Mumbai Indians pacer Akash Madhwal rained hearth on the Lucknow Super Giants as he accomplished with figures of 5/5 as MI eradicated LSG and made their methodology to Qualifier 2 to face the defending champions Gujarat Titans.
After the match, Madhwal was in a dialog with Suresh Raina who talked about, “Aapka action mujhe sher ki tarah lagta hai, jo shikar pe jata hao” (Your movement seems like that of a tiger who’s on the hunt).
The 29-year-old did hunt and on the fateful evening time of the IPL Eliminator, Prerak Mankad, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi and Mohsin Khan have been his prey as a result of the LSG innings was wrapped up 16.3 overs for 101 runs.
A MI-ghty specific victory! 😎
The Mumbai Indians win by 81 runs and progress to the #Qualifier2 of #TATAIPL 2023 👏🏻👏🏻
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Aptly judged the participant of the match, Madhwal talked about that the wicket of Pooran was his favourite one. Fresh off his dismissal of Ayush Badoni, Madhwal dished a measurement ball that stayed in line after pitching and took a thick outdoor edge for Ishan Kishan to catch behind the wicket.
“The wicket of Nicholas Pooran was most pleasing for me. t was planned that when a left hander comes to bat, I’ll go round the wicket,” he talked about after the match.
“I have been practicing a lot and waiting for my opportunity. I have done engineering, cricket is my passion and I have been waiting for this since 2018. When we practice in the nets, the management gives us the target and we try to execute our best. Hoping to do well in the coming games and want to end up as champions,” he added.
How about that for an #Eliminator Performance!
The Mumbai Indians positioned on an unbelievable bowling present 👏🏻👏🏻#TATAIPL | #LSGvMI pic.twitter.com/rQpCgcEjnU
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On finding out from completely different MI quicks, he talked about, “When I was with Jofra (Archer), both of us were not part of the team and was bowling yorkers with him in tandem. From Jason Behrendorff, I’m learning the knuckle ball. From (Chris) Jordan, I’m learning the ball that seams up after pitching.”
Earlier, opting to bat, MI posted 182 for 8 with Cameron Green top-scoring with a 23-ball 41 whereas Suryakumar Yadav made 33 off 20 balls.
For LSG, Naveen-ul-Haq was the select of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 38 runs whereas Yash Thakur took three wickets.
Chasing the purpose of 183, LSG have been all out for 101 in 16.3 overs.
Marcus Stoinis was LSG’s highest scorer with 40 off 27 balls whereas none of his batting colleagues made any substantial contribution.
