Today, the first match of the double header in IPL 2025 will be played between mumbai Indians and lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium. As captains, hardik pandya and rishabh pant will face each other. Before this match, a video of practice is viral, in which rohit sharma is roasting lucknow player Shardul Thakur.
The video was shared by mumbai Indians on their social media handle. In this, shardul thakur is coming for practice, then rohit sharma sitting with zaheer khan says to Shardul, "What is it, you are coming so late, is this your home team." shardul thakur was not bought by any team in IPL 2025, but before the start of the tournament, lucknow included Shardul in their team in place of the injured player.
mumbai vs lucknow battle is exciting
The last time the two teams faced each other, lucknow Super Giants defeated mumbai Indians by 12 runs. Today mumbai Indians will play with the intention of taking revenge for that defeat. Whichever team wins will come in the top 4. Currently, mumbai has won 5 out of 9 matches, it is at number five in the points table. lucknow has also won 5 out of 9 matches, it is at sixth place.
rohit sharma is back in form
Rohit was being criticized due to his poor form, but now he has regained his form. Rohit, who scored a total of 82 runs in the first 6 matches, has played half-century innings in the last two matches. He scored 76 against chennai and 70 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. If we talk about the head to head record of mumbai Indians and lucknow Super Giants, then lucknow seems to have the upper hand. In the 7 matches played so far, mumbai Indians have won only once whereas lucknow has defeated mumbai 6 times.
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