IPL 2025: The 16th league match of IPL 2025 was played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI). Lucknow Super Giants LSG defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 12 runs. In this match, Mumbai team was chasing 204 runs, but due to some mistakes in the last over, it could only score 191 runs. Many players of Mumbai Indians can be held responsible for defeat in this match. But there was a player in the team who emerged as the real villain of this match.
Tilak’s slow innings disappointed the team
Tilak Verma batted very slowly against Lucknow Super Giants. Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya batted well, but Tilak Verma’s slow innings disappointed the team. He scored only 25 off 23 balls and later retired. Mumbai Indians needed 204 runs to win. The team started well. Suryakumar Yadav batted well. While Hardik Pandya also did not give up till the last over. But Tilak Verma batted very slowly. Earlier, he did not find a place in the playing XI. But when the team came out to bat, he came on the field as an influential player. He batted so slow that Mumbai’s defeat was fixed.
Tilak Verma was dismissed by retired hurt.
Tilak Verma came to bat at number five. Meanwhile, the team of Mumbai Indians was moving towards victory. But he scored 25 runs off 23 balls. In this innings, he hit only two fours and did not hit a single six. Tilak Verma retired in the 19th over. Michel Santner, who came in his place, could only score two runs off two balls. The team suffered defeat due to Tilak Verma’s slow batting.
Mumbai Indians lost in the last over.
Hardik Pandya kept the match alive till the last over. Mumbai Indians needed 22 runs to win in the last over. Hardik kept the match alive by hitting a six off the first ball. Two runs came on the second ball. Mumbai’s team could also win from here. But no runs scored on the third and fourth balls and the team lost the match. The match could be easily won when the pair of Hardik and Tilak Verma were on the field. But Tilak Verma could not score any runs.
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