In IPL 2023, the knockout round is going to start from today. Whichever team will lose in the match from today, its journey will end this season. It is going to start with the eliminator between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians. In the eliminator match of the IPL to be held in Chepauk, Chennai on Wednesday, the league's most successful team Mumbai and the teams of Lucknow, who have reached the playoffs for the second time in a row, will be face to face. Captain Rohit Sharma's team Mumbai Indians have won the maximum five titles in the IPL, but their performance this season has been fluctuating. The eliminator match will start at 7:30 pm, while the toss will take place half an hour before that i.e. at 7 pm.
Captain Krunal Pandya's team understands the pain of being eliminated from the Lucknow Eliminator and the team would like to avoid last year's mistake. Lucknow was out of the league last year as well after losing in the eliminator. However, his performance this season has not been much better than Mumbai. Both had eight wins each and Lucknow finished third with one point more than Mumbai.
Both the teams will clash for the first time at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai . However, the Lucknow team has not lost to Mumbai in the league. The Lucknow side have won their last three matches against Mumbai and will look to maintain their target by registering their fourth win in a row. Mumbai's performance in the Eliminator has been poor. He has played three eliminator matches and out of three he has lost two and drawn one.
Jo haara woh hoga out -
The team that loses in this eliminator match will be out of the season. The winning team will have to play one more match to reach the final. The losing team of Qualifier-1 will play against the winning team of Eliminator in Qualifier-2 and the winner of this match will reach the final. Gujarat Titans had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier-1. In such a situation, Gujarat will now have to play Qualifier-2. The winning team from Lucknow and Mumbai will play Qualifier-2. The journey of the losing team will end here.
Good use of options -
Captain Krunal has made good use of the options available in the team. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi will have to play an important role in stopping the Mumbai batsmen. Apart from them, bowlers like Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Krunal and experienced Amit Mishra will also have to contribute. Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Myse and Nicholas Pooran have performed brilliantly in batting. All three have made the team name in many matches on their own.
Fast bowling attack weak -
Mumbai team was defeated by Superkings in Chennai due to poor performance of batsmen, but in recent matches Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green have taken Mumbai to the playoffs with their strong batting. The team will be hoping for a good performance from him against Lucknow as well. Barring Behrendorff, Mumbai's pace attack is weak. However, there are high hopes from experienced spinner Piyush Chawla.
Possible playing 11 of both teams
Lucknow Super Giants: Kyle Meyers, Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gautam, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma/Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Ritik Shokeen.
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