Lucknow Super Giants need 3 from the final over to win. Also, MI are well behind in their over rate, so only four fielders allowed outside the circle. 

Nabi to bowl the final over. Comfortable two off the first ball. Scores level. 1 needed off five to win. Just over mid-off, lands safely, Pooran takes the single as LSG win by four wickets. 

Mumbai Indians fall to another loss as LSG climb to the third spot on the points table with a four wicket win at home. 

Geral Coetzee returns, bowls the 18th and starts off with a wicket!! Coetzee brings MI right back in as Coetzee cleans up Turner, as he falls for 5 off 9. 

Ayush Badoni the new man in. 4 legbyes. Three fielders chase after it, but can't get to it. 

Four more! Back-to-back boundaries. Pressure back on Coetzee as Badoni beats fine leg for four. 9 runs come off the over. 

13 needed off 12. Hardik Pandya to bowl out. Oh! That could've been another wicket. Has Kishan missed it?? Third umpire take a look. Luckily for Kishan the bat is in the air when the bails light up as Badoni walks for 6 off 6. Big relief for Ishan Kishan. LSG lose their sixth. 

Krunal Pandya the new man in. I'ts Pandya vs Pandya. Krunal gets off the mark with a single. 

Pooran on strike, a dot ball. 11 needed off 9 now. Wide ball given, but MI review it. MI lose the review, the wide call stays. 10 needed off 9. Quick two to follow, Rohit saves a couple. 8 need off 8 now. 

Four! Sigh of relief for LSG as Pooran gets an important boundary. Just four needed now. A single to end the over. 

Nuwan Thushara back into the attack, to bowl out. Starts with a very full on middle and off and Turner guides it back to the bowler, a dot to begin. Turner eases the next one down to long on for a single. Thushara nails the yorker on the next one and Pooran takes a single. Turner punches the fourth one towars deep cover point for a single. Seven runs off the over. 

Start of the strategic timeout. LSG need 23 from 24. 

Bumrah to finish his spell after the timeout. A brilliant over from Bumrah as he concedes just a single in the 17th over! LSG need 22 from 18 now. 

Hardik Pandya bowls his third and WICKET! Hooda gifts Jasprit Bumrah an easy catch at mid-off as Hardik gets his second! Hardik breaks the partnership once again as Hooda departs for 18 off 18. 

But in walks the six-hitting machine Nicholas Pooran. Pooran gets off the mark with a single. 

Marcus Stoinis brings up his fifty off 39 balls. This is his 9th IPL fifty.

Another superb over from Hardik as he concedes just four and picks up a wicket. 

Mohammed Nabi comes into the attack. Four! Short and wide and Stoinis welcomes him with a boundary through point. 

SIX!! Full and straight and a big six as Stoinis launches this over long on for a maximum. A single to follow. 

WICKET!! Not enough as his hand comes off with Tilak Varma picks it up safely at deep midwicket. Stoinis has to depart for 62 off 45. 

Ashton Turner, playing his first game of the season is the new man in. LSG need 30 off 31. Turner off the mark with a single. 13 runs and a wicket of the over. 

Jasprit Bumrah back into the attack. LSG cruising at this stage, needing 57 from 54 to win. Stoinis cuts it towars deep point to get the 12th underway with a single. 

Hooda guides the wide yorker towards third man to take a single. 

A single to finish Bumrah's over as he concedes just three. 

Piyush Chawla back and Marcus Stoinis welcomes him with a boundary back over the bowler's head. Stoinis tucks it towards long-off for a single. Hooda eases the googly to long on to collect a single. 

Stoinis pushes the fourth one to long on for another single. A single to end the over. Piyush Chawla concedes 8. 

After the strategic timeout, skipper Hardik Pandya continues. Hooda welcomes Pandya with a boundary. Nabi doesn't get to it as it goes one bounce and over the ropes for four. Quick two to follow as Hooda pulls the next one past midwicket. 

A single to finish the over, as Hardik concedes 8 runs off his second. LSG reach 79/2 at the halfway stage. 

Gerald Coetzee back into the attack, begins with a wide. Stoinis nudges it towards fine leg takes a single. 

Four! Short and wide and Hooda ends the over with a boundary over backward point. 9 runs off the over.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya brings himself into the attack, replaces Bumrah. Lovely shot from Rahul, but good effort by Rohit Sharma at the boundary ropes as he svaes two. 

