Skipper KL Rahul struck his second hundred of IPL 2022, a sublime unbeaten 103 and Krunal Pandya claimed 3/19 as Lucknow Neat Giants handed Mumbai Indians a second successive defeat this season, worthwhile by 36 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.
Pandya picked up the wickets of the awful Rohit Sharma (39), Mumbai Indians’ top scorer, Kieron Pollard (19) and Daniel Sams (3) to handbook a clinical bowling performance as Lucknow Neat Giants registered their fifth receive of the season and moved to fourth within the factors table with 10 factors.
Gujarat Titans lead with 12 factors adopted by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Neat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore — in that verbalize — all with 10 factors.
Mumbai Indians’ woeful season endured as they slumped to their eighth defeat of the season and remain winless, plumbing the bottom of the table. Mumbai Indians had lost to LSG by 18 runs on April 16, the match valid thru which Rahul scored 103 off 60 balls.
After limiting LSG to 168/6 in spite of Rahul’s unbeaten century, Mumbai Indians had been in a upright station to transfer for his or her first receive of the season. Things started successfully however they lost their approach within the center overs and succumbed to one more defeat.
Chasing 169 to receive, Mumbai Indians had been off to a upright initiate, reaching 43/0 within the energy-play, While Ishan Kishan, Mumbai Indian’s costliest receive within the mega auction earlier than IPL 2022, scratched spherical for a 20-ball eight, skipper Rohit Sharma regarded in upright assemble as he made for him accomplice’s lack of runs.
Kishan modified into out with the pick up at 49 when he received out in an uncommon vogue. He reached out to a large one by spinner Ravi Bishnoi and bottom-edged it. The ball bounced off keeper Quinton de Kock’s left shoe and landed in Holder’s hands at plod. The umpire gave him out after checking the video.
Rohit, who started with a four of the final ball of the first over, cutting a brief and broad one by Mohsin Khan over backward point for a one-bounce four, kept Mumbai Indians’ hopes alive. He smashed Holder and D Chameera for boundaries in successive overs after which struck Holder for a six and a four off successive deliveries within the sixth over.
However excellent when it regarded admire he and Suryakumar Yadav would employ Mumbai to safety, Rohit received out, caught by replace K Gowtham at instant third man as the Mumbai Indians skipper attempts to slog over a size ball by Krunal Sharma on off-stump and top-edges it.
Suryakumar Yadav, promoted within the batting verbalize for this match, did no longer final long as he’s out for 7, Mumbai Indians slumping to 67/4.
Young Tilak Varma and the seasoned Kieron Pollard kept the war alive by raising 57 runs for the fifth wicket, Varma hitting some shapely photos as he took the war to the LSG bowlers. However he received out at the most misguided time for Mumbai Indians, caught by Ravi Bishnoi of Jason Holder for 38 (31 balls, 2×4, 2×6) as Mumbai slumped to 124/5.
Pollard too modified into out soon, attempting to power the run, caught by Dipak Hooda off Krunal Pandya and Mumbai Indians’ hopes ended as they went on to lose by 36 runs.
Earlier, skipper Rahul struck his second hundred of IPL 2022, additionally second against Mumbai Indians, as Lucknow Neat Giants reached 168/6 in 20 overs on being asked to bat first by Rohit Sharma.
Rahul, who had scored his first century of IPL 2022 against Mumbai Indians in his 100th match a couple of days ago, played a successfully-controlled innings on a slack note to make with an unbeaten 103 off 62 deliveries. He reached the three-figure imprint off 61 balls within the final over of the innings, hitting 12 fours and four sixes.
Rahul waged a lone war, struggling for assist from the opposite end as the opposite batters came in and went out in instant succession. Manish Pandey modified into the second-perfect scorer at 22 and shared a 58-streak partnership with Rahul for the second wicket.
For Mumbai Indians, winless in seven fits up to now in IPL 2022, Riley Meredith (2/40) and Kieron Pollard (2/8) had been the most worthwhile bowlers.
Transient scores: Lucknow Neat Giants 168/6 in 20 overs (K.L Rahul 103 no longer out, Manish Pandey 22; Kieron Pollard 2/8, Riley Meredith 2/40) defeated Mumbai Indians 132/8 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 39, Tilak Varma 38; Krunal Pandya 3/19) by 36 runs.