Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians - 72nd Match - 1st Eliminator - May 24

The 72nd match and the First Eliminator match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians on the 24th of May, 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

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Current Form Mumbai Indians:

Mumbai Indians finished at the 4th position on points table, thanks to the RCB's loss against Gujarat Titans in their previous game. As a result, Mumbai Indians qualified for the Playoffs where they will face a strong looking Lucknow Super Giants.

Mumbai have strong chances of making it to the Finals, based on their current form and with momentum on their side.

The top run scorer for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 is Suryakumar Yadav with 511 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 is Piyush Chawla with 20 scalps under his belt.

Mumbai Indians have beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last league game by 8 wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and they posted a big total of 200 for 5 in 20 overs. Mayank Agarwal was simply brilliant and he smashed 83 off just 46 balls. The young batter Vivrant Sharma also showed his class and scored 69 runs in 47 balls. The middle order couldn't do much and Sunrisers Hyderabad had to settle for an under par total of 200.

During the chase, Mumbai Indians lost Ishan Kishan early on. After his dismissal though, Rohit Sharma and Cameron Green teared apart the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling. Rohit Sharma scored 56 while Green took his team home while scoring a 100 himself. Mumbai Indians got home in the 18th over with 8 wickets in hand.

Lucknow Super Giants Form Guide:

Lucknow Super Giants started off in the tournament very well. Although, they slipped in the latter stages, they beat Kolkata Knight Riders in their last league game to secure a playoffs berth.

The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants is Marcus Stoinis with 368 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants is Ravi Bishnoi with 16 scalps under his belt.

Lucknow Super Giants beat Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous match by 1 run.

Lucknow Super Giants batted first and they could post a total of 176 for 8 in 20 overs. They got off to a terrible start and lost 5 wickets for just 73 runs. Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran then led the charge and counter attacked the KKR bowling. Badoni made 25 off 21 balls while Nicholas Pooran smashed 58 off just 30 balls to take Lucknow Super Giants to a respectable total of 176.

During the chase, Jason Roy and Venkatesh Iyer started off very well. They scored 45 and 24 runs respectively. While they were batting, it looked like KKR would easily cruise home. However, after the first wicket fell, KKR lost the plot. LSG bowled pretty well and kept picking up wickets in regular succession. Rinku Singh tried to revive KKR with his tremendous knock of 67 in 33 balls but the target was too tall and KKR fell short by just 1 run.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T), Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Mumbai Indians

Who will win?- Mumbai Indians

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians), Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Jason Behrendorff (Mumbai Indians), Naveen ul Haq (Lucknow Super Giants)

Most Sixes – Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians), Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)

Player of the Match- Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)

Team Scores Batting first - Mumbai Indians 170+, Lucknow Super Giants 160+

Match Handicap: Mumbai Indians

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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