🏏IPL 2022 Match 26: Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants🏏

🏏IPL 2022 Match 26: Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants🏏

Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians will face KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants in Match 26 of Indian Premier League 2022 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai today.

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Lucknow Supergiants, have had a pretty good run so far. They have won three matches and lost two in their debut season.

After a close defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the last game, they would look to start a winning streak again.

KL Rahul and his men won’t mind facing a struggling Mumbai Indians team at the moment.

Mumbai Indians have lost all five of their games so far. Nothing seems to be working for the five-time champions which the skipper Rohit Sharma also admitted.

They are choosing the best available resources but that is not proving to be enough.

There are various factors that matter a lot for today’s IPL match.

The MI went back to Tymal Mills who replaced Ramandeep in the XI. However, even that move didn't pay dividends as he went wicketless and conceded 37 runs from 4 overs. MI might look to bring in Riley Meredith at some point of time.

Marcus Stoinis finally made his debut for LSG against RR in the previous game. He replaced Evin Lewis while Dushmantha Chameera came in for Andrew Tye.

It’s unlikely that any changes would be made to the playing XI from the last game.

Who has higher chances of winning, between Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants?

Mumbai Indians Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Ramandeep Singh , Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi/ Riley Meredith

Lucknow Super Giants Predicted Playing XI:

KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni,Krunal Pandya Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

Pitch Report

The best batting pitches have been prepared at the Brabourne Stadium this season.

Teams have been able to put on scores in excess of 200. Once again, we could witness a high-scoring affair.

Toss Prediction

Despite this being a day game and dew not playing much role, the sides could be inclined towards chasing. So, win the toss and bowl first would be the preferred choice.

Here are the cases for who will win today’s IPL Match 26,Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants

Case1: If Mumbai Indians bat first

First Innings score prediction: Mumbai Indians will score 180-190

Result prediction: Lucknow Super Giants will win the match by 5 wickets

Case2: If Lucknow Super Giants bat first

First Innings score prediction: Lucknow Super Giants will score 200-210

Result prediction: Lucknow Super Giants will win the match by 10-20 runs

The batters would enjoy batting at this venue.

However, the winning team could be decided by better bowling.

Because LSG have much better bowling strength as compared to that of MI, the former would be the favourites to win this contest.

LSG for the win 🥳

MI have a few positives to take away from their barren start to the season.

Youngsters Tilak Varma and Dewald Brevis have belied their age, while Suryakumar Yadav has been in a league of his own since returning from injury.

But the senior core - Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard and Jasprit Bumrah - need to deliver immediately.

Meanwhile, LSG have been boosted by the arrival of Marcus Stoinis, who nearly pulled off a heist against RR while batting at No. 8.

While their pace attack doesn't exactly inspire confidence, they can be confident of turning in a complete bowling effort if Dushmantha Chameera and Jason Holder come up with a few early wickets.

MI will undoubtedly continue to make changes to their playing XI.

Fabian Allen and Tim David are two quality overseas players who are currently warming the bench, with one of them bound to enter the fray at the expense of either Jaydev Unadkat or Basil Thampi.

Tymal Mills has been expensive as well, and Riley Meredith could be in line to make his MI debut.

With Rohit and Ishan Kishan not stringing together big partnerships at the top of the order, the MI middle order hasn't been afforded the same freedom.

Pollard will undoubtedly have to contend with the guile of Ravi Bishnoi and the pace of Avesh Khan, but he might find favorable match-ups against the rest of the LSG bowling attack.

After receiving the initial rounds of punching, is there enough life in Mumbai Indians to go the distance in IPL 2022?

Suryakumar Yadav thinks so. "I think we're playing some good cricket from Game 1, and there's no situation like panicking for a team like Mumbai Indians," the in-form batter said ahead of the game against Lucknow Super Giants. "We've been following good processes in the past few years and we're just sticking to it. If we just keep doing it, we'll eventually get our first win."

Ishan Kishan

With an afternoon start, the conditions will be fairly hotter for Mumbai Indians, who played their last three games in the evenings in Pune. With small boundaries on offer, expect a run-fest. Toss may not play a big role in this contest.