Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians' poor performance continues in IPL 2025. In the match played at the Ekana Stadium on Friday, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Hardik Pandya's team by 12 runs. At one time it seemed that Mumbai Indians would win this match, but in the last overs, LSG bowlers performed brilliantly and made MI crave for every run.
Mumbai Indians' journey in IPL 2025 has not been easy. Hardik's team has played 4 matches so far, out of which they have lost 3. When Mumbai Indians were heading towards defeat in the match against Lucknow, franchise owner Akash Ambani looked very angry. His reaction is becoming increasingly viral.
Interesting drama was seen in the last over of LSG vs MI match. Mumbai Indians needed 22 runs to win. When Hardik Pandya hit a six on the first ball of Avesh Khan, the hopes of Mumbai Indians fans including Akash Ambani sitting in the stands were raised. Hardik ran a double on the next ball.
Now Mumbai Indians needed 14 runs from 4 balls to win. Hardik played a shot on the third ball but could not hit it long. The ball went towards the leg side but Hardik Pandya refused Mitchell Santner to take the run. After this, the focus of the camera went towards Akash Ambani who looked very upset and angry. He expressed his displeasure through gestures. His gestures made it seem as if he was not happy with Hardik's decision to refuse the single. Apart from this, the sorrow of seeing Mumbai Indians losing the match after coming so close was also clearly visible on his face.
Akash Ambani reaction after hardik did not run for the single 😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/cl1F37lmCa
— Sony Tark (@sony_tark_) April 4, 2025
today akash ambani is frustrated with hardik 😭 pic.twitter.com/rKENCgifEI
— Vaibhav' (@WhyyySoMuch) April 4, 2025
Lucknow Super Giants batted first and scored 203 runs on the scoreboard. In response, Mumbai Indians were moving towards the target on the basis of excellent batting by Naman Dheer and Suryakumar Yadav, but the course of the match changed with the dismissal of first Naman Dheer and then Surya. Star batsman Tilak Verma, who came to bat at number-5, was seen struggling throughout the innings. He faced 23 balls and scored only 25 runs. Tilak's tortoise-paced innings became the main reason for Mumbai Indians' defeat. Before the last over, the team management retired Tilak Verma out and sent Mitchell Santner to bat, but this move of theirs also did not work. Mumbai Indians scored 191 runs in 20 overs and Lucknow Super Giants defeated them by 12 runs and achieved their second victory this season.
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