MI vs LSG Highlights, IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians hammer Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs

ORANGE CAP FOR SURYAKUMAR YADAV! Just didn't realize, did we? Just kept on feeling that Sai Sudharsan is sitting pretty with that Cap but along comes Surya and whisks it off! 418 runs in the tournament for SKY, averaging 69.66 and a strike rate of 169.91. Suryakumar Yadav has a strong batting record against LSG in the IPL; during their last encounter, he delivered a brilliant innings, scoring 67 at a strike rate of 156.

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, On middle and leg, clipped through mid-wicket for a single to retain the strike.

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, Slower ball, on a length, outside off, pushed towards point.

Mayank Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, On a good length, around off, Suryakumar Yadav gets across and pats this down the track for a single.

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, Back of a good length, around off, Naman Dhir taps it to cover and takes a single to get off the blocks. 

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, WIDE! Angling in, but sprays it down leg, on a length, Naman tries to tickle it behind but misses. Oh hang on, Lucknow Super Giants have challenged the onfield call of a wide given. The UltraEdge shows absolutely nothing as the ball goes past the batter, and the onfield call of WIDE stays. Lucknow Super Giants now burn both their reviews. 

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, WIDE! Goes hard into the surface a bit too short and over off, Naman Dhir lets it pass. 

Mayank Yadav to Naman Dhir, Fuller length, on off, Naman Dhir offers a solid block first up. 

Naman Dhir walks in next, at number 7, replacing his skipper, Hardik Pandya.

Mayank Yadav to Hardik Pandya, OUT! CLEANED'EM UP! So often we see a wicket right after the break, and this time, Hardik Pandya falls prey to it. The slower balls are working like magic for Mayank Yadav so far! He steams in from over the wicket but bowls it at 134.2 kph, on a good length, on middle and off, and gets the ball to angle back into the batter. Hardik Pandya looks to play it across the line and misses due to the lack of pace. The ball skids through, past the inside edge and takes the bail on middle and leg stump. 

STRATEGIC TIMEOUT. 91/3 in the middle overs stage, consisting of 9 overs. MI have been losing wickets, but also getting the runs. After Ryan Rickelton, it seems like Suryakumar Yadav has taken the role of batting deep, but it is not like he is just playing the anchor role. His strike rate reads a good 209.52, which is why he is such a dangerous batter in T20 cricket. Mumbai still have some batting to come, in Naman Dhir ​​​​and Corbin Bosch while Karn Sharma and Deepak Chahar can swing their willows as well. If Lucknow Super Giants don't find a way to pick up quick wickets, they might be staring at a score in excess of 220. Crucially, they have used just 5 bowlers, and it is too late to bring in a 6th option - so those 5 will have to find a way to pick up wickets. Mayank Yadav is back on. 3-0-35-1 so far.

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, This is worked through mid-wicket for a couple.

Prince Yadav to Hardik Pandya, What a shot. Full, outside off, Hardik Pandya drives it straight back to where it came from. Deserves a boundary but long off gets across to his right with a slide to cut it off. Just a single.

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE. Slower-ball bouncer, but way down the leg side. Left alone.

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! SURYA BEING SURYA! Short pitched, around middle and off, Suryakumar Yadav gets down on a knee and hooks this over the rope towards the fine leg region for a biggie. 150 UP FOR MUMBAI INDIANS!

Prince Yadav to Hardik Pandya, Short-pitched, around middle and leg. Hardik Pandya fends this through mid-wicket for a single. 

Prince Yadav to Hardik Pandya, Too full, around off, Hardik Pandya pushes this towards extra cover for no run. 

Against both pace and spin, Suryakumar Yadav has a strike rate of 164 in IPL 2025, which shows that he has done well against both. Prince Yadav is back on as well. 2-0-20-1 so far.

Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, Short, outside off, pace off, Pandya throws his bat at it. But due to the lack of pace, the ball holds on the surface, resulting in a bottom edge to the off side. A single taken.

Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, Closer to the off stump, on a length, Hardik pushes it back to the bowler.

Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, A full toss, outside off, Hardik Pandya drives it through the covers for a couple. Gets off the mark with an absolute pie.

Avesh Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, On a length around off, Suryakumar Yadav drives this all along the carpet through cover for one. 

Avesh Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Slower one, pitched short and wide outside off. Suryakumar Yadav plays this late and uses his wrists to hit this over the fielder at backward point for a boundary. This was a top-notch stroke from SKY. 

Avesh Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, Good-length delivery around off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to run this down to the deep third region but finds the fielder at short third. 

Skipper Hardik Pandya walks in next, at number 6, replacing Tilak Varma. Avesh Khan returns as well. 1-0-12-0 so far.

