Lucknow Super Giants 145 beats in 6 (Stoinis 62, Hardik 2-26) Mumbai Indians 144 for 7 with 4 wickets (Wadhera 46, Mohsin 2-36).
There is very little relationship between Mohsin Khan’s amble to the crease and the ball he sends down. Sometimes he has a huge impact on batsmen. Other times, he makes unexpected swings. He utilizes his height to great effect and must have tremendous strength in his shoulders. This seems to be where he shows off his speed to the fullest. This fooled almost everyone. He was producing a bad shot roughly once every three deliveries.
Rohit Sharma bowled what he thought was a hitable ball straight into the hands of short cover. The MI batsman threw his head back in utter disappointment. He was still thinking that four hours would be enough. But instead he was the one who went to 4 on his birthday. Nehal Wadhera kept his front legs clean for big growth. Except he was met with a searing yorker that dipped under the bat and crashed into the stumps before he was ready.
Someone who can bet orders and give you 2-3 over par every game. Stoinis knows his limitations. He knows his pace is not that fast, but it actually worked in his favor when he bowled with Suryakumar Yadav. An attempt to get a boundary through fine leg ended up being feathered by the keeper. It was brave of LSG to keep Stoinis for a second against one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world, even after the new ball’s swing had disappeared. But that was probably the plan. They defy the pace SKY likes and succeed.
They lost Rohit and Suryakumar in successive overs. They lost Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya in successive balls. MI was a sinking ship after just 5.2 overs. On the powerplay, they could only reach three boundaries, their fewest this season. It was a perfect situation for Ravi Bishnoi to come in and dictate the terms. He bowled four overs on the trot, conceding 28 runs and picking up the wicket of Ishan Kishan with a brilliant googly, fooling the left-hander as he lashed across the line and caught at short third. Wadhera was at his best at the other end, progressing from 9 off 15 to 13 off 20 and finally 46 off 41. Most of his runs came from Mayank (21 off 12, 2x4s, 2x6s).
His batting average is close to 40, his strike rate is over 150, he has bowled 4 wickets in 12 overs, LSG has a cheat code and his name is Stoinis. This chase really began in the third over when he hauled Gerald Coetzee to successive boundaries. By then the new ball was doing its job and LSG’s focus was on seeing the magic of play. Rahul was the anchor (finishing with 5 off 13 and 28 off 22). He was looking for a partner to do the play, and he did. Big time.
Stoinis came into the game in IPL 2024 with an average of 19 against spin and a strike rate of 128. However, he found Piyush Chawla and Mohammad Nabi to his liking, hitting a combined total of ​​29 off 16 balls with four fours and a six. . It ended up being the insurance they needed as after his wicket fell LSG needed 27 balls to score the remaining 30 runs and also lost two wickets.
