Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Rohit Sharma and Naman Dheer's explosive innings went in vain as Mumbai Indians (MI) lost by 18 runs against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match at the Wankhede. Took. Stadium O Friday. Chasing the target of 215 runs, the host team got off to a great start, but after the end of the fourth over, rain intervened due to which the play was stopped for a few minutes. However, this did not break the momentum of the MI openers as Rohi Sharma (68 runs in 38 balls, 10 fours and 3 sixes) and Dewald Brevis (23 runs in 20 balls, 1 four and 2 sixes) stitched an 88-run partnership. The opening partnership broke after Naveen-ul-Haq removed Brevis from the crease in the ninth over. After getting out, the Mumbai franchise started losing wickets quickly.In the 10th over, Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed by Krunal Pandya for zero in three balls. Due to Suryakumar's dismissal, MI was prevented from making a comeback in the match. Ravi Bishnoi took an important wicket by removing Rohit from the crease in the 11th over. After the former MI skipper's dismissal, things changed for Mumbai as the visitors started to take the lead on the match. Captain Hardik Pandya (16 runs off 13 balls, 1 four and 1 six) and Neha Wadhera (1 run off 3 balls) tried their best to pull MI but failed. Mohsin Khan took the wicket of Hardik in the 14th over and right after the over, Bishnoi removed Vadhera from the crease. In the last over of the second innings, Naveen-ul-Haq broke his 68-run partnership with Naman Dheer by taking the important wicket of Ishan Kishan (14 runs on 15 balls, 1 four).Naman Dhir's brilliant innings in the latter half of the run chase (62* off 28 balls, 4 fours and 5 sixes) brought a ray of hope to the MI dugout as they hoped that the host team could win the match but they failed to win the match. . Victory in the end. In the last over, Naman started with a six but Ishaan's wicket broke his rhythm. However, the youngster finished the match with a six in the extra overs but MI still lost by 18 runs against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi led the bowling for LSG and both took two wickets in their respective overs. While Krunal Pandya and Mohsin Khan took one wicket each. Earlier in the first innings, openers KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal came to bat but LSG did not get the start they wanted as the visitors lost their first wicket on the third ball of the match as Padikkal as a right-handed batsman. I was out.Fast bowler Nuwan Thushara. After Padikkal's dismissal, right-handed batsman Marcus Stoinis joined Rahul. The two made a partnership of 48 runs before Stoinis was dismissed by Pius Chawla. Stoinis scored 28 runs with the help of five fours. After Stoinis' wicket, Deepak Hooda came to bat. The Lucknow franchise completed its half-century in 6.3 overs. Rahul and Hooda could score only 20 runs, when the team score was 69 runs, Chawla again hit a four.The leg spinner dismissed Hooda at the score of just 11 runs in the 10th over. With Hooda's wicket, left-handed batsman Nicholas Pooran came into the picture. Super Giants touched the 100-run mark in the 13th over. Rahul and Puran completed their 50-run partnership in 13.1 overs. The LSG team completed the 150-run mark in 14.4 overs when Pooran hit a boundary off off-spinner Naman Dheer. Both the batsmen completed their 100-run partnership in 15.5 overs when Rahul hit a four off Romario Sheppard.The two put on a 109-run partnership before Pooran was out after scoring an amazing 75 off just 29 balls, which included eight sixes and five fours in the innings. He scored runs at an excellent strike rate of 258.62. Rahul was out after playing a brilliant inning of 55 runs in 41 balls, which included three fours and sixes in his innings. In the end, Krunal Pandya and Ayush Badoni played valuable unbeaten innings, taking the team to 214/6 at the end of the first innings. The bowlers selected for Mumbai Indians were Nuwan Thushara and Pius Chawla. Both of them took three wickets each in their four over spell. Brief scores: Lucknow Super Giants 214/6 (Nicholas Pooran 75, KL Rahul 55, Marku Stoinis 28; Nuwan Thushara 3/28) defeated Mumbai Indians 196/6 (Rohit Sharma 68, Naman Dheer 62*, Dewald Brevis 23; Ravi Bishnoi 2) Defeat./37).