WICKET!! Stunning catch by Mohammed Nabi as Hardik Pandya gets his opposite number. Rahul skies it as Nabi times it perfectly, keeps his balance at the deep square leg fence to pick up a magnificent catch. The skipper departs for 28 off 22 as LSG lose their second. 

Stellar over from the MI skipper as he picks up a wicket and concedes just four. 

Piyush Chawla bowls his second over and is welcomed with a lovely shot from Marcus Stoinis as gets a boundary over mid-wicket. 

10 runs off Chawla's second over. 

Jasprit Bumrah back into the attack, bowls the final over of the powerplay, a dot to begin. SIX!! Stoinis lifts this over long off for a maximum off Bumrah. Fifty runs come up for LSG and the fifty-run partnership.

Good comeback from Bumrah after the six as he concedes just six in the final over of the powerplay. 

LSG reach 52/1 at the end of the powerplay. 

Spin comes into play for the first time in the chase as Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. In the air, half a chance, dropped by the skipper. But a touch tough one. Rahul survives, gets Chawla's over underway with a single. 

Four! Stoinis beats fine leg for the first boundary off Chawla. Just five runs off the over. 

Gerald Coetzee into the attack, replaces Jasprit Bumrah. Slightly short and Stoinis pokes it to mid-off to get the over underway with a single. A wide to follow. 

Nehal Wadhera once again saves the boundary.

Four! Crunched! Short and Stoinis smashes it past mid-wicket for a boundary. 

Four more! Another one past midwicket as Stoinis hammers Coetzee for back-to-back boundaries. 15 runs off the over. 

Thushara bowls his third one on the trot and Rahul welcomes him with a boundary. First boundary for the skipper who was struggling at 6 off 14. 

SIX!! Rahul getting into the groove now as he clears the fence for the first maximum. 

Four more! Another boundary from the skipper as he slices this past backward point. 

Four more!! Another classy shot from Rahul as he hammers Thushara for 20 runs. The LSG skipper making a statement. 

After MI put up 144/7, it's time for the chase to get underway. With no QDK, Kulkarni opens for LSG along side KL Rahul. Kulkarni comes in as Impact Player, replacing Mayank Yadav. Nuwan Thushara too comes in as Impact Player in place of Suryakumar Yadav. 

Thushara begins the attack with the new ball. 

WICKET!! Not given, MI take an early review for LBW. First IPL wicket for Thushara and Kulkarni walks for a duck.

Marcus Stoinis the new man in. 

Stellar start from Thushara as he concedes a single and picks up a wicket. 

Jasprit Bumrah shares the new ball. 

Into the gap, but good effort from Nehal Wadhera at deep backward square leg to save the boundary. 

Four! In-swinging yorker, Stoinis gets an inside edge past fine leg to get off the mark with a boundary. 

Thushara continues, begins his second with a wide. Another brilliant over from Thushara as he concedes just three. 

Final over to be bowled by Mohsin Khan. Can Tim David find the final flourish. Quick two to begin the 20th over. 

Goes straight over the bowler's head, but not enough on it as he doesn't middle it as they collect another two. 

Four! Sliced over extra cover for a much-needed boundary. 

Goes straight up, Mohsin tries to get to it but it lands safely. Another quick two. 

Four! Pulls it into the gap for a much-needed boundary. Three to end the over. 17 runs off the final over. 

Mumbai Indians reach 144 for 7 at the end of 20 overs. 

Mohsin Khan back into the attack. Cleans him up with a searing yorker and that ends Nehal Wadhera's solid innings. Wadhera has to depart for 46 off 41 as MI lose their sixth. 

The experienced Mohammed Nabi the new man in. A slower one from Mohsin and Nabi gets off the mark with a single. Ooo! Missed run out chance. 

Four! Just misses the yorker and David smashes it past extra cover. 

SIX!! David getting into the groove. Another attempted yorker, misses it. David picks it up ad hammers it over deep backward square leg. 

11 runs and a wicket off Mohsin's over. 

Mayank to bowl the penultimate over and he strikes on the very first ball. The stumps light up as Nabi departs for 1 off 2. MI seven down. 

Mayank Yadav walks off after the first ball of the over. Not a good sight. Naveen will finish off the over.

Gerald Coetzee the new man in, gets off the mark with a single, puts David on strike. Another stellar over from Naveen as he concedes just four.

Ravi Bishnoi to bowl out, David jabs the first one to backward point to get off the mark with a single. 

Four! Wadhera getting into the groove now as he sends this past the keeper for a boundary.

Quick two to end the over as Bishnoi concedes 10 in his final over. Bishnoi finishes with figures of 1/28. 

