In the 63rd match of IPL 2023, Lucknow Supergiants defeated Mumbai Indians by five runs. In this exciting match, Lucknow scored 177 runs for three wickets while batting first. In response, the Mumbai team could only score 172 runs after losing five wickets and lost the match. Marcus Stoinis scored the highest unbeaten 89 for Lucknow. At the same time, Captain Krunal Pandya played an inning of 49 runs. Mumbai's Jason Behrendorff took two wickets. Ishaan Kishan scored 59 and Rohit Sharma scored 37 runs for Mumbai. Tim David scored an unbeaten 32 runs. Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi of Lucknow took two wickets each.

With this victory, the Lucknow team moved to the third position in the points table with 15 points. At the same time, Mumbai Indians are in fourth place with 14 points. Now RCB has a chance to overtake Mumbai by winning the remaining two matches. At the same time, the Chennai team can remain in second place by winning their last match by a big margin. The Gujarat team has already reached the playoffs. All the other teams will have to win the rest of the league matches to make it to the last four.

Lucknow scored 177 runs
Lucknow Supergiants, batting first, scored 177 runs for three wickets with Marcus Stoinis' unbeaten half-century and Krunal Pandya's restrained innings. Stoinis scored an unbeaten 89 off 47 balls, while Krunal scored 49 off 42 balls. Stoinis hit four fours and eight sixes. At the same time, Krunal hit a four and a six. Jason Behrendorff took a maximum of two wickets from the Mumbai side. Krunal retired hurt and left the field on the last ball of the 16th over. Stoinis and Krunal took the team out of the initial shock by sharing an 82-run partnership in 59 balls for the fourth wicket. At one stage Lucknow was struggling at 35 for three.

Lucknow's score was 123 for three for 17 overs, but Stoinis scored 24 runs in the 18th over, hitting two sixes and three fours off Jordan's balls. He scored 15 runs in the 19th over by hitting two sixes off Behrendorff's balls. Akash Medhwal did the last over and scored 15 runs in his over. Jordan dropped Puran's catch on his fifth ball. Stoinis hit a six on the last ball. Stoinis and Pooran shared a quick unbeaten 60-run partnership in 24 balls for the fifth wicket.

The opening pair of Lucknow did not work
Lucknow made a big experiment by sending Deepak Hooda for the opening along with Quinton Dickock but he could not perform as expected. Jason Behrendorff bowled a slower ball and dodged Hooda to get caught by Tim David. Then on the next ball, he dismissed Prerak Mankad without opening the account. Till the Powerplay, the Lucknow team could manage only 35 runs for two wickets in the first six overs. In the next over, Chawla trapped Dickock in his spin, who returned to the pavilion by giving Kishan a catch. After this, Stoinis and Captain Krunal took over the innings of the team. Both kept hitting boundaries on bad balls and took the team's score to 100 runs in 14 overs.

Brilliant start for Mumbai
Chasing the target of 178 runs, Mumbai Indians got off to a great start. The pair Rohit and Ishaan took the team's score beyond 50 runs inside the powerplay. In the powerplay, Mumbai scored 58 runs without losing any wickets. After this, Rohit Sharma became the victim of Ravi Bishnoi by scoring 37 runs. In the next over, Kishan completed his half-century, but Bishnoi dismissed him too for 59, bringing Lucknow back into the match. As soon as these two were out, Mumbai's run rate stopped and in an attempt to make a big shot, Suryakumar Yadav was also dismissed after scoring seven runs.

After losing three wickets for 115 runs, the target of 178 runs was not easy for Mumbai on the Lucknow pitch. In such a situation, Tim David partnered with Nehal Wadhera, but Wadhera was dismissed after playing a slow inning of 16 runs in 20 balls. However, Tim David remained at the other end and played big shots to keep Mumbai in the match. Meanwhile, Vishnu Vinod also got out in an attempt to play a big shot after scoring two runs and the Mumbai team was in trouble.

In the end, Cameron Green and Tim David tried their best, but Mohsin Khan did not allow 11 runs in the last over. The Mumbai team could only manage 172 runs and lost the match by five runs. Ravi Bishnoi and Yash Thakur took two wickets each for Lucknow. Mohsin Khan got a wicket.

(pc amarujala)