‘Duniya hila di yeh match ne’ – Fans react as Lucknow Super Giants defeat Mumbai Indians by 5 runs in IPL 2023 clash

After winning the last fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) locked horns with Mumbai Indians at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Tuesday, May 16. Super Giants won the match by 5 runs.

MI skipper, Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. The home side, while batting first, scored a total of 177 runs with the loss of three wickets after the completion of the first innings. The highest scorer for the side was star Australia all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis, who scored an unbeaten knock of 89 runs from 47 balls with eight sixes and four fours in his innings. LSG skipper, Krunal Pandya played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 49 runs from 42  balls with one four and one six.

He hasn’t played here for a long time, a big moment for Mohsin: Marcus Stoinis

For the MI side, the pick of the bowler was Jason Behrendroff, who snapped two wickets in his spell of four overs where he conceded 30 runs in his spell. One wicket was grabbed by Piyush Chawla in his spell of three overs where he conceded 26 runs in his spell.

While chasing the target, MI was able to score only 172 runs with the loss of five wickets in their 20 overs. The highest scorer of the side was Ishan Kishan, who scored 59 runs off 39 balls, which included eight fours and a six. The pick of the bowler for LSG was Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi, who bagged two wickets in their respective spells where they conceded 40 runs and 26 runs, respectively.

“Great moment. He hasn’t played here for a long time, a big moment for Mohsin, especially bowling the final over after being injured. It was very close, there are a lot of things not going your way. A couple of good overs from the spinners and Mohsin sealed it for us. We have shown that we are a real team, there are no real superstars, and there are different people stepping up and performing for us. We are missing KL (Rahul), but we have KP (Krunal) leading us, and Andy (Flower) has a really good cricket brain,” Stoinis was quoted as saying in the post-match presentation.

Here’s how fans reacted to Lucknow Super Giants’ victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2023:

https://twitter.com/dikhhat_hai_/status/1658534019452002310

https://twitter.com/RealAryan29/status/1658534639382970368

Well Bowled ..

— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) May 16, 2023

https://twitter.com/sigma__male_/status/1658533632557060097

https://twitter.com/AkashSamanta_/status/1658536810342133760

Gautam Gambhir looking at Naveen-ul-Haq be like pic.twitter.com/Cs3dFWTtYR

— KhabriBhai (@RealKhabriBhai) May 16, 2023

https://twitter.com/EuphoricEagle19/status/1658533814610829312

Awesome bowling by LSG at the death .. final 4 likely GT,CSK,LSG,RCB

— Venkatesh Elayavalli (@elayavalli) May 16, 2023