IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score: Mayank back to hurt Mumbai’s playoff berth

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Mayank Yadav can be seen warming up before the start of the game, which is a big boost for Lucknow Super Giants here, who missed his X-factor in the last few matches. Morne Morkel has already indicated yesterday that Mayank will be back in the line-up.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: We are a few minutes away from the toss and both teams might look to bat first after the flip of the coin as Ekana is one such surface where it is tough to post 200 and defending the score is a bit easy as compared to other venues. The pitch offers help to the spinners as well as the medium pacers in the initial phases of the game.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: LSG were handed a seven-wicket loss by Rajasthan Royals, who chased the 197-run target with six balls to spare. The onus will also be on the team’s big hitting troika of Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran to hit those towering maximums and get match-winning totals as the race for the playoff heats.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians find themselves in a precarious position sitting ninth on the points table. They need to win all their matches to stay alive in the competition. The five-time champions need to fire as a unit and the likes of Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, premier T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav would be like to get into the rhythm and churn out some consistent performances ahead of the World Cup.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: The Ekana Stadium is considered a tricky surface due to its slow nature. The pitch offers help to the spinners as well as the medium pacers in the initial phases of the game. Out of the 12 games played at this venue, 5 matches have been won by the team batting second. Lucknow lost their last encounter against the high-flying Rajasthan Royals, who managed to chase 196 runs set by the hosts.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Fast bowling coach Morne Morkel has revealed that Mayank has passed the fitness test and is expected to return to the LSG line-up in the mega clash against Mumbai Indians. “Mayank Yadav is fit. He has passed all his fitness tests. We are excited to have him back in the squad and in the potential playing 12 tomorrow,” Morkel said in the pre-match press conference.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Tilak Varma has been in sublime form this season and has scored 336 runs at an average of 48 this season including three half-centuries. However, the Mumbai Indians have shuffled their batting order a lot this season, but he has still made valuable contributions for his side where other batters lack consistency.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: The T20 World Cup snub is also a big blow for a senior player like KL Rahul. The flamboyant batter has scored 378 runs in 9 matches this season thus far at a strike rate of 144.27. The selectors went ahead with Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson as the wicketkeeper’s options.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Ravi Bishnoi, ICC number 5 ranked bowler, failed to make it to the T20 World Cup squad which might be a big blow for him. It might hurt his confidence in the coming IPL matches. Interestingly, no player from LSG will travel to the USA and West Indies for T20 WC.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Marcus Stoinis has been in decent form for Lucknow Super Giants this season and played a couple of match-winning knocks for them including a century against CSK at Chepauk. However, he will face an old nemesis in Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday, who has got the better of him on numerous occasions in the past.

Stoinis vs Bumrah in all T20s

Innings – 10

Dismissals – 4

Balls – 44

Runs – 42

SR – 95.5

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: The key battle to look out for in the mega Tuesday clash will be between Suryakumar Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi. The Mumbaikar has scored a couple of impactful fifties but he has not been consistent. On the other hand, Bishnoi has also failed to make an impact this season and as a result he failed to get into India’s T20 World Cup squad.

SKY vs BISHNOI in the IPL

Innings – 7

Dismissals – 3

BF-32

Runs – 39

SR – 121.9

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Lucknow Super Giants have struggled miserably in the powerplay this season as KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock have failed to accelerate in the powerplay. While the same issue is pulling them down in the deathovers.

• LSG have a run-rate of 8.4 in the powerplay – 2nd lowest after GT.
• They have a run-rate of 10.8 in the death – lowest.

Thus, LSG are sluggish to start with and also don’t accelerate enough until the death

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: We have witnessed several crazy run-fests in IPL this season but Ekana is one such venue where the teams have struggled to cross the 200-run mark.

Venue:

• Lucknow has the 2nd lowest run-rate of 8.5 for any venue this season
• AVG score batting 1st = 180 3rd lowest in season after Ahmedabad (164) and Chandigarh (167)
• No team has breached 200 in Lucknow this season

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: The squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 is out and KL Rahul has failed to make the cut in the final 15. It’s a big blow for the LSG skipper and he will now look to make a statement tonight against Mumbai Indians. Rahul has not played a T20I since the 2022 T20 World Cup.

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Both Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians have failed to find consistency this season as bowling remained their biggest area of ​​concern. Despite having some quality pacemen in their line-ups, both have struggled in the death overs to control the run rate.

Worst run-rate in death overs in IPL 2024

LSG – 10.8

MI – 11.5

PBKS – 11.6

IPL 2024, LSG vs MI IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: It is the final chance for KL Rahul to make a strong case for his place in the T20 World Cup squad. It is reported that the squad will be announced anytime and Rahul is fighting for the second wicketkeeper’s slot alongside Sanju Samson. The LSG skipper has been in decent form this season but his strike rate came under the scanners on a couple of occasions.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match no. 48 of IPL 2024 where Lucknow Super Giants host Mumbai Indians at the Ekana Stadium. Stay tuned for more updates.