It’s the battle between the sixth-placed Mumbai Indians and seventh-placed Lucknow Super Giants. With one successful wins against the three games played, both the team’s are looking forward to add a second victory today. MI last win against the Kolkata Knight Riders showcased the teamwork with their bowlers restricting KKR with a target score of 116 runs all out. The batters in the second innings carried forward the dominance with Ryan Rickelton’s 62(42) not out and added input by Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Will Jacks.
Pitch Report
LSG are set to welcome the Mumbai Indians today once again at the Ekana Stadium again after their last match against the Punjab Kings. Giants mentor Zaheer Khan who took a dig at their home ground loss against the Punjab Kings during a post-game conference will be
Head-to-Head
In the five head-to-head matches, the LSG dominate over MI by a score of 4-1.
Three Fantasy Picks
Ashwani Kumar
Making his debut in their last victorious match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Mumbai Indians bowler Ashwani Kumar 4/24 was one noteworthy performer. Dismissing main batters like Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh proved that he’s got the knack of taking big wickets. His current form with the ball makes him one to watch out for.
Nicholas Pooran
In the three matches played so far, the LSG batter has remained consistently the high scorer. The innings of 75(30) against DC, 70(26) against SRH and 44(30) against PBKS highlights his batting skills so far. Today’s game will be one worth watching if Pooran successfully strikes off a great performance.
Shardul Thakur
In the match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Shardul’s four-fer performance got him the Player of the Match award. The seam-bowling all-rounder took important wickets of skipper Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan in the first overs of the first innings. With six wickets claimed so far, the LSG bowler is one promising player of the bowling grouo.
Fantasy XI
Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (VC), Ryan Rickelton (WK), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult.