LSG moved to 3rd spot with 15 points in 13 games with this win.
LSG was asked to bat first by MI captain Rohit Sharma who the toss. Deepak Hooda who opened the innings, was out for 5, while Player of the Match in the last game, Prerak Mankad copped a golden duck this match.
But captain Krunal Pandya made 49* runs in 49 balls with one four and six. But the innings was all Marcus Stoinis who slammed 89* in 47 balls with 8 sixes and 4 fours as LSG posted 177/3 in 20 overs.
In response, MI openers Ishan Kishan (59) and Rohit Sharma (37) had a brisk 90-run stand for the first wicket. But then, Ravi Bishnoi removed them and brought LSG back into the game. MI was hurt big when Suryakumar Yadav (7) hit the ball on his stumps in an attempt to play a cheeky shot.
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Tim David kept MI in the hunt and it all went down to the last over when 11 runs were needed. David (32* in 19) tried his best but LSG pacer Mohsin Khan kept his cool and defended the runs easily.
The hosts won by 5 runs and remained alive in the IPL 2023 playoffs race, moving to the 3rd spot now with 15 points.
Apart from Bishnoi, Yash Thakur also picked 2/26 including the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav.
LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir and the cricket fraternity lauded LSG and Mohsin Khan for their brilliant play on Twitter.
Here are the tweets: