IPL24: Pooran blitz enables LSG to beat MI in a consolation win

 

The farewell bell has rung long ago for Mumbai Indians .  KL Rahul's Lucknow (Lucknow Super Giants) had no hope of atop the run-rate hill.  As a result, the Wankhede match was a kind of a dead rubber for both teams.  Along with that, there is little hope of getting oxygen at the end of the season from a situation devastated by constant controversy.  Lucknow won the rain-hit battle.  After losing the match by 18 runs, the darkness of defeat engulfed Hardik's Mumbai once again.

 Mumbai captain Hardik won the toss and decided to bowl first.  There were several surprises in the party announcement.  Rohit and Bumrah were not in the first eleven.  Pollard had earlier said that there are no plans to rest the Indian power bowlers ahead of the T20 World Cup.  But on this day, Sachin's son Arjun Tendulkar made his debut in the current season instead of Bumrah.  He did not start badly.  But got injured in his second over and went out.  On the other hand, Lucknow's Devdutta Padikkal was quickly dismissed by Thushara Captain Rahul (55) played a fine knock and had a good partnership with Pooran after Stoinis (28),  Deepak Hooda (11) were dismissed .  Nicholas Pooran.  Caribbean star was in breathtaking touch .  His devastating innings stopped at 75 runs off just 29 balls which  destroyed the Mumbai attack who were without Jasprit Bumrah. Good cameonfollowed from Badoni (22) & Krunal (12)  At the end of 20 overs, Lucknow lost by 6 wickets and scored 214 runs. Thushara and Pijush Chawla took 3 wickets each and were the only successful bowlers for MI.

Although it is a big target, it is not impossible to chase this score in the Wankhede field.  Rohit Sharma, who came in as an impact player, started playing a blistering innings from the beginning.  But rain stopped before the last ball of the fourth over.  In the current IPL, rains has affected a couple of  matches.  On this day, however, the rain did not last long.  But after that it started raining four-sixes from  Rohit's bat.

 In the last few matches, there has been a lot of discussion about his batting performance.  The fans were also worried about what will happen in the T20 World Cup.  The hitman answered all the questions in the last match of the season with a breathtaking innings of 68 runs off 38 balls.  He sent the ball around the field.  But as soon as Ravi Bishnoi got out, the famous Mumbai Indians came back.  Suryakumar (0), Ishan (14), Nehal Wadhera (16) went back one by one.  Captain Hardik (16) could not show hope even in the last match.  Naman Dhir (62) made a desperate effort towards the end with lusty hitting .  Even though it was too late, he lit up the hope of becoming the next season's star but the Mumbai win did not happen.  Mumbai Indians lost the match by 18 runs and fell at the bottom of the league table. Naveen & Bishnoi took 2 wickets each.  Pooran was the player of the match .