Openers Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram struck half-centuries to set up a tense 12-run success for Lucknow Super Giants versus IPL heavyweights Mumbai Indians on Friday.Five-time champs Mumbai suffered an early blow when former skipper Rohit Sharma missed the match due to an injury to his knee throughout training, AFP reported.Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya claimed his first T20 five-wicket haul and then struck an unbeaten 28 off 16 balls however the effort entered vain as his team slipped to their third defeat in four matches.Lucknow published 203-8 as Marsh, who hit 60, and Markram, who made 53, placed on 76 runs for the opening wicket after being welcomed to bat initially at their home ground.Bowlers combined to limit Mumbai to 191-5 in spite of Suryakumar Yadav&& s 43-ball 67 and Pandya&& s late blitz as Lucknow got better from a loss for their 2nd win in 4 matches.Mumbai needed 29 off the last 12 balls when Shardul Thakur distributed simply seven runs in the 19th over and fellow fast Avesh Khan kept his calm after being pinched hit a 6 on the first ball of the last over.Mumbai&& s effect alternative Tilak Varma made 25 off 23 balls before he retired out in the penultimate over.Australia Marsh set up success with an assaulting 31-ball knock that set the tone for the hosts& & supremacy as he smashed 9 fours and 2 sixes.Marsh, who is playing in this IPL just as a batsman and registered his 3rd half-century of this season, finally fell caught and bowled to novice left-arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur.West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran left after his quick 12 as Pandya got his first and quickly dismissed skipper Rishabh Pant for two.Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant, who broke an IPL auction record when he went to Lucknow for a whopping $3.21 million, has actually tumbled with the bat with ratings of 0, 15 and two in the earlier matches.Markram stood firm and created 51 runs with Ayush Badoni, who hit 30, to pull Lucknow through the middle stage before fellow South African David Miller joined the charge.Pandya kept up his bowling type as he returned Markram but the left-handed Miller struck 27 off 14 balls to improve the total.Pandya took 2 successive wickets in the 20th over but a hat-trick was prevented after a wide ball and he ended up with figures of 5-36 —-- a first five-wicket haul for an IPL captain.Saturday&& s MatchesTINS Television will broadcast today&& s matches live and solely in Afghanistan.
Chennai Super Kings will face Delhi Capitals at 2:30 pm while Panjab Kings will meet Rajasthan Royals at 6:30 pm.
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