Both Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have the same number of wins from the same number of matches in the IPL 2025. However, one team is arguably more confident coming into this game.
After a horror start to their campaign, Mumbai Indians have won four matches in a row and bulldozed their way into the top half of the points table. This run of four wins has also given MI a significant net run rate boost. In their previous game, MI completed the season double over SRH.
At Hyderabad, Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar were all over SRH with their double strikes in the powerplay. SRH were in danger of being bowled out for a very low total after losing half their side for just 35 runs. Heinrich Klaasen and Abhinav Manohar then got into rescue mode. Boult came back to strike in the death overs, and that was that. Rohit Sharma scored his second consecutive seventy-plus of the season to take MI home in an easy chase, made even easier by Suryakumar Yadav’s finishing touches.
LSG, on the other hand, conceded the season double to DC in their last game. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram built a strong opening partnership, but Mukesh Kumar’s four-wicket haul threw a wrench in the plans as LSG’s middle order, barring Ayush Badoni, came undone once again. On a slow Lucknow track, Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul made fifties in the chase, and skipper Axar Patel also chipped in with a handy cameo.
This fixture is also a repeat one. MI’s loss to LSG earlier was a rather eventful affair. Marsh and Markram once again gave LSG a solid base to work from, but their middle order lost their way against Hardik Pandya’s fifer. Pandya was the only MI bowler who made any significant impact. MI’s openers fell early in the chase, but Suryakumar Yadav and Naman Dhir brought them back into the game. Pandya took over the mantle of the chase towards the end, but the big talking point was Tilak Varma’s struggles and his eventual retirement out. Eventually, LSG came out on the right side of a tight defence orchestrated by Digvesh Rathi.
Here are important upcoming milestones for the MI vs LSG, Match 45 IPL 2025 clash:
MI Players’ Upcoming Milestones:
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Suryakumar Yadav: Needs 33 runs to reach 4,000 runs in the IPL.
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Hardik Pandya: Needs 45 runs to reach 5,500 runs in T20s.
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Trent Boult: Needs 4 wickets to complete 300 wickets in T20s.
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Jasprit Bumrah: Needs 1 wicket to become MI’s highest wicket-taker in the IPL.
LSG Players’ Upcoming Milestones:
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