Naveen-ul-Haq back into the attack, starts with a yorker. 

Wadhera pulls the next one to deep midwicket to collect a single. David nudges the third delivery towards long-on to take a single. 

Pitching outside the leg stump, big appeal from Naveen. Trying to convince the skipper and KL Rahul takes the review. Ball tracking shows pitching outside the leg stump and LSG lose the review. They have no reviews left now. Wadhera survives. Another stellar over from Naveen as he concedes just four. 

Oh wait! The no ball siren goes off and he has to come back and bowl the final ball again. Wadhera on strike for the free hit. Just a single comes off the free hit, so six runs off the over. 

Ravi Bishnoi back into the attack after the timeout, bowls his third. A single to get the 14th over underway. Half an appeal from Bishnoi. Shortish and Kishan pulls it, but lands in no man's land. 

Four! Short and Wadhera sweeps it to beat Pooran at deep midwicket.

WICKET! Leading edge and taken as Ishan Kishan's valiant effort ends, with the opener falling for 32 off 36. MI lose their fifth. 7 runs and a wicket of the over. 

Tim David the new man in. 

SIX!! Mayank Yadav back and Nehal Wadhera welcomes him back with a six over deep midwicket!

SIX!! Wadhera gets another maximum off Yadav as he swings this over deep backward square leg. 

FOUR!! Goes for the yorker, but full and punished as Wadhera ends the over with a boundary. Big over for MI as Yadav leaks 16 runs.

At the halfway stage, Mumbai Indians toil to 57/4. Deepak Hooda, not Krunal Pandya, comes into the attack. Kishan guides it to deep midwicket to get the over underway with a single. 

Four! Finds the gap and one bounce and over the ropes as Kishan ends the over with a boundary. 8 runs off Hooda's first over. 

Bishnoi to continue, a single to begin as Wadhera works it to deep midwicket. Wadhera wanted the second, but Kishan sent him back. Third umpire takes a look. Quick work by Rahul behind the stumps, but foot is grounded when the bails come off, Kishan survives! 

Hooda continues, bowls his second on the trot, starts with a dot. Just five runs off Hooda's second over. 

Mayank Yadav continues and Kishan dropped on the first ball of the over. Ashton Turner dropped an easy one and it's hit him on the face. Kishan dropped by Turner at deep midwicket on 8. A wide to follow. 

Four! Flat and straight over mid-off as Kishan finds an important boundary. A single to end the over. Mayank concedes 8 once again. 

Strategic timeout. 

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack after the break. Kishan hits it towards the bowler to get the 10th over underway with a dot. 

Quick two as Kishan punches the shortish one to extra cover. 

Four!! Oooh! The umpire has to duck as this goes for a boundary. 8 runs off Bishnoi's first over. 

Mumbai Indians register their lowest powerplay score this season, with the visitors reeling at 27/4 after six overs. 

Mayank Yadav is back playing for LSG. Here we go...

Oh! Hits the helmet on the very first ball he's back. Nehal Wadhera seems ok, but gets the mandatory check by the physio.

Oh no! Mayank has overstepped, no ball siren goes off. A wide off the free hit, so the free hit continues. 

MI review for a wide in the next ball, but Mumbai lose the review and just a dot off the free hit. 

FOUR! Wadhera smashes it past mid-off for a much-needed boundary. 8 runs off Mayank Yadav's first over. 

Naveen ul Haq continues, Kishan pushes the fullish delivery to midoff to get the over underway with a single. Wadhera punches the next one past extra cover to collect another single. Just five runs off the over. 

Stoinis continues, bowls his third one in the powerplay. Varma beaten by the lack of pace, a dot to begin the fifth over. Four! One bounce and over the ropes. Short and wide and Varma doesn't spare him and he smashes it over point for a boundary.

Five runs off Stoinis' third over. 

Naveen ul Haq comes into the attack in the final over of the powerplay, replaces Mohsin. 

Runout! Ravi Bishnoi with the direct hit and one of MI's most reliable batters walks to 7 off 11. MI in big trouble with Tilak Varma the third wicket to fall. 

Hardik Pandya the new man in and he falls on the very first ball! MI reeling with four down in the powerplay. Hardik nicks it to Rahul as the Mumbai skipper departs for a golden duck. 

Nehal Wadhera joins Ishan Kishan in the middle. Brilliant over from Naveen as he concedes just one and picks up two wickets. 

Marcus Stoinis continues. SIX! Slightly short and Suryakumar Yadav dispatches it over the deep square leg fence to get the over underway with a maximum. 

