Welcome to MI vs LSG Live Coverage! After fifteen exciting matches in IPL 2025, we have now reached match number 16, which will be played between the five-time champions, the Mumbai Indians, and the Lucknow Super Giants. Both teams have won only a single game so far in the tournament and will be looking to win the upcoming match and improve their standing in the points table.
LSG 6/0 in 1 Over – Marsh’s Glorious Straight Drive Lights Up the Start!
Trent Boult starts the proceedings with the new ball. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram are opening the innings.
Marsh is on strike gets off the mark first ball with two runs towards the leg side.
FOUR! Marsh follows it up with a beautiful straight-drive class written all over it! Boult comes back strong with three dot balls to finish the over.
MI vs LSG: Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya (c), Raj Angad Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Vignesh Puthur, Ashwani Kumar
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c and wk), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep.
BREAKING NEWS: Rohit Sharma got hit on the knee in the nets and he won’t be playing tonight for MI.
MI vs LSG: Toss
Mumbai Indians have won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians Captain): “We are going to bowl first. looks like a fresh wicket. Don’t know how it’s gonna play. Dew might come in later. So, we thought chasing will be better.
As a group, we have spoken about not talking about the wickets. When we play good cricket, we will come out on the right side. Let’s talk about how we gonna play good cricket and how we move forward from that.
I think just adaptation and sticking to right plans and backing it. We are in a competition where more runs are scored. The teams are watching other games and trying to go harder. But I feel cricket is situation-based and the situations dictate which options to take.
Rohit Sharma was not available. He got hit on the knee and he won’t be available tonight.
(On Jasprit Bumrah) He should be back soon.
Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): We are pretty confident as a batting unit, very strong unit. Few players haven’t come off including me but going into the tournament this is the lineup we thought that would play and we want to back it up.
The discussion is to go out there and express yourself. We don’t talk about any target to achieve. It’s about see ball and play it.
The way I have set up myself, we are quite confident. We haven’t capitalised yet but hope we do it soon.
Just one change: Akash Deep comes in.
MI vs LS: Key Player Battles
| Battle | Runs | Balls | Dismissals | Average | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma vs Shardul Thakur | 80 | 59 | 1 | 80.00 | 135.59 |
| Mitchell Marsh vs Trent Boult | 29 | 17 | 0 | – | 170.58 |
| Suryakumar Yadav vs Ravi Bishnoi | 39 | 32 | 3 | 13.00 | 121.87 |
| Nicholas Pooran vs Deepak Chahar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | – |
| Hardik Pandya vs Avesh Khan | 17 | 29 | 3 | 5.66 | 58.62 |
Predicted Playing XIs
LSG predicted XI
Batting XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Bowling XI: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav/M. Siddharth.
Impact sub-options: Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh.
MI predicted XI
Batting XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar.
Bowling XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur/S. Raju.
Impact sub-options: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju.
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