Mumbai Indians are all set to face Lucknow Super Giants in their next match of IPL 2022. The MI vs LSG match of IPL 2022 takes place on April 16 (Saturday) at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Let’s have a look at their Match preview, prediction and Fantasy XI.
MI vs LSG: Match Preview
Mumbai Indians
In the last match, Mumbai Indians lost to Punjab Kings. Batting first in the match, Punjab Kings scored 198-5 on the scoreboard. Mayank Agarwal smashed 52 runs while Shikhar Dhawan hit 70. From Mumbai, Basil Thampi picked 2 wickets while Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah, and Murugan Ashwin picked 1 wicket each. Dewald Brevis scored a 49-run knock for MI while Tilak Varma scored 36 runs. Suryakumar Yadav scored 43 runs. However, MI lost the match by 12 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants lost their previous match to Rajasthan Royals. RR scored 165-6. Devdutt Padikkal scored 29 runs while Shimron Hetmyer mustered 59 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin also added 28 runs to the team’s basket. Quinton de Kock smashed 39 runs for Lucknow. Deepak Hooda hit 25 runs while Marcus Stoinis slammed a quickfire 38. LSG reached 162-8 in the end and lost the match by 3 runs.
MI vs LSG: Match Prediction
Mumbai is at the bottom of the points table for this season of the Tata IPL whereas Lucknow Super Giants is currently placed at the fourth spot on the points table. Mumbai Indians couldn’t win even a single match of the season, while Lucknow Super Giants played their last game against Rajasthan Royals where they lost the game by a narrow margin of 3 runs. The performance of LSG is definitely better than Mumbai Indians and is a better-balanced team. LSG will win the match.
MI vs LSG: Fantasy XI
Suryakumar Yadav from Mumbai Indian has smashed 163 runs in this tournament so far and can make a huge impact once again in this match.
Dewald Brevis from Mumbai Indians marked 85 runs and took 1 wicket in this tournament so far. He will be among the top picks here.
Quinton de Kock from Lucknow Super Giants has hammered 188 runs in this tournament so far and can turn out to be effective with the bat once again here.
Lokesh Rahul from Lucknow Super Giants smacked 132 runs in this tournament so far and can turn out to be among the top points contributors once again in this match.
Deepak Hooda from Lucknow Super Giants stacked 155 runs and picked 1 wicket in this tournament so far.
Jason Holder is one of the best players in this section and will be contributing in both departments. He is a dependable pick for this match.
Avesh Khan has been bowling really well and has 8 wickets to his name in 5 matches at an average of 19.75.
Tilak Varma from Mumbai Indians has scored 157 runs in 5 matches and is a good pick for fantasy XI.
Rohit Sharma is leading Mumbai Indians and is one of the best batters in the world. He has mustered 108 runs in 5 matches.
Jasprit Bumrah looked in great form in the last match, and although he just picked the one wicket he bowled very well. He’s definitely one of the best bowlers of this generation.
Ishan Kishan has scored 178 runs in 5 matches at an average of 44.50 and a strike rate of 121.92.