Ravi Bishnoi to Tilak Varma, OUT! CAUGHT! For the first time in the IPL, Bishnoi gets Tilak. The googly does the trick. Tossed up, around off, spinning away, with a bit of drift as well, Tilak Varma gets down and looks to play the slog sweep. But he only manages a top edge which goes straight to Prince Yadav at deep backward square leg, who makes no mistake. Tilak departs for 6 (5) and from 88/1, MUMBAI INDIANS are now 137/4, in the span of 27 balls.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, Mistimes his sweep now, towards deep mid-wicket, for a single.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Lucky me! Outside off, Suryakumar Yadav throws his bat at it but the ball spins away, takes the outside edge and goes through the deep third region for a boundary!

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Clever to play this behind square for four. Too full on middle and leg, Suryakumar Yadav gets down on a knee and sweeps this behind square for a boundary. Suryakumar Yadav has looked himself ever since he walked out. 

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! WHACKED! Shot of a length around off, sits up well to be hit away from the batter. Suryakumar Yadav gets up with the bounce and slogs this way beyond the rope towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. 

Ravi Bishnoi to Tilak Varma, Bishnoi gets away with that. Short and way too wide outside off. Tilak Varma went chasing it and attempted a lofted drive but got it off the inside of his bat and past the stumps towards fine leg for a single. 

Suryakumar Yadav has scored the most runs in the Middle Overs (7-15) in IPL 2025 - 296, at a strike rate of 174, which includes 13 sixes.

Prince Yadav to Tilak Varma, A short ball, around middle, Tilak swivels across, gets inside the line and pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single. Excellent comeback over by Prince - 6 runs and a wicket from this one. His figures read 2-0-20-1.

Prince Yadav to Tilak Varma, On a good length, around off, pushed to the off side.

Prince Yadav to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Nice way to get going! A low full toss, on middle, Tilak Varma gets low and flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball simply races away!

Tilak Varma walks in next at number 5, replacing Will Jacks.

Prince Yadav to Will Jacks, OUT! TIMBER! A toe crusher that evades the toes of the batter but goes on and disturbs the timber. Yorker, bang on the roots of middle and off, with a hint of tail back in as well. Will Jacks gets late to bring his bat down and sees the ball go past him and rattle the timber. Will Jacks departs for 29 (21)

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower bumper from Prince Yadav and Suryakumar Yadav goes through with the pull. Doesn't get any timing behind this as Surya went through with the pull early and the ball arrived late. Luckily for Suryakumar Yadav the ball landed behind mid-wicket for one. 

Prince Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, Yorker on middle and off. Suryakumar Yadav jams this back to the bowler's right. 

150 sixes in IPL for Suryakumar Yadav! He achieved this feat in the previous over, when he whipped Ravi Bishnoi over mid-wicket. Becomes the 13th Indian to hit 150 sixes or more in the IPL. Prince Yadav is back on. 1-0-14-0 so far.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, Full, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav whips it through mid-wicket for one.

Ravi Bishnoi to Will Jacks, A touch short, around off, spinning in, Will Jacks works it through square leg for a run.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, Quicker one, wide outside off. Surya slashes hard at it but gets beaten. Pant collects this behind the stumps and tries a cheeky stumping on SKY but the umpire decides against sending this upstairs with the back leg of Surya not going anywhere.

Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! Another one of those teasing ones for the fielder. Fuller around off, Suryakumar Yadav goes down on a knee and slog-sweeps this. The ball flies flat and straight towards the direction of Ayush Badoni at deep mid-wicket. Ayush Badoni does leap to grab this but this has flown over him. Rishabh Pant and the bowler don't seem too happy with the fielder as they feel Badoni was standing a long way inside. 

Ravi Bishnoi to Will Jacks, Short and wide outside off, Will Jacks hops back and punches this to sweeper cover for a comfortable strike rotation. 

Justin Langer, the head coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, is up for a chat. Calls it a great atmosphere. Adds that no matter what happens as the end result, to be here in front of this crowd is amazing. On the decision to bowl first, Langer says that in places like Lucknow and Ranchi, the pitch tends to grip a bit in the afternoon, hence the reason. Says that there are high scores here, but if his players hold their nerves, they can do well. Feels nice to see Mayank back, saying that last year, he had such an impact on the game. On Digvesh Singh, Justin says that he hasn't played much, hasn't been recognized, been more in the nets, but calls him a great worker on his skills. On Mayank again, JL doesn't think he has seen anyone bowl quicker in Indian colours and calls him the future of Indian cricket. Ravi Bishnoi returns. 2-0-15-0 so far.

Mayank Yadav to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and going down leg, Suryakumar Yadav looks to glide it on its way but misses. Or has he? The umpire deems it a fair ball and seems like SKY got some glove or bat to it, on the way to the keeper on the bounce. 

Mayank Yadav to Will Jacks, Fuller in length, on middle, Jacks clips it to deep mid-wicket and rotates the strike over.