Last Update: May 17, 2023, 00:06 IST
LSG have now won seven matches in IPL 2023. (Pic Credit: Sportzpics)
Check Latest IPL 2023 Points Table Updates After LSG vs MI. Also check Orange Cap race leader and Purple Cap holder of the ongoing season
In between were Tim Davids and Cameron Green. Mumbai Indians needed 11 runs in the last over to beat Lucknow Super Giants. Tim had hit only two sixes in the 19th over. Mohsin Khan was asked by his captain Krunal Pandya to defend runs.
And the left-arm pacer produced one of the finest overs of IPL 2023 as he conceded just five runs, sealing a thrilling five-run win for LSG that has kept their playoff chances alive.
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Before Mohsin’s last-over heroics, it was two crucial individual performances from the LSG players that sealed the crucial victory. Marcus Stoinis scored an unbeaten 89 off 47 balls to take his team to a challenging score of 177/3.
Then when MI was going all guns blazing in the chase, Ravi Bishnoi struck Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan in his successive overs to bring Lucknow back.
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With their seventh win in 13 matches, LSG have taken their points tally to 15 which is one more than MI and have thus swapped places with their rivals in the third spot.
LSG and Chennai Super Kings now have 15 points each and net run rate separates both the teams in the table. Gujarat Titans continues to top the table.
MI though have moved to the fourth spot with 14 points from 13 matches and also have a negative NRR of -0.128.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis is leading the list of highest run-scorers. He has scored 631 runs in 12 innings at an average of 57.36 and a strike rate of 154.27.
GT’s Shubman Gill is second with 576 runs in 13 innings while Yashasvi Jaiswal rounds out the top three with 575 runs in 13 innings.
Despite falling cheaply against LSG, Suryakumar Yadav has remained at the fifth position, while Ishan Kishan, who scored a brilliant half-century, has moved up to the 8th spot with 425 runs in 13 innings.
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GT’s Mohammad Shami and Rashid Khan have taken 23-23 wickets. Shami holds the top spot though thanks to a better economy rate than his teammate.
Rajasthan Royals legspinner Yuzvendra Chaha is third with 21 scalps in 13 matches. Mumbai Indians leggie Piyush Chawla took one wicket against LSG and remains at the fourth position in the list.
