Mumbai Indians lose for the sixth time in a row in the Indian Premier League. Lucknow Super Giants won by 18 runs against Mumbai. Following on the 200-run target set by Lucknow, Rohit and his team scored 181 for 9 in 20 overs. Mumbai are bottom of the table with no points. In reply, Mumbai got off to a bad start. Captain Rohit Sharma lost his wicket in the third over. Rohit Avesh Khan, who scored just six runs, was bowled out. Avesh took the second wicket of the innings after dismissing Dewald Brevis (31 off 13 balls) after Mumbai crossed the 50 mark. Ishan Kishan returned shortly after. Ishant, who scored 13, was bowled by Marcus Stones.
The midfielders held on, but that was not enough to win the game. Suryakumar Yadav (37 off 27 balls) and Tilak Verma (26 off 26 balls) were the top scorers. Pollard came to the rescue with the tail-end but Mumbai struggled and ended the innings at 181 runs. Kieran Pollard (25 off 11 balls), Jaidev Unadghat (14 off six balls) and Murugan Ashwin (six off two balls) were the other Mumbai batsmen to score. Avesh Khan took three wickets for Lucknow. Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi and Stones took one wicket each. With the fourth win, Lucknow came second in the table with eight points.
After losing the toss and opting to bat, Lucknow scored 199 for four in the allotted overs. Captain KL, who led from the front with a century. Rahul led Lucknow to a huge score. Rahul completed his century off 56 balls. Rahul was unbeaten on 103 off 60 balls. This is the second century of the IPL 2022 season and the first century of an Indian cricketer. KL became the fourth player in the IPL to score two centuries against the same team. Rahul. While playing in Punjab, Rahul has also scored a century against Mumbai. He completed his half-century off 33 balls and passed 100 off the next 23 balls. A magnificent innings of five sixes and nine fours. Rahul and Quinton de Kok gave a good start to Lucknow. The duo added 52 runs for the first wicket. Decock was out for 24 off 13 balls. Fabian Allen threw the ball and the player became LB. Lucknow’s score crossed 100 with Manish Pandey leveling the one-downer. Lucknow’s second wicket fell in the 14th over. Pandey returned with 38 off 29 balls, with Murugan Ashwin taking the wicket. The great Marcus Stones could not shine. Jaidev Unadghat, who scored just 14 runs, was caught by Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma. Deepak Hooda returned with 15 off eight balls. Unadghat took the second wicket by dismissing Hooda.