Mumbai Indians defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 81 runs in the IPL 2023 Eliminator match. With this victory, Mumbai has moved up to the second ranked. Akash Madhwal played an important role in Mumbai’s victory. He took 5 wickets while bowling dangerously. Batting first, Mumbai gave up a target of 183 runs. In response to this, the Lucknow players were only able to score 101 runs. Now Mumbai will be in the field against Gujarat Titans in the second qualifier.
The Mumbai team, captained by Rohit Sharma, will face the Gujarat Titans in the second qualifier. This match will be played on May 26 at Ahmedabad Stadium. Gujarat had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier. The team that wins the second qualifier will face Chennai in the final.
Marcus Stoinis scored 40 runs off 27 balls. He hit 5 fours and a six. Starter Kyle Mayers was sacked after scoring 18 runs off 13 balls. Prerak Mankad returned to the arena after scoring 3 runs. Krunal Pandya was also unable to do anything special. He came out after scoring 8 runs. Ayush Badoni went on to score a run. Nicklaus couldn’t even open the full account. Deepak Hooda scored 15 runs off 13 balls. Krishnappa Gautam came out after scoring 2 runs. Deepak Hooda exited after scoring just 15 runs. Krishnappa Gautam came out after scoring 3 runs. Entire Lucknow tickets scattered like a pack of cards. The team could only manage 101 runs in 16.3 overs until they were all out.
Akash Madhwal bowled dangerously for Mumbai. He took 5 wickets for just 5 runs in 3.3 overs. Madhwal showed Prerak Mankad, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohsin Khan the way to the pavilion. Along with Madhwal, Chris Jordan also played well. He took a wicket for 7 runs in 2 overs. A maiden was also removed. Piyush Chawla was also successful.
Batting first after winning the toss, Mumbai scored 182 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. During this Cameron Green played a useful innings of 41 runs. He hit 6 fours and a six off 23 balls. Nehal Badhera scored 23 runs off 12 balls. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Suryakumar Yadav scored 33 runs off 20 balls. Surya also hit two fours and sixes. Tilak Verma scored 26 runs and Tim David scored 11 runs. Starter Ishan Kishan was sacked after scoring 15 runs. Rohit Sharma could only score 11 runs.
Yash Thakur took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs for Lucknow. Naveen-ul-Haq took 4 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs. Mohsin Khan took a wicket for 24 runs in 3 overs. Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya and Gautam did not get a single wicket.
