Images from the IPL 2025 match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets as a rampaging Mumbai Indians demolished Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs in the IPL 2025 match in Mumbai on Sunday.
Bumrah was MI's star performer with the ball, taking 4/22, while Trent Boult claimed 3/20 as MI sent LSG crashing for 161.
Mumbai Indians registered their fifth victory in a row to rise to second in the points table with 12 points from 10 matches, while LSG are sixth with 10 points from as many games.
Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant 28-ball 54, while Ryan Rickelton sizzled with a 32-ball 58 to power MI to a stiff 215/7 after being asked to bat.
With a handsome total to defend, Mumbai Indians juggled their bowlers cleverly as the visitors struggled to find response to the challenges thrown by the home bowlers.
With his wickets column not reflecting how well he has bowled since his comeback, pacer Jasprit Bumrah finally reaped the rewards to return with impressive figure of 4/22. He broke the back of LSG's chase with three wickets in the 16th over.
In the process, Bumrah also went past Lasith Malinga (170) to become the leading wicket-taker for MI in the IPL.
LSG's chase was also marred by another poor outing for their captain Rishabh Pant (4). They were shot out for 161 on a perfect batting surface at the Wankhede Stadium.
Bumrah, usually reserved for later stages, was brought on early into the attack against a top-heavy LSG batting line-up and he produced immediate breakthrough in the third over.
Bumrah nailed Aiden Markram (9) with precision as he angled three deliveries straight into the right-hander, who hit the next one straight to Naman Dhir trying to fend off the pressure.
Pooran went after Deepak Chahar in the sixth over with a hat-trick of sixes, but his charge didn't last against MI's dependable right-arm spin option in Will Jacks, who excelled with the ball with figures of 2/18 in two overs
In the seventh over, Suryakumar, placed at long-off just before the first delivery from Jacks, ran to his left and took a sharp diving catch to get rid of the dangerous Pooran.
Jacks then had the out-of-form Pant caught at short third man off the reverse sweep, with LSG sliding to 60/3.
Mitchell Marsh, who had begun well with a couple of gigantic sixes in the powerplay, lasted more than halfway through the chase for LSG but could not contribute beyond a 24-ball 34.
The wickets fell regularly around him at the top, forcing the Australian to change gears and be more conservative, in which he eventually failed.
His resistance ended in the 12th over when Trent Boult (3/20) dropped one short and Marsh pulled it hard but failed to get the distance, caught by Tilak Varma at deep square leg.
Boult also bagged the wickets of Ayush Badoni (35) and Digvesh Rathi (1).
Suryakumar continued to plunder runs to become the leading run-scorer in this IPL, crossing the 400-run mark with his third fifty. The India T20 skipper also completed his 4,000 runs in IPL -- the third fastest to reach the landmark.
Suryakumar's 28-ball knock, laced with four sixes and as many fours, kept MI on track for a total in excess of 200 even as Tilak Varma (6) and Hardik Pandya (5) fell in quick succession.
The standout stroke during his innings was when Suryakumar went down on his knee to scoop Prince Yadav (1/44) over fine leg for a six.
LSG's decision to bowl first anticipating a spin-friendly track under the sun did backfire to some extent on a batting-friendly pitch, with none of their bowlers able to contain the flow of boundaries
MI's scoring rate hovered around 10 an over consistently even as it felt they were going through a slowdown in the second half.
Rickelton's assault in the Powerplay fuelled Mumbai's charge even as they lost the in-form Rohit Sharma early on.
Coming into the match after scoring back-to-back fifties, Rohit (12) welcomed India speedster Mayank Yadav (2/40) -- playing his first match after six month -- with two consecutive sixes. But the India captain was undone by a slower delivery.
Rohit sliced the slower bouncer bowled wide straight into the hands of Prince at short thirdman.
But the early blow had no impact whatsoever as Rickelton stroked his way for an impressive second IPL fifty off 25 balls.
The left-handed South African wicketkeeper-batter hit his strides early in the game, hitting powerfully down the wicket and putting away anything in his range into the stands.
Rickelton forged a second-wicket partnership of 55 runs with Will Jacks (29), setting the foundation for the middle order.
He punished both pace and spin and made the most of the wayward lengths the LSG bowlers bowled at the start of the contest.
Rickelton perished off Digvesh Rathi (1/48) when he made room to hit one over the in-field but top-edged it.
Towards the end, Naman Dhir, who had to change his bat for failing the gauge test, struck 25 off 11, while IPL debutant Corbin Bosch hammered a 10-ball 20 to take MI past the 200-mark.
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