Indian T20 League 2024

LUC vs MUM, 48th Match

Preview

Lucknow will cross words with Mumbai in the 48th match of the Indian T20 League 2024. Lucknow will host the game at the Ekhana Sports City on Tuesday, April 30. 

The KL Rahul-led side are sitting in the 5th position with 5 wins in 9 matches. In their last match, they batted first and drafted a target of 196 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. The wickets of De Kock and Marcus Stoinis fell early, which shifted the responsibility to KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda. While Hooda scored 50 runs, the skipper led from the front, smashing 76 runs, eventually leading them to a huge total. The run chase was quite a show with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler’s joint effort. After that, the captain of the side, Sanju Samson accumulated 71 runs and with that Rajasthan went over the line with 7 wickets left to spare. 

On the contrary, Mumbai, are placed 9th in the points table with 3 wins out of 9 matches so far. In their previous fixture, Delhi batted first and posted a mammoth total of 257 runs in 20 overs. Jake Fraser McGurk smashed 84 runs off 27 deliveries to display his impressive power-hitting skills. Delhi’s middle order also contributed generously to add to the respectable total. Mumbai lost their openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan early in the innings. Tilak Verma and Tim David tried with all their efforts to save the side but the target was too big to chase and they fell short by 10 runs at the end of the innings. 

Match Details

Match: LUC vs MUM, 48th Match, IND T20 League 2024

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Pitch and Weather Report

The Ekana cricket stadium in Lucknow will host the game tonight. The wicket tends to slow down gradually as the match progresses, making the spinners come in handy.

Weather conditions are expected to be a little dry in the evening and the prediction suggests no rain interrupting the match. Temperatures will remain between 39 and 22 degrees Celsius.

LUC vs MUM Squads

LUC: KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Manimaran Siddharth, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Prerak Mankad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph

MUM: Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Luke Wood, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani, Dewald Brevis, Kumar Kartikeya, Shreyas Gopal, Harvik Desai, Gerald Coetzee, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka

LUC vs MUM Probable Playing XIs

LUC: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur

MUM: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Luke Wood/Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Nuwan Thushara

Match Prediction

Both sides lost their last game and will come into this encounter with a desperate need to make a comeback. We have seen development in the Mumbai squad and will back them to come out on top and win this game. 

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