MUMBAI — Jasprit
Bumrah claimed 4-22 and Trent Boult 3-20 after Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar
Yadav struck attacking half-centuries as Mumbai Indians defeated Lucknow Super
Giants by 54 runs for their fifth successive win in Match 45 of Indian Premier
League (IPL) 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.
After Rickelton (58) and Suryakumar Yadav (54) helped MI
post 215/7 on being asked to bat first, Bumrah and Boult led the brilliant
performance by the bowlers as LSG were bundled out for 161 in 20 overs. This is
the first win for Mumbai Indians over LSG in the league phase, which came in
seven matches.
With this win, MI moved up to the second spot behind Gujarat
Titans, joining Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 12 points.
The winner of the DC vs RCB match being played in New Delhi can overtake them
and move atop the table with 14 points.
It was a clinical performance by the five-time champions as
Bumrah (4-22) and Boult (3-20) as they claimed five wickets for 21 runs to
hasten the end for Lucknow Super Giants. Bumrah weaved his magic in the death
overs, sharing claiming three wickets in one eventful over as Mumbai Indians
beat LSG for the first time at the Wankhede Stadium.
Bumrah became the highest wicket-taker for the Mumbai
Indians in IPL history with 174 wickets, going past Lasith Malinga's 170.
Boult was no less impressive. Given short spells, he struck
every time he was brought into attack, wrapping up the innings by castling
Digvesh Rathi on the last ball of the match.
Bumrah, who came in as Impact Substitute in place of Rohit
Sharma, struck the first blow for Mumbai Indians in the third over as Aiden
Markram whipped flat a fastish length ball to Naman Dhir for 9 off 11 balls.
Fellow opener Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran took the score past 50 in the
power-play before Pooran, who hammered Deepak Chahar for a hat-trick of sixes
in the sixth over -- the first one scythed over point, the second driven to
deep backwards-point and the third pulled over midwicket.
Pooran (27 off 15b), however, fell to Will Jacks in the next
over; the change of bowler by Pandya paid off as the English all-rounder struck
off the first ball after the power-play. One brought two as Rishabh Pant's
horrendous run with the bat continued as he fell on the second ball after
starting with a four off Jacks, giving the English offbreak bowler his second
wicket of the match as LSG fell to 64/3 after ending power-play at 60/1.
Mitchell Marsh and Ayush Badoni took the score past the
hundred as they added 46 runs for the fourth wicket. Boult returned to action
to get Marsh off his first ball, as the Aussie batter top-edged a pull to Tilak
Varma.
Badoni, who struck Karn Sharma for back-to-back sixes and a
four off Corbin Bosch, was out for 35, falling to Boult after another bowling
change by Pandya pays off.
Jasprit Bumrah hastened LSG's end with a triple-wicket over,
sending back David Miller (24), Abdul Samad (2), and Avesh Khan (0), the last
two off successive balls in an eventful 16th over, troubling the batters with
precise deliveries and quick change of pace as LSG fell from 140/5 to 142/8
within six balls.
Earlier, in scorching hot conditions made worse by high
humidity, which turned the Wankhede into a cauldron, Rickelton caught fire as
he stormed to his fifty in just 25 balls, scoring the season's fastest
half-century for the Mumbai Indians, who are on a four-match unbeaten run in
IPL 2025.
He faced the first two overs, and after a four in the first
over, bowled by Mayank Yadav, who was playing his first match of the season
after returning from injury. But after surviving a near run-out in the second
over, the South African wicketkeeper-batter exploded into action against Prince
Yadav, hammering him for a six and two fours, the first of which, a straight
drive, nearly nailed Rohit Sharma.
Rohit pulled Mayank for back-to-back sixes in the third over
as the bowler went short. But the young tearaway had the last laugh as he got
the former Mumbai Indians captain in the same over, outwitting him with a slow
one bowled wide that was cut straight to Prince Yadav at short third.
Rickelton struck spinner Digvesh Rathi for two sixes
interspersed by a four on his way to his second half-century of IPL 2025 off 25
balls. He fell to Rathi soon after, trying to make room for a googly bowled
wide but managing to top-edge it to Ayush Badoni. His 58 came off 32 balls and
included six fours and four sixes.
He added 55 runs for the second wicket with Will Jacks, who
scored 29 off 21 balls (3x4, 1x6) before being bowled by Prince Yadav with a
beautiful yorker. Tilak Varma (6) fell cheaply as LSG pulled things back a bit,
Mumbai Indians reaching 137/4 in 13 overs.
However, Suryakumar Yadav continued to hold fort at the
other end, hitting Ravi Bishnoi for a six, followed by back-to-back boundaries
and also sent Avesh to the boundary as he completed his 4000 runs in IPL.
Surya reached his 50 off 27 balls, with a six off Avesh
Khan. He was out off the next ball, mistiming to extra cover a fullish ball
bowled wide, his 54 came off 28 balls and was studded with four fours and as
many sixes. He is now the leading run-scorer in IPL 2025 with 417 runs from 10
innings.
Skipper Hardik Pandya fell for five, cleaned up by the pace
of Mayank Yadav, but Naman Dhir (25 not out off 11) and debutant Corbin Bosch
(20 off 10) gave the innings the finishing touch as Mumbai Indians reached a
big score.
For LSG, Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan claimed a double with
2-40 and 2-42 respectively, while Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi
bagged a wicket apiece.
Brief scores:
Mumbai Indians 215/7 in 50 overs (Ryan Rickelton 58,
Suryakumar Yadav 54, Naman Dhir 25 not out; Mayank Yadav 2-40, Avesh Khan 2-42)
beat Lucknow Super Giants 161 all out in 20 overs (Ayush Badoni 35, Mitchell
Marsh 34; Jasprit Bumrah 4-22, Trent Boult 3-20, Will Jacks 2-18) by 54 runs.
