Although the entry of Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL has recently been done, but he has once again proved his strength by maintaining a series of victory against Mumbai Indians. Lucknow defeated Mumbai by 12 runs in the match played at Ekana Stadium on Friday to register their sixth win over this team. So far, Mumbai has won against Lucknow only once.

Mitchell Marsh played an aggressive innings of 60 runs

Batting first, Lucknow made a great start. Mitchell Marsh played an aggressive innings of 60 runs in just 31 balls, including nine fours and two sixes. Aden Markram also scored 53 runs with him. After this, the team scored a strong score of 203 runs thanks to the fast innings of Ayush Badoni and David Miller.

In response, Mumbai started staggering. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks and Ryan Recllett came out to open but soon returned to the pavilion. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Naman Dhir handled the innings. The two together shared a 69 -run partnership, but were bowled out after a strategic time out. Suryakumar scored a brilliant 67 runs, but he was also run by Avesh Khan. Meanwhile, Tilak Verma retired retired, which affected the batting order.

Lucknow pulls penalty due to slow over speed

Mumbai had expectations from Pandya and Santner, but they could not perform the expected performance. Hardik Pandya was the most successful in bowling for Lucknow, who took five wickets. However, in the final over, Lucknow had to face penalty due to slow over speed, which benefited Mumbai, but it could not be converted into victory.

Earlier, Marsh's innings had decided the attitude of the match. Due to him, Lucknow scored 69 runs without losing wickets in the powerplay. Puran and Miller also added fast runs to bring the score beyond 200. However, the form of captain Rishabh Pant remains a matter of concern. He was also dismissed cheaply in this match and so far he has not been able to contribute with the bat in four matches.