Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya claimed his team did not play good quality cricket on Friday following their disappointing 18-run loss to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium. Hardik chased the 215-run target set by LSG, scoring 16 runs off 13 balls with a strike rate of 123.08. After the game, Pandya remarked that his team’s season was lost since they were unable to put on a strong showing in the IPL 2024. It’s premature to identify what went wrong for MI, he continued.

Really challenging. played poor cricket, which ultimately lost us the entire season. The world is professional. We must always present ourselves in the best possible light. Indeed, we were unable to play intelligent or high-caliber cricket as a team. It’s too early to identify the issue. The entire season took a turn for the worst. We may write this off as just another (failed attempt),” Pandya remarked.

Recalling the game, MI won the toss and elected to put LSG in to bat first. However, this did not work out well for them as KL Rahul (55 runs from 41 balls, 3 fours, and 3 sixes) and Nicholas Pooran (75 runs from 29 balls, 5 fours, and 8 sixes) struck explosive first-inning blows. The other two noteworthy LSG batsmen were Marcus Stoinis (28 runs from 22 balls, 5 fours) and Ayush Badoni (22* runs from 10 balls, 1 four, and 2 sixes), who helped the visitors reach 214/6.

Piyush Chawla took three wickets in his four-over performance, leading the MI bowling attack.

The hosts had a fantastic start to the run chase, needing to reach a 215-run target, but rain had other ideas, and the game was called off for a short period after the completion of the fourth over. That did not, however, derail the MI openers, as a partnership of 88 runs was shared by Rohit Sharma (68 runs from 38 balls, 10 fours and 3 sixes) and Dewald Brevis (23 runs from 20 balls, 1 four and 2 sixes).

Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi led the LSG bowling as both of them picked up two wickets in their respective overs.

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