Mumbai Indians are on a roll at the business end of the tournament and Lucknow Supergiants will aim to halt their momentum on a difficult pitch in the IPL here on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians are third on the points table with 14 points and with one point less from the number of games, LSG are occupying the fourth spot. Both the teams would like to get out of the danger zone as eight teams remain in the race for the playoffs.
Team News – Mumbai Indians
Suryakumar Yadav is back to his breathtaking best and has played a huge role in Mumbai’s victories in the last two matches. Rohit Sharma, who has had a low run in the tournament, also found some rhythm against Gujarat Giants and will look to play a big innings at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium.
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In the absence of Tilka Verma, Mumbai have found an able replacement in Nehal Wadehra, who seems to be getting better with every opportunity on the big stage. On the bowling front, veteran spinner Piyush Chawla has been making life difficult for the batsmen while rookie Akash Badhwal has provided a much-needed boost to the pace attack.
Death bowling remains a concern with Chris Jordan replacing Jofra Archer leaking runs in the last two matches. It is expected to be another low scoring game and the spinners from either side could decide the fate of the game.
Team News – Lucknow Super Giants
Leggie Ravi Bishnoi has been the leading wicket-taker for the LSG and stand-in skipper Krunal Pandya also showed what he can do with his left-arm spin against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Veteran spinner Amit Mishra is also expected to play depending on the conditions.
The fast bowlers have proved to be a bit expensive, especially Avesh Khan, who has an economy rate of 9.75 after nine matches. The batting looks strong despite the absence of injured KL Rahul. Quinton de Kock has made an instant impact as Rahul’s replacement at the top, while Kyle Mayer is LSG’s leading run-getter in the competition.
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Then they have players who can win games from hopeless situations like Nicholas Pooran did against Sunrisers. Saurashtra batsman Prerak Mankad showed in the last game what he is capable of at number three and will come out on Tuesday night with extra confidence.
Squad:
Lucknow Super Giants: Krunal Pandya (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Naveen-ul-Haq, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Karan Sharma, Yudhveer Charak, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Mark Wood, Swapnil Singh, Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gautam, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Karun Nair and Mayank Yadav.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Chris Jordan, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Tim David, Raghav Goyal, Cameron Green, Ishan Kishan (wk), Duan Jansen, Chris Jordan, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Riley Meredith , Shams Mulani, Ramandeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Hrithik Shokeen, Tristan Stubbs, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Suryakumar Yadav.
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