Mumbai Indians’ star batter Suryakumar Yadav continues his terrific kind within the Indian Premier League 2025. The appropriate-handed batter smashed 54 runs off 28 balls within the facet’s IPL 2025 match towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. MI captain Hardik Pandya misplaced the toss and LSG captain Rishabh Pant opted to bowl first throughout the day’s recreation. Whereas talking about the results of toss, Suryakumar, throughout the innings, stated that it was a very good toss to lose for MI as bowling and fielding beneath the solar would have been actually tough.
Suryakumar’s fifty helped MI publish a complete of 215 for 7 towards LSG.
“I used to be actually pleased after we misplaced the toss, as a result of it’s actually sizzling on the market however scoring 200-plus it’s actually good from a batting perspective,” stated Suryakumar.
“It is a good rating and I really feel the wicket is a bit gradual and I really feel it’ll be difficult on the market for his or her batting line-up, let’s have a look at the way it goes,” he added.
Suryakumar’s belligerent 54 and Ryan Rickelton’s 58 fired MI to an enormous complete vs LSG.
Suryakumar continued to plunder runs to turn out to be the main run-scorer on this IPL, crossing the 400-run mark together with his third fifty. The India T20 skipper additionally accomplished his 4,000 runs in IPL.
Suryakumar’s 28-ball knock, laced with 4 sixes and as many fours, stored MI on monitor for a complete in extra of 200 whilst Tilak Varma (6) and Hardik Pandya (5) fell in fast succession.
The standout stroke throughout his innings was when Suryakumar went down on his knee to carry Prince Yadav (1/44) over high quality leg for a six on a waist-high ball.
LSG’s choice to bowl first anticipating a spin-friendly monitor beneath the solar did backfire to some extent on a batting-friendly pitch right here, with none of their bowlers in a position to management stroke-play.
MI’s scoring fee hovered round 10 an over constantly even because it felt they have been going by way of a slowdown within the second half.
Rickelton’s assault within the powerplay fuelled Mumbai’s cost whilst they misplaced the in-form Rohit Sharma early on.
Coming into the match after scoring back-to-back fifties, Rohit (12) welcomed India speedster Mayank Yadav (2/40) — in motion after an harm layoff — with two consecutive sixes. However the India captain was undone by a slower supply.
Mayank pulled Rohit outdoors off on a 120kmph supply within the third over, which the batter lower straight into the fingers of Prince at third man.
However the early blow had no impression in any way as Rickelton stroked his means for a formidable second IPL fifty off 25 balls.
The left-handed South African wicketkeeper-batter hit his strides early within the recreation, hitting powerfully down the wicket and placing away something in his vary into the stands.
Rickelton solid a second-wicket partnership of 55 runs with Will Jacks (29), setting the inspiration for the center order.
He punished each tempo and spin and made the many of the wayward lengths the LSG bowlers bowled firstly of the competition.
Rickelton perished off Digvesh Rathi (1/48) when he made room to hit one over the in-field however top-edged it.
In direction of the top, Naman Dhir, who needed to change his bat for failing the gauge check, struck 25 off 11 (2x4s, 2x6s), whereas debutant Corbin Bosch hammered a 10-ball 20 to take MI previous the 200-mark.
(With PTI Inputs)
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