LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first against Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants in game 16 of the IPL. The match was played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. The home team had lost their last game to the Punjab Kings, while the visitors had just secured a big win against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Even though LSG has beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad, the team still doesn’t look fully settled. Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram haven’t made a big impact with the bat yet. On the bowling side, Shardul Thakur has been in good form, and the other bowlers have supported him well so far in the tournament.
According to Mumbai, there was never any doubt about the team’s ability – it was just a matter of time before their star players performed well together. And they finally did that in their first home game. If Hardik’s team plays at their best, they have the strength and balance to dominate any opponent.
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LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Hardik Pandya at toss
At the toss, Hardik Pandya said: “We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a fresh wicket. Not sure how it is going to play. Looks a decent track. Dew might come in later. Thought better to chase. I think we in a group have spoken that we don’t want to talk about the wickets. We are here to play good cricket. That’s the talk we have. Let’s not talk about the surfaces. I think adaptation. Sticking to right plans and being smart. Lot of runs are being scored. Cricket is situation based. Rohit was hit on the knee. He is missing out. Jasprit should be back soon”
LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant at toss
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At the toss, Rishabh Pant said: “I think we are pretty confident as a batting unit. A very strong unit. Few of our players haven’t come off including me. We had talked to play in this fashion throughout the tournament. The general discussion is to go our there and express yourself. We haven’t talked about target we want to achieve. Just play the ball and watch the ball and react. I think we are pretty confident. The way I have set up myself. Once we get a start, we will capitalize. Just one change for us. Akash Deep comes in for Siddharth.”
LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Playing XIs Of Both The Teams
MI Playing XI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur.
LSG Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan.
LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Impact Players Of Both The Teams
Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Tilak Varma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, M Siddharth, Akash Singh.
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