Five-time IPL champions Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians defeated Krunal Pandya-led Lucknow Super Giants to eliminate them from IPL 2023
Mumbai Indians scored 182/8 and Lucknow Super Giants scored 101 in 16.3 overs
- Mumbai Indians had won the toss and elected to bat
- Akash Madhwal came into this match as a Yorker specialist who helped guide MI to victory. He was also awarded Player of the Match
- LSG dropped De Kock and went in with only 3 overseas players in the Starting XI and used Kyle Mayers as an Impact Sub during their chase
- Lucknow Super Giants lost Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham and Nicholas Pooran in quick successions
- Krunal Pandya failed with the bat in LSG's 183-run chase
After winning against LSG, MI’s skipper Rohit Sharma said in a press conference that, “This is what we have done over the years. People do not expect us to do what we have done but we managed to”.
“We were in a good position at one stage, but everything started going wrong when I played that shot. We should have played better cricket. This shot was not on and completely takes the blame for that”, Krunal Pandya said in a post-match conference
Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians will be facing defending champions Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans, who lost to MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1 and then in Qualifier 2 for a spot in the final
Some of the key faceoffs between MI and GT players will be:
- Wriddhiman Saha vs Jofra Archer
- Rohit Sharma vs Mohammed Shami
- Suryakumar Yadav vs Rashid Khan
Chennai Super Kings has already reached the IPL finals after defeating Gujarat Titans by 15 runs