Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, 37th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Who'd have imagined the state MI find themselves in. The five-time champions now without a win after eight matches as they just can't seem to get out of the rut. A strong performance from LSG though to bounce back after a loss in their previous game. That's all from us here. A goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Siva, Raju Peethala and Vineet Anantharaman.

KL Rahul, Player of the Match: Will have to make up for all the over rates and fines I'm getting (with his Player of the Match awards). Trying to play according to the situation, see what's expected out of me. Enjoying batting, enjoying the responsibility. Fingers crossed I can keep doing the right things. First thought was just get bat on ball, feel good, get that single. When you've played in a venue that's been good to me previously, but not so much in the last two games, just wanted to get that single first. Lucky that I could score as much as I did. I try and assess the pitch and conditions and see what's best I could do for the team. With this team, we do bat deep. Holder is batting at eight. With the depth, you can play a bit more freely. That's probably the only reason (for his higher strike rate). Teams that can defend well, or bowl well in the powerplay and finish off well in the death overs are teams that have won the tournament. We were very clear going into the auctions - I'm big on having allrounders in the team. Having them in the team, makes my life easier with the options.

STAT: KL Rahul is the first player to score 3 100s against a particular opponent in all T20 cricket.?
His 100s against MI are:
100* at Wankhede, 2019
103* at Brabourne, 2022
103* at Wankhede, 2022

Dushmantha Chameera's most economical (completed 4-over) spells | In T20 cricket
Figures Vs Year
0-14 MI 2022
1-16 IND 2021
4-17 ENG 2021
1-17 SLAF 2015
1-17 KT 2020

Krunal Pandya: Feels really good, a hard-fought effort in the bowling department, the planning was there and the execution was also there. It was a terrific knock, leading from the front and got us to a respectable total, so all credit goes to him (KL Rahul). I had no idea about how the wicket was going, when we batted KL was mentioning that wicket was stopping a bit so we tried to bowl slower and ball that hard length for the new batters. Really happy for Chameera and for us it is important to get better as individuals and as a team. Mohsin is a bright prospect, he has pace and variations and for him a first game like this will boost his confidence. I was so thankful that I got his (Pollard) wicket otherwise he would have eaten my brain throughout my life because he got me out and now that it's 1-1 at least he will speak less. Honesty is important in the team and these guys (coaching staff) are doing pretty well and ensuring everyone is getting better. For me process is important and we want to accept our mistakes and learn from it.

Rohit Sharma: I thought we bowled pretty okay. It wasn't easy. It was a good pitch to bat on. I thought that score should have been chased down, but we didn't bat well enough. When you have a target like that, it is important to string partnerships. But some irresponsible shots in the middle, including mine. We didn't get the momentum. They bowled really well. We haven't batted well enough in this tournament. Whoever plays in the middle needs to take that responsibility and go on to play long innings. Some of the opposition players have done that and that is what is hurting us. One guy needs to ensure that he bats as long as possible. Everyone has come into discussion given how our tournament has gone. We need to ensure that we have a settled team and give players in the middle a fair chance. Their roles are different when they play for their countries and here we expect something else from them. We tried not making too many changes, and we have tried to play the best combination possible. But when you lose games, you always have such discussions. As far as I am concerned, I want to give people enough chances to prove themselves. The season hasn't gone the way we would have wanted it to, but such things happen.

23:36 Local Time, 18:06 GMT, 23:36 IST: So their first win at the Wankhede, fifth overall and LSG have climbed into the top four. A hundred from KL Rahul, his second of the season against the same opposition, took them to 168, which isn't a huge score at this venue, but such has been Mumbai's plight that they've fallen short by 36 runs. It was another failure for Ishan Kishan at the top, taking 20 balls to score 8. Rohit got a start but couldn't kick on. And with the dismissal of Suryakumar, the hopes started to dwindle again. MI weren't out of it with 59 needed off the final four overs, with Varma and Pollard at the crease. But the next three overs from Mohsin, Holder and Chameera were just fantastic. Chameera and Mohsin were impressive with the new ball as well, troubling MI with their pace and bounce. Eight losses out of eight games now for MI as things continue to go from bad to worse.

Krunal Pandya to Bumrah, no run, flat outside off, Bumrah dabs it to short third. LSG register their first win at the Wankhede

Krunal Pandya to Bumrah, no run, floated up just outside off, Bumrah gets forward and defends and there's a roar from the crowd

Jasprit Bumrah, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Krunal Pandya to Daniel Sams, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi!! Flat and fast outside off, fired in on a back of a length, Sams looks to slap it over extra cover but slices it in the air. Taken by Bishnoi at the cover boundary. Daniel Sams c Ravi Bishnoi b Krunal Pandya 3(7)

Krunal Pandya to Daniel Sams, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Hrithik Shokeen, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Krunal Pandya to Daniel Sams, out Unadkat Run Out!! Miscues this wide of short fine, looks to go for a single, the throw comes in and Unadkat is well short. Unadkat run out (Holder/Krunal Pandya) 1(1)

Krunal Pandya to Daniel Sams, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Krunal Pandya to Unadkat, 1 run, mistimes the slog wide of long-on

Jaydev Unadkat, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Krunal Pandya to Pollard, out Caught by Hooda!! Krunal removes Pollard and then jumps on his back to plant a kiss on his head. A friendly send-off from his former teammate. Pollard in no mood for any fun and games though as he walks off. It's a one-handed miscue as he looks to loft it down the ground, long-on runs across and makes no mistake. Pollard c Hooda b Krunal Pandya 19(20) [6s-1]

Krunal Pandya to Pollard, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Krunal Pandya to Pollard, wide, fires it very wide outside off, Pollard leaves