IPL 2024: Lucknow’s journey ended with a win, despite half-centuries from Rohit and Naman, Mumbai suffered their 10th defeat of the season
The 67th match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. KL Rahul’s army scored 214 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai scored 196 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Lucknow defeated Mumbai Indians by 18 runs. The journey of both the teams ended in this tournament. Mumbai team is already out of the playoff race. At the same time, even though Lucknow has 14 points in its account, their net run rate is -0.667. In such a situation, it is difficult for them to qualify for the playoffs. Mumbai Indians are at the 10th position in the points table with eight points. This season was nothing special for Mumbai Indians under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. The team lost 10 out of 14 matches.
Mumbai’s innings
Mumbai Indians got off to a strong start chasing the target. Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis, who came out to open the batting, shared an 88-run partnership for the first wicket, which was broken by Naveen-ul-Haq. He dismissed Dewald Brevis in the ninth over. He could score 23 runs in 20 balls. After this, Surya returned to the pavilion without opening his account. At the same time, Rohit Sharma managed to score 68 runs. He hit 10 fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 178.94.
In this match, Hardik Pandya scored 16, Nehal Vadhera scored one and Ishan Kishan scored 14 runs. Naman Dheer gave an explosive performance against Lucknow. He hit a stormy half-century in 26 balls. He remained unbeaten after scoring 62 runs in this match. He hit four fours and five sixes at a strike rate of 221.42. Romario Shepherd remained unbeaten after scoring one run. For Lucknow, Ravi Bishnoi and Naveen-Ulhaq took two wickets each. Whereas, Krunal Pandya and Mohsin Khan took one wicket each.
Lucknow’s innings
After losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 214 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Their start was not very good. The first blow was given by Nuwan Tushara on the score of one run. Devdutt Padikkal fell prey to a golden duck. After this, Marcus Stoinis took charge and shared a 48-run partnership with KL Rahul for the second wicket. However, Piyush Chawla dismissed Stoinis on a score of 49 runs. He returned after scoring 28 runs. Deepak Hooda, who came to bat at number four, could score only 11 runs.
After this came the storm of Nicholas Pooran. He faced 29 balls and scored 75 runs. In this match, Pooran scored a half-century in just 19 balls. During this, five fours and eight sixes came off his bat. He was dismissed by Nuwan Tushara. At the same time, captain KL Rahul was dismissed after scoring 55 runs in 41 balls. There was a partnership of 109 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Rahul was sent to the pavilion by Piyush Chawla. In this match, Arshad Khan was out without opening the account. At the same time, Ayush Badoni and Krunal Pandya remained unbeaten by scoring 22 and 12 runs respectively. Nuwan Tushara and Piyush Chawla took three wickets each for Mumbai.