Sky punches it through midwicket. Good save by Pooran as he saves a single, with Surya, Kishan picking up three. 

Is there a noise? Big appeal. Not given, called a wide. Rahul goes upstairs. Successful appeal! Wide called reversed and Suryakumar Yadav falls for 10. MI have lost two big ones on the trot! There is a spike when the ball is next to the gloves and Sky has to walk for 10 off 6.  

Tilak Varma the new man in. Varma nudges it to mid on to get off the mark with. single. 12 runs and a wicket off Stoinis' second over. 

Mohsin continues. Another superb over as he concedes just two.

Match no. 48 gets underway in Lucknow. Ishan Kishan on strike, opens along side Rohit Sharma. Marcus Stoinis begins the attack with the new ball. 

Back on the lenghth on middle and leg and Kishan pokes it towards midwicket, a dot to begin the proceedings. 

Appeal for caught behind from both Rahul and Stoinis. Hooda too believes there was some noise. Ultraedge confiems no bat involved. It's a wide. LSG lose a review on the very first over. 

Shortish, Kishan gets off the mark with a single. 

Birthday boy Rohit Sharma on strike. Length ball, some shape away, Rohit leaves this. Quiet start from Stoinis as he concedes just two. 

Mohsin Khan shares the new ball, Kishan punches it to mid-off to take a single. 

Four! Rohit Sharma off the mark with a boundary over the keeper's head. 

WICKET!! A boundary and dismissed on the next ball as birthday boy Rohit walks for 4. Mohsin gets the big one as Rohit picked up by Stoinis at short extra cover. Rohit falls for 4 off 5. 

Suryakumar Yadav the new man in. Sky gets off the mark with a single. Strong start from Mohsin, concedes six and picks up a wicket in his first over. 

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: KL Rahul (capt & wk), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav

Impact Subs: Arshid Kulkarni, M Siddharth, K Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad

Mumbai Indians XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (capt), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah

Impact Subs: Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani, Dewald Brevis

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first against Mumbai Indians.

Speaking at the toss, LSG skipper KL Rahul said, "We will bowl first. Wicket looks good. Want to put their batters under pressure and know what we're chasing. We're trying to stay as balanced as possible, trying to enjoy the game. Quinton misses out, Arshin Kulkarni is in. Mayank (He's bowled really well in the couple of games he's played and me as a captain its important to have in the team, so I've been pushing the physios. It's important he gets enough time in the nets."

Meanwhile, MI skipper Hardik Pandya said, "We would've liked to bowl first as well. Looks like a slower one, let's see how it plays. We have to make sure the basics are covered. We have to focus on each game at a time. Everytime we've come out, we've backed those guys, they're the XI. Our crucial guys are all secure. Everytime we come out, we have full belief in the playing XI."

Hello & welcome to tonight's live coverage of match no. 48 of the ongoing Indian Premier League season. In tonight's IPL match, Lucknow Super Giants will host Mumbai Indians at the Ekana Sports City Stadium. 

After the disappointment over not getting picked for the T20 World Cup, KL Rahul would be hoping to bounce back with a good showing with the bat when LSG host MI.

Rahul's strike-rate in T20 cricket, which has always been a bone of contention, proved to be the crucial factor. Despite the advantage of field restrictions in the Powerplay, Rahul has often started his innings on a slow note in the IPL. However, the LSG captain has managed to change  gears this season.

In IPL 2024, he has scored 378 runs at a strike rate of 144.27 but it is still less than that of Rishabh Pant (160.60) and Sanju Samson (161.08), who were both picked in the World Cup team.

While comeback man Pant sealed the first wicketkeeper's spot in the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean islands and the United States in June by displaying some sharp work behind the stumps and sensational knocks with the bat, Samson got his place by playing match-winning knocks for Rajasthan Royals at a brisk pace.

LSG were handed a seven-wicket loss by Rajasthan Royals, who chased the 197-run target with six balls to spare. The onus will also be on the team's big hitting troika of Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran to hit those towering maximums and get match-winning totals as the race for the play-off heats.

They will fancy their chances against a struggling Mumbai bowling unit which was carted all over the park by the Delhi Capitals batters in their previous game.

MI bowlers struggled to find answers against young Jake Fraser-McGurk, who wreaked havoc in the Powerplay.

Mumbai Indians find themselves in a precarious position sitting ninth on the points table. They need to win all their matches to keep their slim hopes alive.

Stay tuned as we bring you all the action. Toss at 7:00pm IST.