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Digvesh Rathi would spend every waking minute bowling if he could, joked Lucknow coach Justin Langer after the Super Giants rookie played a key role in their Indian Premier League win over Mumbai Indians on Friday.
The right-arm speedster Mayank Yadav is recovering from his injury but the official statement about his fitness will be provided on April 14, as per the National Cricket Academy (NCA) sources in Bengaluru. "Mayank Yadav has progressed well in NCA. He is currently bowling with 85% effort. The final clearance on him will be provided on April 14," NCA Sources told ANI. The young tearaway is recovering from a lumbar stress injury. He resumed bowling at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru before the start of the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Suryakumar Yadav seemed unhappy over Mumbai Indians (MI)'s decision to retire out batter Tilak Varma during their IPL 2025 match against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Friday. Tilak, who was MI's impact substitute, had managed just 25 off 23 balls with two boundaries when Mitchell Santner with a career IPL strike-rate of 106 was sent in. MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said it wasn't nice to retire, but suggested that the decision was a tactical one as Tilak was struggling to time the ball.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka was a relieved man after his side pulled off a thrilling win over Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 on Friday. LSG restricted MI to 191-5 in pursuit of a 204-run target, bouncing back from their previous loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS). After the game against PBKS, Goenka was spotted having an animated chat with LSG captain Rishabh Pant, seemingly scolding the latter for the team's poor show. However, Goenka was in a never-seen-before avatar after LSG's narrow win over five-time champions MI.
Rishabh Pant's IPL 2025 campaign for Lucknow Super Giants went from bad to worse as he was dismissed for just 2 during the match against Mumbai Indians on Friday. Pant was already under a lot of pressure after not scoring runs in the first three matches and he was once again dismissed cheaply by Hardik Pandya. The left-hander miscued his shot completely and Corbin Bosch took a sharp catch to end his stay at the crease. Pant's form - both as batter and captain - has earned him a lot of criticism from both fans as well as experts and LSG team owner Sanjiv Goenka's reaction to his dismissal on Friday has now gone viral on social media.
Amid backlash over the move to retire out batter Tilak Varma, Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene revealed that it was he who made the bold call during an intense run chase. MI's impact substitute Tilak Varma made 25 off 23 balls before he retired out in the penultimate over. Jayawardene took full responsibility for subbing Tilak out, with the latter struggling to middle the ball despite spending plenty of time in the middle. Jayawardene explained he wanted someone "fresh" to have a go at the middle in the death overs
Tilak Varma on Friday became just the fourth batter in the Indian Premier League history to be retired out. It was a debatable moment when the southpaw, while batting on 25 off 23 balls with the help of two fours, walked off the ground to make way for Mitchell Santner. At that stage, MI needed 24 off 7 balls. Tilak was finding it hard to score quickly and that led him to leave the ground mid-way during his knock. MI captain Hardik Pandya, who was batting with Tilak at that time, spoke about the decision after the match. Mumbai lost the game by 12 runs.
Mumbai Indians' veteran player Rohit Sharma was not playing the side's IPL 2025 match vs Lucknow Super Giants on Friday due to injury. Despite not being part of the match, he made sure he helped his team with his tactical inputs. A glimpse of it was seen when Rohit was assisting Hardik Pandya and co. during a strategic time-out in the first innings of the match. LSG were flying high at 69 for 0 after six overs when the break came. 16 balls later, Hardik bowled a well-disguised slower delivery to dismiss Nicholas Pooran, who had scored 75, 70 and 44 in the past three games for LSG.