In the Eliminator match between Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants at MA Chidambaram Stadium MI beat LSG by 81 runs. This was the biggest win for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 and the first win against LSG.
Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat first, Cameron Green scored the highest for MI, he scored 41 runs off 23 balls which included 6 fours and 1 six with a strike rate of 178.26, Surya scored 33 runs off 20 balls which included 2 sixes and 2 fours which helped the team to put a total score of 183 on the board to defend.
Naveen ul Haq took four wickets in four overs and gave 38 runs (4-38-4) with an economy rate of 9.5, Yash Thakur took 3 wickets in 4 overs he gave 34 runs (4-34-3).
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Batting second Markus Stoinis scored the highest for LSG he scored 40 runs off 27 balls which includes 5 fours and 1 six with a strike rate of 148.15.
Akash Madhwl took 5 wickets in 3.3 overs and gave 5 runs (3.3-5-5) with an economy rate of 1.4, Chris Jordan took 1 wicket in 2 overs he gave 7 runs (2-7-1). Piyush Chawla took 1 wicket in 4 overs he gave 28 runs (4-28-1).
Akash Madhwl became the Player of the Match, Dream11 game changer and Upstox Most Valuable Player for taking 5 wickets.
MI will be playing the 2nd Qualifier with GT at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 26th May at 7:30 Pm.