Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will be locking horns with each other in the 24th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. While MI finished fifth place last IPL 2021, LSG is playing in their inaugural season. Mumbai Indians haven’t yet opened their account with five losses in as many matches, on the other hand, LSG has won three and lost two matches this season.
Both the teams will be playing their second match at Brabourne this season, with MI losing to DC, and LSG defeating CSK at the ground. The opening pair of Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul has played some match-winning knocks for LSG this season, combined with the finishing powers of Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni. The bowling attack has a combination of wicket-takers in Avesh Khan and Jason Holder, along with economical bowlers in Ravi Bishnoi and Krunal Pandya.
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The form of the opening batters Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan is a concern for MI. However, Suryakumar Yadav, along with teenagers Dewald Brevis and Tilak Varma, has managed to play some exceptional knocks. Barring Jasprit Bumrah, the bowling has not been up to the mark for Mumbai Indians and they need to be improving on it to get off the mark this season. On that note, We take a look at the three player battles to watch out for when both sides meet for the first time in IPL 2022.
#1 Avesh Khan vs Ishan Kishan
Avesh Khan has been on a roll for LSG with eight wickets from five matches at an average of 19.75 and has proven to be effective at both ends of the game. Facing that pace will be MI’s in-form batter Ishan Kishan, who had scored back-to-back half-centuries in the first two games of the tournament. The southpaw opener is the leading run-scorer in IPL 2022 for his team at the moment with 178 runs from five matches.
#2 KL Rahul vs Jasprit Bumrah
This is a contest that KL Rahul has so far dominated, with the LSG skipper being dismissed by Jasprit Burmah thrice in nine encounters. However, the Indian pacer has picked up four wickets in the tournament so far and is the side’s second-most economical bowler (7.91). Rahul has looked fluent so far in the tournament, getting his side off to starts, and he will be keen to get the better of the seamer once again when they meet at the Wankhede.
#3 Suryakumar Yadav vs Ravi Bishnoi
The leg-spinner has had the better of MI batter, Suryakumar Yadav once in their two T20 clashes, and having him bowl an over in the powerplay might not be a bad ploy. The Indian batter has notched up two fifties in the edition so far, but he does face a stiff challenge with Ravi Bishnoi and other LSG spinners bowling in tandem. With LSG tweakers proving to be pretty miserly, SKY might have to work hard for his runs.
