IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians wreck out of accelerate for playoffs after eighth defeat in a row, LSG take by 36 runs

Whatever slight hopes Mumbai Indians had of qualifying for the playoffs had been dashed on Sunday as Rohit Sharma’s males suffered their eighth defeat in a row, by the arms of Lucknow Gargantuan Giants. Propelled by a century from their skipper KL Rahul, LSG posted a total of 168/6 in 20 overs. In acknowledge, MI got off to a first rate open up, but suffered yet one other uncharacteristic collapse, resulting in a yarn-eighth consecutive loss in IPL 2022 season. Returning to their dwelling turf on the Wankhede Stadium after a hole of 1083 days, Mumbai had been hopeful that they may be able to turn their woes around in opposition to Lucknow. It started brightly as neatly for the dwelling facet as skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and selected to bowl first. READ| IPL 2022: Krunal Pandya kisses Kieron Pollard’s head after taking his wicket, video viralThey had been even ready to construct away with dangerman Quinton de Kock early, as a result of some rapid reflexes of skipper Rohit, but KL Rahul persevered his correct form create in opposition to Mumbai as he notched a 2nd century of IPL 2022, coincidentally, the old one furthermore got here in opposition to MI. 

Leading from the entrance, Captain @klrahul11 is adjudged the Participant of the Match for his outstanding knock of 103*#TATAIPL #LSGvMI pic.twitter.com/gmDFYXl0bb— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 24, 2022

Rahul remained unbeaten at 103 off 62 balls and turned into ably supported by Manish Pandey (22 off 22). For Mumbai, Kieron Pollard and Riley Meredith each and each chipped in with a pair of wickets every. Chasing a goal of 169 runs, Mumbai had been off to a cautious open up as Rohit and Ishan tried to take an everyday come, but as soon as Kishan turned into pushed aside by a weird and wonderful seize as the ball bounced off De Kock’s sneakers into the arms of Jason Holder, there turned into no stopping Lucknow. READ| LSG vs MI: Ishan Kishan’s weird and wonderful dismissal goes viral after ball deflects from wicketkeeper’s shoeThey then pushed aside Rohit, Dewald Brevis and Suryakumar Yadav in rapid succession. Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard tried to counter-attack LSG as they gave MI fans a glimmer of hope but as soon as Krunal Pandya pushed aside Pollard, the writing turned into on the wall for Mumbai. 

By the discontinue, they had been reduced to 132/8, and the five-time IPL champs finally succumbed to a yarn-eighth loss of this season.