The Lucknow Super Giants bowlers' exceptional performance restricted the five-time champions Mumbai Indians to 191 as the hosts registered a 12-run win at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
Rajasthan, currently placed ninth with just one win, will be hoping to turn their campaign around against a Punjab side that has won both their opening fixtures.
The five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 16th encounter of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 in Lucknow on Friday.
Fiery bowling spells by Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) seal an 80-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Defending champions KKR's campaign was back on track after losses to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) as standout half-centuries from Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi and three-wicket hauls from Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy helped KKR secure an eighty-
Kolkata Knight Riders' seamer Vaibhav Arora delivered a stellar performance, claiming 3/29 in his four overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Kolkata on Thursday, to help his team secure a crucial victory.
Speaking at the post-match presentation after being named Player of the Match, A
Jamshedpur FC defeated Mohun Bagan Super Giant by 2-1 in the first leg of their semi-final fixture at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2024-25 on Thursday.
With this win, KKR's campaign is somewhat back on track as with two wins andtwo losses. They are in the fifth spot. SRH are at the bottom with a win and three losses.
According to the official website of ISL, with this win, Zaragoza has become just the third head coach in ISL history to win each of his first two games in the Playoffs after Simon Grayson and Petr Kratky. Moreover, it was his first win against Manolo Marquez in the league (D1 L2).
LSG and MI, both struggling for form and consistency with just a win each in their three matches so far, will be aiming to rise from the mid-table positions towards the top, with the contest set to take place on a tricky Ekana pitch. During the last LSG clash against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at E
LSG and MI, both teams that have struggled for consistency so far with just one win and two losses, will be locking horns at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday
Siraj was absolutely electric on his return to Chinnaswammy Stadium, this time in GT colours and he troubled his former team with a brilliant three-wicket haul on Wednesday, which paved way for an easy eight-wicket win while chasing down 170.