Suryakumar Yadav muscled Ravi Bishnoi for a crunching six during the ongoing game between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 27. The shot by Suryakumar in the 13th over of the first innings was his second six of the innings.
Suryakumar read Bishnoi’s googly early and the dynamic batter cleared his front leg to hammer the ball in the stands in the deep midwicket region. He struck a couple of boundaries in the same over.
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Suryakumar Yadav scored 54 in the end. Four fours and an equal number of sixes were part of his 28-ball knock.
The top scorer for MI was Ryan Rickelton, who finished with 58 (32). MI exceeded their quota by 20 and posted 215/7 on the board. LSG assigned the hosts to bat first earlier in the day.
In the end, Bishnoi’s stats in four overs were 1/41. For LSG, Mayank Yadav and Avesh Khan took a few wickets. Despite their contributions to the wickets column, Prince Yadav and Digvesh Rathi were unable to hold the MI batsmen.
Both MI and LSG are coming into this game with five wins in nine games. The winner of this fixture will further establish their position on the points table, with IPL 2025 already having entered its second half. With the race to the playoffs growing more intense, it will be intriguing to see which of the two sides get the better of the other.