The first game of Saturday’s doubleheader will see Mumbai Indians (MI) lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Brabourne Stadium. Both MI and LSG are coming from the back of defeats and will hope to bounce back in IPL 2022.
KL Rahul and Co. have had a good start to IPL 2022 and not a lot has gone wrong for them so far in their inaugural IPL season. With all-rounder Marcus Stoinis available, they have their best team available against the hosts.
Despite clicking well so far as a team, several players are yet to hit their peak performance levels. The two narrow losses in five games have left LSG outside the top four on the points table, a position from where they would look for urgent ascendancy.
"𝐁𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬." 🔥
सूर्या दादा's rallying cry to the team as we get set for #MIvLSG 💪😎#OneFamily #DilKholKe #MumbaiIndians @surya_14kumar MI TV pic.twitter.com/2F2Mrwthbk
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 16, 2022
With results not coming their way, Mumbai Indians have made too many changes to their liking – and without much success either. They will look to regroup and come out all guns blazing against Lucknow on a more familiar Brabourne wicket.
Match Details
Match 26: Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date & Time: 16th April at 3:30 PM IST and Local Time
Pitch Report
With small boundaries on offer at the Brabourne Stadium, we can expect a run-fest. Dew is not expected to play a big role but the team winning the toss might still prefer bowling first.
Predicted Playing XI
Mumbai Indians (MI): Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat/Basil Thampi, Tymal Mills
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, K Gowtham, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan
MI vs LSG – Fantasy Team Prediction
Fantasy Team 1: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Dewald Brevis, Krunal Pandya, Basil Thampi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Fantasy Team 2: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock (vc), Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma (c), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jason Holder, K Gowtham, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
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