IPL 2025: Lucknow has home edge over Mumbai¡ªnetizens say ¡®Rishabh Pant playing again feels like another ride of disappointment¡¯
Lucknow Super Giants will host Mumbai Indians in a mid-table IPL 2025 clash. Despite LSG's past record, both teams are tied on two points. Ekana's tough pitch and recent social media buzz make this faceoff unpredictable, as fans call out players online.
The Indian Premier League 2025 returns to Lucknow tonight as Lucknow Super Giants (7th) take on Mumbai Indians (6th) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Both teams are level with two points, but come into this match with different momentum. While LSG lost to Punjab Kings at the same venue, MI finally got off the mark with a win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
LSG¡¯s winning record against Mumbai gives them the edge
In their short but revealing rivalry, Lucknow Super Giants have asserted clear dominance over Mumbai Indians, winning five out of six matches. In the 2024 season alone, they completed a double against Mumbai, winning both home and away.
This track record is a key reason why Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT are leaning towards LSG. It highlights Lucknow¡¯s past success against MI, their comfort at home, and Mumbai¡¯s recent struggles with their bowling lineup. While MI may have five IPL titles, they haven¡¯t quite cracked the LSG code yet
Ekana Stadium
The Ekana pitch is known to test both batters and bowlers, with low average totals and strategic scoring phases. Teams batting first average 160 runs, while those chasing score around 154. The pitch rewards smart batting and well-planned bowling rotations.
A point to be noted is that in the first innings, the most runs come during the death overs at nearly 10 runs per over, while middle overs and powerplays offer lower scoring. In contrast, chasing teams tend to start strong in the powerplay but struggle later, especially in the final overs. This suggests that whoever wins the toss should consider batting first to exploit late-innings acceleration.
Fans have their say: From memes to meltdowns
Social media has been buzzing with fan reactions ahead of the game, mixing humour, frustration, and wild predictions. One fan humorously predicted a Lucknow win based on sheer IPL pattern logic, saying MI will lose ¡°because they won the last game.¡±
Hardik Pandya should lock this motu in a room and not let him out so MI can easily win their game.
¡ª Oxygen (@NationOxygen18) April 4, 2025
Another, frustrated with MI¡¯s dynamics, took a dig at their dressing room, writing: ¡°Hardik Pandya should lock this motu in a room and not let him out so MI can easily win their game.¡±
Hardik Pandya should lock this motu in a room and not let him out so MI can easily win their game.
¡ª Oxygen (@NationOxygen18) April 4, 2025
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant¡¯s return to cricket, though not directly linked to this match, drew a more emotional response. A user tweeted: ¡°Rishabh Pant plays cricket today. Used to be such a good news. Now, it feels like yet another ride of disappointment.¡± While Pant is in the fantasy picks for this match, the comment exposes a larger mood of cricket fatigue and expectation mismatches.
Rishabh Pant plays cricket today. Used to be such a good news for me.
¡ª Sourabh (@1handed6) April 4, 2025
Now, it feels like a yet another ride of disappointment.
LSG¡¯s record and home comfort give them an edge, but MI¡¯s unpredictability and fan pressure make this a tight play.
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Nancy Jaiswal is a journalist who started her career in reporting and has covered both hard and soft news. From serious city news developments to lighthearted lifestyle pieces, she has written on almost everything hapenning in India (except maybe alien invasions¡ªyet!). For her, writing isn¡¯t just work; it¡¯s a passion, an obsession, and sometimes the reason she forgets to reply to texts.
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