Mumbai Wins Toss, Elects To Bowl First Against Lucknow

This will be the first face-off between the two sides this season, and the fourth match for each team.

This will be the first face-off between the two sides this season, and the fourth match for each team.

Source : PTI

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 16th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at LSG's home ground, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.

This will be the first face-off between the two sides this season, and the fourth match for each team. Both franchises have had a mixed start to their campaign, registering one win and two defeats from their first three matches.

LSG has enjoyed a clear edge in previous meetings. Out of six IPL encounters, Lucknow have won five, while Mumbai have managed just one victory - which came in the 2023 season eliminator. The two games played in Lucknow have also gone in the home team's favor.

The pitch at Ekana Stadium is known for offering assistance to bowlers, especially spinners. The track has produced low-scoring thrillers in the past. Of the 15 IPL matches played here, the results are evenly split: 7 wins each for teams batting and bowling first, with one match being abandoned.

LSG vs MI Toss Update

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field.

What captains said...

Hardik Pandya: We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a fresh wicket. Not sure how it is going to play. Looks a decent track. Dew might come in later. Thought better to chase. I think we in a group have spoken that we don't want to talk about the wickets. We are here to play good cricket. That's the talk we have. Let's not talk about the surfaces. I think adaptation.

Pant: I think we are pretty confident as a batting unit. A very strong unit. Few of our players haven't come off including me. We had talked to play in this fashion throughout the tournament. The general discussion is to go our there and express yourself. We haven't talked about target we want to achieve. Just play the ball and watch the ball and react.

Playing XIs

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur.

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan.