IPL 2022: KL Rahul's ton, Krunal Pandya's 3/19 help Lucknow Super Giants hand Mumbai Indians 8th defeat

Skipper KL Rahul struck his second hundred of IPL 2022 a sublime unbeaten 103 and Krunal Pandya claimed 319 as Lucknow Super Giants handed Mumbai Indians a second successive defeat this season winning by 36 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here on SundayPandya picked up the wickets of the dangerous Rohit Sharma 39 Mumbai Indians top scorer Kieron Pollard 19 and Daniel Sams 3 to lead a clinical bowling performance as Lucknow Super Giants registered their fifth win of the season and moved to fourth in the points table with 10 pointsGujarat Titans lead with 12 points followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in that order all with 10 pointsMumbai Indians woeful season continued as they slumped to their eighth defeat of the season and remain winless plumbing the bottom of the table Mumbai Indians had lost to LSG by 18 runs on April 16 the match in which Rahul scored 103 off 60 ballsAfter restricting LSG to 1686 despite Rahuls unbeaten century Mumbai Indians were in a good position to go for their first win of the season Things started well but they lost their way in the middle overs and succumbed to another defeatChasing 169 to win Mumbai Indians were off to a good start reaching 430 in the powerplay While Ishan Kishan Mumbai Indians costliest buy in the mega auction before IPL 2022 scratched around for a 20ball eight skipper Rohit Sharma looked in good form as he made for him partners lack of runsKishan was out with the score at 49 when he got out in an unusual fashion He reached out to a wide one by spinner Ravi Bishnoi and bottomedged it The ball bounced off keeper Quinton de Kocks left shoe and landed in Holders hands at slip The umpire gave him out after checking the videoRohit who started with a four of the last ball of the first over cutting a short and wide one by Mohsin Khan over backward point for a onebounce four kept Mumbai Indians hopes alive He smashed Holder and D Chameera for boundaries in successive overs and then struck Holder for a six and a four off successive deliveries in the sixth overBut just when it looked like he and Suryakumar Yadav would take Mumbai to safety Rohit got out caught by substitute K Gowtham at short third man as the Mumbai Indians skipper attempts to slog over a length ball by Krunal Sharma on offstump and topedges itSuryakumar Yadav promoted in the batting order for this match did not last long as he is out for 7 Mumbai Indians slumping to 674Young Tilak Varma and the seasoned Kieron Pollard kept the fight alive by raising 57 runs for the fifth wicket Varma hitting some pleasing shots as he took the battle to the LSG bowlers But he got out at the most inappropriate time for Mumbai Indians caught by Ravi Bishnoi of Jason Holder for 38 31 balls 2x4 2x6 as Mumbai slumped to 1245Pollard too was out soon trying to force the pace caught by Dipak Hooda off Krunal Pandya and Mumbai Indians hopes ended as they went on to lose by 36 runsEarlier skipper Rahul struck his second hundred of IPL 2022 also second against Mumbai Indians as Lucknow Super Giants reached 1686 in 20 overs on being asked to bat first by Rohit SharmaRahul who had scored his first century of IPL 2022 against Mumbai Indians in his 100th match a few days ago played a wellcontrolled innings on a sluggish track to finish with an unbeaten 103 off 62 deliveries He reached the threefigure mark off 61 balls in the final over of the innings hitting 12 fours and four sixesRahul waged a lone battle struggling for help from the other end as the other batters came in and went out in quick succession Manish Pandey was the secondhighest scorer at 22 and shared a 58run partnership with Rahul for the second wicketFor Mumbai Indians winless in seven matches so far in IPL 2022 Riley Meredith 240 and Kieron Pollard 28 were the most successful bowlersBrief scores Lucknow Super Giants 1686 in 20 overs KL Rahul 103 not out Manish Pandey 22 Kieron Pollard 28 Riley Meredith 240 defeated Mumbai Indians 1328 in 20 overs Rohit Sharma 39 Tilak Varma 38 Krunal Pandya 319 by 36 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever