‘Mohsin Khan Did Some Out of the Box Things With His Bowling’: RP Singh

Lucknow Super Giants took a significant step towards playoff qualification by defeating Mumbai Indians by five runs in a thrilling 2023 Tata IPL encounter at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday evening. Batting first, Lucknow posted a mammoth score of 177 on the back of Marcus Stoinis’ 89 (47b, 4×4, 8×6). Mumbai started the innings brilliantly with a 90-run opening partnership between Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma. However, it was not enough to chase down the target as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and failed to gain momentum. Tim David raised some hopes but a brilliant final over from Mohsin Khan helped Lucknow grab the two points. With this defeat, Mumbai has moved to the fourth position in the table while Lucknow are in the third position.

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Mohsin Khan was tasked with defending 11 runs in the final over against Mumbai, something he did extremely well conceding just five runs in the over. JioCinema was extremely impressed with the adaptability of Tata IPL expert RP Singh Khan, “Mohsin Khan did some offbeat things with his bowling. He bowled a length ball, a short good length ball, followed by a yorker, bowled with a better plan. He knew against which batsmen the yorker would work well. Cameron Green is a proper batsman and his bat speed is a bit different. Mohsin Khan’s short length was good for him. Sometimes, you have to back up your skills. Everything cannot be planned. At certain moments some things just need to deal with their instincts.

Marcus Stoinis was awarded the player of the match for his breathtaking 89 which helped Lucknow post a stupendous total. JioCinema TATA IPL expert Parthiv Patel praised Stoinis navigation of the tricky pitch, saying, “He batted very well. Considering how the pitch was at the start of the match and how it was not easy to bat on, he played the innings really well.” Gave up the pace. He took his time and then he played brilliantly. The way the pitch was slow, you needed strength to hit the big shots. We saw it from Tim David as well but the way Stoinis batted it was great to see He played till the end and remained not out.

RP Singh also broke down the moments of Mumbai Indians’ innings that eventually led to their defeat, “If we talk about their batting, Ishan Kishan’s wicket. They should not have lost wickets one after the other and should have made a small partnership there. The pressure mounted after the dismissal of Ishan Kishan. I also feel that Nehal Wadhera and Suryakumar Yadav have not been able to rotate the strike well. Nehal played a lot of dot balls and Suryakumar Yadav had to stand at the runner’s end for a while. He probably didn’t like it and that was probably one of the reasons behind the defeat.”