The 48th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians (LSG vs MI) was played between the two teams today on 30 April. In this match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Lucknow defeated Mumbai by 4 wickets.

This is Lucknow’s sixth overall win in the ongoing IPL season. With this victory, they have reached third place in the points table with 12 points. On the other hand, Lucknow won the match in the last over, but if Mumbai had managed to keep the total score of 160 runs in front of LSG to win, then perhaps they could have faced trouble.

However, the turning point of this match was the poor batting of Mumbai Indians in the powerplay, after losing the toss and batting first. The team’s top order batting fell apart in the powerplay itself. By 5.2 overs, the team’s openers Rohit Sharma (4), Suryakumar Yadav (10), Tilak Verma (7) and Hardik Pandya had returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.

None of the top 5 batsmen in Mumbai’s batting order could play a big innings. In the end, on the basis of Nehal Wadhera’s 46 runs and Tim David’s 35* runs scored in 18 balls, Mumbai was successful in setting a target of 145 runs for victory in front of Lucknow.

Mumbai Indians almost out of the race for IPL 2024 playoffs

In the match, Lucknow achieved the target of 145 runs given by Mumbai by losing 6 wickets in 19.2 overs. For Lucknow, KL Rahul played a brilliant inning of 28 runs and Marcus Stoinis played a brilliant inning of 62 runs. Also, after the defeat in this match, five-time champion Mumbai Indians is almost out of the race for the playoffs of IPL 2024. This is the team’s 7th defeat in the tournament. Mumbai is currently at 9th position in the points table with 6 points.