Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah breathed hearth with the ball on Sunday because the facet registered a straightforward 54-run win over Lucknow Tremendous Giants of their IPL 2025 match at Wankhede Stadium. Bumrah returned figures of 4 for 22 in his quota of 4 overs as MI registered their fifth consecutive win within the version. The correct-arm pacer registered a brand new report together with his efficiency. He turned the very best wicket-taker for MI in IPL historical past with 174 wickets, going previous Lasith Malinga’s 170.
Bumrah and Trent Boult (3/20) shone with the ball after Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav struck attacking half-centuries for MI.
After Rickelton (58) and Suryakumar Yadav (54) helped MI submit 215 for 7 on being requested to bat first, Bumrah and Boult led the sensible efficiency by the bowlers as LSG had been bundled out for 161 in 20 overs. That is the primary win for Mumbai Indians over LSG within the league section, which got here in seven matches.
With this win, MI moved as much as the second spot behind Gujarat Titans, becoming a member of Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 12 factors. The winner of the DC vs RCB match being performed in New Delhi can overtake them and transfer atop the desk with 14 factors.
It was a medical efficiency by the five-time champions as Bumrah and Boult claimed 5 wickets for 21 runs to hasten the tip for Lucknow Tremendous Giants. Bumrah weaved his magic within the demise overs, claiming three wickets in a single eventful over.
Boult was no much less spectacular. Given quick spells, he struck each time he was introduced into assault, wrapping up the innings by castling Digvesh Rathi on the final ball of the match.
Bumrah, who got here in as Influence Substitute instead of Rohit Sharma, struck the primary blow for Mumbai Indians within the third over as Aiden Markram whipped flat a fastish size ball to Naman Dhir for 9 off 11 balls. Fellow opener Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran took the rating previous 50 within the power-play earlier than Pooran, who hammered Deepak Chahar for a hat-trick of sixes within the sixth over — the primary one scythed over level, the second pushed to deep backwards-point and the third pulled over midwicket.
Pooran (27 off 15b), nonetheless, fell to Will Jacks within the subsequent over; the change of bowler by Pandya paid off because the English all-rounder struck off the primary ball after the power-play. One introduced two as Rishabh Pant’s horrendous run with the bat continued as he fell on the second ball after beginning with a 4 off Jacks, giving the English offbreak bowler his second wicket of the match as LSG fell to 64/3 after ending power-play at 60/1.
Mitchell Marsh and Ayush Badoni took the rating previous the hundred as they added 46 runs for the fourth wicket. Boult returned to motion to get Marsh off his first ball, because the Aussie batter top-edged a pull to Tilak Varma.
Badoni, who struck Karn Sharma for back-to-back sixes and a 4 off Corbin Bosch, was out for 35, falling to Boult after one other bowling change by Pandya pays off.
Jasprit Bumrah hastened LSG’s finish with a triple-wicket over, sending again David Miller (24), Abdul Samad (2), and Avesh Khan (0), the final two off successive balls in an eventful sixteenth over, troubling the batters with exact deliveries and fast change of tempo as LSG fell from 140/5 to 142/8 inside six balls.
Earlier, in scorching scorching circumstances made worse by excessive humidity, which turned the Wankhede right into a cauldron, Rickelton caught hearth as he stormed to his fifty in simply 25 balls, scoring the season’s quickest half-century for the Mumbai Indians, who’re on a four-match unbeaten run in IPL 2025.
He confronted the primary two overs, and after a 4 within the first over, bowled by Mayank Yadav, who was taking part in his first match of the season after getting back from harm. However after surviving a close to run-out within the second over, the South African wicketkeeper-batter exploded into motion towards Prince Yadav, hammering him for a six and two fours, the primary of which, a straight drive, practically nailed Rohit Sharma.
Rohit pulled Mayank for back-to-back sixes within the third over because the bowler went quick. However the younger tearaway had the final chortle as he bought the previous Mumbai Indians captain in the identical over, outwitting him with a gradual one bowled huge that was lower straight to Prince Yadav at quick third.
Rickelton struck spinner Digvesh Rathi for 2 sixes interspersed by a 4 on his method to his second half-century of IPL 2025 off 25 balls. He fell to Rathi quickly after, attempting to make room for a googly bowled huge however managing to top-edge it to Ayush Badoni. His 58 got here off 32 balls and included six fours and 4 sixes.
He added 55 runs for the second wicket with Will Jacks, who scored 29 off 21 balls (3×4, 1×6) earlier than being bowled by Prince Yadav with a phenomenal yorker. Tilak Varma (6) fell cheaply as LSG pulled issues again a bit, Mumbai Indians reaching 137/4 in 13 overs.
Nonetheless, Suryakumar Yadav continued to carry fort on the different finish, hitting Ravi Bishnoi for a six, adopted by back-to-back boundaries and in addition despatched Avesh to the boundary as he accomplished his 4000 runs in IPL.
Surya reached his 50 off 27 balls, with a six off Avesh Khan. He was out off the subsequent ball, mistiming to additional cowl a fullish ball bowled huge, his 54 got here off 28 balls and was studded with 4 fours and as many sixes. He’s now the main run-scorer in IPL 2025 with 417 runs from 10 innings.
Skipper Hardik Pandya fell for 5, cleaned up by the tempo of Mayank Yadav, however Naman Dhir (25 not out off 11) and debutant Corbin Bosch (20 off 10) gave the innings the of entirety as Mumbai Indians reached a giant rating.
For LSG, Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan claimed a double with 2-40 and 2-42 respectively, whereas Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi bagged a wicket apiece.
(With IANS Inputs)
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