Yash Thakur of Lucknow Super Giants celebrates the wicket of Suryalumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians (Photo Credits: Sportzpics)
Yash Thakur went berserk after dismissing Suryakumar Yadav and his animated reaction went viral. During the celebration, even his chain came off his neck.
Mumbai Indians star batsman Suryakumar Yadav missed his signature ‘supala shot’ as they lost their Indian Premier League encounter against Lucknow Supergiants on Tuesday. It was a crucial wicket for both LSG and Yash Thakur at the big stage. Suryakumar, who has been in incredible form in the second half of IPL 2023, failed to get going and was dismissed for 7 as Mumbai Indians lost the match by 5 runs. The visiting team failed to chase down the target of 178 runs at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
It was the first ball of the 15th over and Suryakumar shuffled a bit to play the ‘supala shot’ but he got it completely wrong and pulled the ball to the wickets. Young Yash got elated after dismissing the batting maestro and his animated reaction after taking the wicket went viral. During the celebration, even his chain came off his neck.
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Meanwhile, Marcus Stoinis’ unbeaten 89 off 47 balls and Mohsin Khan’s brilliant bowling performance in the final over helped Lucknow Super Giants register a thrilling 5-run win over Mumbai Indians.
With the win, Lucknow moved to the third spot in the points table with 15 points and came close to sealing their plate-off berth with a league match to spare.
Marcus Stoinis’ unbeaten 89 off 47 balls and skipper Krunal Pandya’s 49 off 42 balls helped LSG post a decent total of 177 runs on the board.
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In reply, Mumbai Indians also began their chase with a crucial 90-run partnership for the first wicket as Ishan Kishan set the stage with a 39-ball 59. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma also looked good during his innings of 37 runs but in the end David and Green failed to chase the target.
After the win, Krunal Pandya praised Mohsin Khan for his brilliant final over as he defended 11 runs.
“Mohsin has a big heart. He underwent surgery and after such a thing he is playing IPL, so the sky’s the limit. It hasn’t been easy for us, really happy to end it on a good note here. Nice to get them a win in this last game at this venue,” Kunal said at the post-match presentation.
