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Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants will face each other at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. It is among the bottom teams in the points table this season. The season of both the teams so far has been forgettable. Mumbai Indians are at 9th position in the table with just 4 points from 9 matches, while Lucknow Super Giants are at the last position. They also have 4 points, but have played one match less than Mumbai.
Captain Hardik Pandya has not been able to achieve the same success for Mumbai Indians that he did as the captain of Gujarat Titans. After returning to the five-time champion team, he has had to face many difficulties. This season has not been as per his expectations, this star all-rounder will try to save the team’s reputation against Lucknow.
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah struggled to take wickets in the beginning of the season, but in the last three matches he has taken wickets continuously. Their bowling can put the opposition team under pressure and they would like to maintain their wicket-taking rhythm.
Young bowler Ashwani Kumar has performed brilliantly in the limited winning matches of Mumbai Indians. The 24 year old player will once again try to impress with the ball against the strong batting of Lucknow.
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Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant’s performance has not been anything special so far. He will try to take the team out of the current difficult situation. In the last match, they had to face a heart-breaking defeat in the Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders. He will come out to help the team win against Mumbai Indians.
Lucknow’s bowling has been their biggest strength this season. Fast bowlers like Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan have performed brilliantly for the team. Mohsin Khan hopes to repeat the performance of taking five wickets against Kolkata against Mumbai also.
Lucknow Super Giants are heavily dependent on the top-3 players in their batting. Australian batsman Mitch Marsh will try to bat aggressively against Mumbai. He scored a half-century against Rajasthan, which did not help the team. Now they will try to lead the batting again against one of the most successful teams in IPL history.
