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After 4 consecutive defeats, Mumbai Indians finally registered a win at their home Wankhede Stadium. In their 'do or die' match of IPL 2026, Mumbai defeated the similarly struggling Lucknow Super Giants. Coming into this match in the absence of captain Hardik Pandya, Mumbai benefited from the return of former captain Rohit Sharma, who scored a strong half-century and made a century partnership with Ryan Rickleton. On the basis of this, Mumbai also achieved the target of 229 runs 8 balls early. This is Mumbai's first win after 3 consecutive defeats.
Once again the batsmen had fun and the bowlers were tested at the Wankhede Stadium. Like almost every match of IPL 2026 on this ground, once again more than 200 runs were scored in both the innings and Mumbai won here. Batting first, Lucknow scored 228 runs in 20 overs but this score was still below its expectations. This is because for him Mitchell Marsh (44), nicholas puran And Josh Inglis batted explosively and scored 141 runs in 10 overs.
Puran (63 runs, 21 balls), who was struggling with poor form throughout this season, appeared in form for the first time and scored a half-century in just 17 balls, hitting 8 sixes. But in the next 10 overs, Mumbai bowlers made a strong comeback and gave only 87 runs, due to which Lucknow could not cross the mark of 250, which proved fatal for them. Corbin Bosch took maximum 2 wickets for Mumbai.
In response to this score for Mumbai, Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickleton made a explosive opening partnership. Both of them single-handedly made a stormy start of 143 runs in 10.4 overs. Rohit, who was out of the team for 5 matches due to injury, scored a half-century in 27 balls as soon as he returned, while Rickleton, who was in excellent form, scored a fifty in 22 balls. However, both missed their respective centuries. Rickleton played an inning of 83 runs (32 balls) and Rohit played an inning of 84 runs (44 balls).
This is where there was a difference between the innings of Lucknow and Mumbai. While Lucknow batted slowly in the next 10 overs, Mumbai did not let this happen and maintained the pace. After Rohit's dismissal, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav did not last long but Naman Dheer took the lead in leading the team to victory by scoring unbeaten 23 runs in just 12 balls. Mumbai achieved this target by losing 4 wickets in 18.4 overs. This is Mumbai's third win in 10 matches this season, while Lucknow's sixth consecutive defeat in 9 matches and 7th overall defeat.
