Mayank Yadav started from he left in the previous season with th wicket of Rohit Sharma on Sunday during Mumbai Indians versus Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) encounter in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium.
Playing his first IPL 2025 match for LSG, Mayank started with just six runs in his first over. He returned for his second with Rohit smashing the Delhi youngster for back-to-back sixes in the first two balls of the third over. But the right-arm pacer had different plans for the Indian skipper.
The 22-year-old dropped his pace to bowl a short delivery outside the off-side. Rohit sat deep on his crease and looked to guide the ball over the short third man. But ball hit the bottom of the bat to go straight at the hands of Prince Yadav. Rohit departed for 12 runs off five balls.
Earlier, LSG captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first. Both teams made changes to their playing XIs. While Mayank replaced Shardul Thakur in the LSG playing XI, Mumbai Indians made a couple of changes with Corbin Bosch and Karn Sharma, coming in for Mitchell Santner and Vignesh Puthur.
MI vs LSG playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav
Rohit Sharma’s form in IPL 2025
Rohit Sharma didn’t had the best of the starts for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. His scores in the first six matches read 0, 8, 13, 17, 18 and 26 before returning to form with with back-to-back fifties – 76 not out (vs Chennai Super Kings) and 70 (Sunrisers Hyderabad).
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