Akash Madhwal takes five wickets as Mumbai Indians thrash Lucknow Super Giants in IPL

24.05.2023 - 18:59 thenationalnews.com

Mumbai Indians are one game away from the Indian Premier League final after thrashing Lucknow Super Giants by 81-runs in Wednesday's Eliminator.

The five-time champions reached 182-8 from their 20 overs after winning the toss with Cameron Green following on from his century against Sunrisers Hyderabad by top-scoring with 41 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq was the pick of the bowlers with 4-38, including the key wickets of Green and Suryakumar Yadav (33), while Yash Thakur took 3-34.

Mumbai milked 51 runs in the last five overs but still fell well short of the 200-mark, which had looked possible at one stage.

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