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- Lucknow Super Giants will face 5-time champion Mumbai Indians in the 16th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The match will be played at Lucknow’s home ground Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ekana Stadium from 7:30 pm.
- Both the teams will face each other for the first time this season today. So far both the teams have played 3-3 matches where Lucknow has won 1 out of 3 matches and lost 2 while Mumbai has also won 1 out of 3 matches and lost 2.
Match Details, 16th Match
LSG vs MI
Date: 4 April
Stadium: Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Ekana) Stadium, Lucknow
Toss: 7:00 PM
Match Start- 7:30 PM
Lucknow’s batting is strong
- Lucknow has a very dangerous batsman this season. Nicholas Pooran has been in good form so far this season and is the highest run scorer for Lucknow. He has scored 2 fifties this season so far and has also played a brilliant innings of 44 runs in one match.
- Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram come in the opening batting of Lucknow who can give a good start to the team and can also play fast if needed. In the middle order, Lucknow has captain Rishabh Pant and David Miller comes in the finishing. Who can turn the game in his favour at any time.
- In bowling, Shardul Thakur, who was included as a replacement for Lucknow, is the top wicket taker. He has taken 6 wickets in 3 matches so far.
Mumbai has good bowlers
- Talking about Mumbai, they have good bowlers this season. Although Bumrah is not fit yet and he might not be able to play today’s match as well but apart from him there are Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar and Ashwini Kumar who was the Man of the Match in the last match.
- In the last match, Ashwini Kumar, who was making his IPL debut, took 4 wickets and restricted Kolkata to 116 runs. Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult also performed well in the powerplay and gave the team a good start.
- Mumbai easily achieved the target with the help of Ryan Rickelton’s unbeaten 62 runs in batting along with Suryakumar Yadav’s explosive innings of 27 runs in nine balls. Surya Kumar Yadav is the top scorer for Mumbai this season.
LSG vs MI: Who is ahead in head to head
- If we talk about head to head of both the teams, then Lucknow’s team is ahead of Mumbai. So far 6 IPL matches have been played between both the teams where Lucknow has won 5 matches and Mumbai has won only 1 match.
- Both the teams have faced each other twice in the Lucknow stadium and Lucknow has won both the times. Mumbai had their only win against Lucknow in the eliminator of the 2023 season.
LSG vs MI: Pitch Report
- The pitch of Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium is mostly bowling friendly. Spinners get more help here and it becomes a bit difficult for batsmen to score runs.
- So far 15 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. Where the team batting first has won 7 matches and the team chasing has won 7 matches. 1 match was also cancelled.
- The highest team score of this ground is 235/6, which was made by Kolkata Knight Riders against Lucknow Super Giants last year.
LSG vs MI: Weather Conditions
- It is going to be hot in Lucknow on Friday. The sun will shine brightly during the day and there will be no chance of rain. The temperature here will be between 20 to 35 degrees Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Lucknow Super Giants
- Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, M Siddharth.
Mumbai Indians Probable Playing-12
- Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur.
