News

#MIvLSG | ESA Day delight, THE BOYS extend 𝐖𝐖𝐖𝐖𝐖inning run

By Mumbai Indians

Match no. 10, WIN no. 6 and WE ARE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS SPOTS! ๐Ÿฅณ

The day began by welcoming a sea of cute little smiles at our annual ESA Day game for an unforgettable experience of witnessing their favourite stars play in front of their eyes!

Put in to bat first, a splendid batting show, led by Rickelton and SKY fifties, helped us post a challenging total.

…And it was only a matter of time before we wrapped the proceedings. ๐Ÿ˜Œ Let’s get straight into the mix of things!

Ricky เคฆเคพเคฆเคพ woke up and chose RAADAAA

A cracking shuruwat meant Ryan Rickelton didn’t waste any time in bringing up the heat at Wankhede. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Kickstarting his routine with a cracking boundary off the fifth ball of the opening over, the Southpaw didn’t put his foot off the accelerator and raced to his fifty in just 25 balls, much to the children’s delight! ๐Ÿค—

However, a miscued shot off Digesh Rathi in the ninth over cut off his innings and he had to depart for a terrific 32-ball 58, laced with six fours and four maximums.

๐Ÿ“ #MI – 88/2 (8.4 overs)

Will Jacks เค†เคฃเคฟ SKY make it count

Why should Ryan เคญเคพเคŠ have all the fun? ๐Ÿคช

The Englishman (29 off 21) completed a 55-run partnership with Rickelton just before his dismissal.

๐Ÿ“ #MI – 116/3 (8.4 overs)

Nonetheless, Suryakumar Yadav kept the scoreboard ticking at a pacy rate, playing his customary โฌ…๏ธโฌ†๏ธโžก๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ shots! This was, indeed, a complete 360° knock, leaving the crowd in awe of some เค•เคกเค• drives.

In the process, he also completed 4,000 runs in IPL, adding another record to his ever-widening kitty. ๐Ÿ™Œ Moreover, the right-handed batter also powered his way to the ๐Ÿ” of Orange Cap standings courtesy of a terrific 54 in just 27 balls, which included four fours and sixes apiece.

๐Ÿ“ #MI – 180/6 (17.3 overs)

Dhir, Bosch guide us past 200

A flurry of boundaries by Naman Dhir (25* off 11) & Corbin Bosch (20 off 11) in the final two overs propelled us to 215/7 in 20 overs. Shabaash, bhailog! ๐Ÿ‘

Bumrah the history-maker!

Following in-form Aiden Markram’s dismissal in the third over, BOOM became Mumbai Indians’ leading wicket-taker in IPL’s history, surpassing Lasith Malinga. Bumrah mera naam, records banana mera kaam! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿ“ #LSG – 18/1 (2.4 overs)

Jacks comes in. Jacks takes two wickets. Be like Jacks!

Once Nicholas Pooran gets in the groove, we all know what he is capable of.

Just when he was looking at his destructive best, Will Jacks arrived to stop the onslaught. ๐Ÿ˜Ž And it didn’t stop there as two balls later, he got the better of LSG skipper Rishabh Pant! Waah Waah…

๐Ÿ“ #LSG – 64/3 (6.3 overs)

Boulty + Bumrah = GAME. SET. MATCH!

Cometh the hour. Cometh the MEN.

The bowling unit kept things tight in the middle overs to keep the scoring rate in check.

Thereafter, Boult sent Mitch Marsh (34 off 24) and Ayush Badoni (35 off 22) packing & Bumrah claimed three wickets in the 16th over to visibly seal the deal for us! ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ“ #LSG – 142/8 (16 overs)

The death overs were a mere formality ๐Ÿ˜ฌ as the Boys in Blue and Gold registered a convincing 54-run victory, their FIFTH WIN ON THE TROT!