🏏IPL 2025- LSG vs Mumbai Indians, Match 16th 4th Apr 7:30PM IST 🏏 - Page 5

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Hardik Pandya: We are gonna bowl first.

"Looks like a fresh wicket, not sure how it will play," Hardik says. Chances of dew also played a part in his decision. MI don't want to talk about the pitch and just want to "play good cricket". It is tempting to watch other teams and play in a certain way but it is important to play sensibly, he adds. Rohit got hit in the knee in nets and he misses out. "He should be back soon," says Hardik of Bumrah

Hardik Pandya: We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a fresh wicket. Not sure how it is going to play. Looks a decent track. Dew might come in later. Thought better to chase. I think we in a group have spoken that we don't want to talk about the wickets. We are here to play good cricket. That's the talk we have. Let's not talk about the surfaces.

Think he told Rohit is not playing as he got hit on the knee.

Pitch and Conditions ft. Daren Ganga: We are moving from pitch number 4 which is red soil to pitch number 6, this is black soil. There will be a change on the square boundaries - 73 and 66 meters square, 78 meters down the ground. It is dark, it is black, it has got a covering a grass but you're seeing that bare patches all around. The seam movement was quite low in the previous game, spin was only 1.4 degrees and the average bounce was very good for batting, you could hit through the line, but with this black soil there will be lowering of bounce. Spinners might get a little more turn and it will be a little bit slower. The average first innings score is 181 and that's your benchmark for batting first.

LSG - Akash Deep in for Siddharth.

Toss points milgaya

Abh kya hoga

Finally a match where I dont care about the teams

Pant says batters, including him, haven't come good yet. Wants his team to "express themselves". Akash Deep in for M Siddarth

Originally posted by: heavenlybliss

Finally a match where I dont care about the teams

Me too....

But our points