Lucknow Super Giants' captain Rishabh Pant shake hands with Mumbai Indians' counterpart Hardik Pandya, right, at the end of the Indian Premier League cricket match at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Hardik Pandya's maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket and star batter Suryakumar Yadav's fluent 67 went in vain as Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in an Indian Premier League match on Friday. MI captain Pandya returned with magnificent figures of 5/36 in an inspiring bowling performance but couldn't stop LSG from posting 203 for 8 after being put into bat. Chasing 204 for a win, MI, however, ended at 191 for 5 in 20 overs and exposed the five-time champions' inability to chase down big targets. Shardul Thakur's economical effort in the penultimate over, giving away just seven runs, tilted the scale in favour of LSG.
Lucknow Super Giants' captain Rishabh Pant shake hands with Mumbai Indians' counterpart Hardik Pandya, right, at the end of the Indian Premier League cricket match at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants players celebrates after winning the Indian Premier League cricket match against Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya reacts during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav celebrates after scoring fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants' Digvesh Rathi celebrates the dismissal of Mumbai Indians' Naman Dhir during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mumbai Indians' Naman Dhir plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow
Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya bowls a delivery during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants' David Miller plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants' Ayush Badoni plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants' Mitchell Marsh celebrates his half century during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants' Aiden Markram plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants' Mitchell Marsh plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.