Green and Nehal Vadhera are also there.

If the captain Rohit Sharma also finds the rhythm, there is no need to worry about the batting. Mumbai overcomes the fatigue of the bowling line-up only by having a great batting line-up. Great actors are the strength of Lucknow. Quinton de Kock, Kyle Meyers, Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis are the super batting lines of Lucknow. The bowling hopes are on spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Lucknow also have the confidence of beating Mumbai in both their matches last season.

Fear of cheating the pitch

How the Mumbai batting line-up handles the transition from the batting paradise of Mumbai to the spin pitch of Lucknow will be crucial today. If even targets above 200 were easy at Wankhede, any winning target above 150 would be impossible at the Ekna Stadium in Lucknow. It is hinted that there will be a thriller fight with a low score after the matches that saw huge scores in Lucknow today.

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Last Updated May 16, 2023, 8:20 AM IST