IPL 2022, MI vs LSG: Live Streaming, Date, Time, Squads, TV Channel Info

Lucknow Super Giants have been impressive so far in IPL 2022.

Bengaluru, April 15: Mumbai Indians (MI) will continue to grope in the dark in search of an ideal playing eleven with an aim to end their five-match losing sequence against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Match 26 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Saturday (April 16).

The match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai is the first of the double-headers of the day.

This is not the first time that MI have had a losing sequence of five matches, but this is probably the first time that it seems that the team's think-tank do not have an idea of how to stem the rot that has set in.

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It is certainly not skipper Rohit Sharma's fault that the five-time champions had bungled big time at the auction table with below-par domestic signings save Tilak Varma, which is coming to bite them.

Against LSG, Rohit and his chosen ten would have to put their best foot forward in order to tame the likes of Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni to name a few.

Krunal and De Kock, in particular, would like to pose some serious challenges for the MI brigade.

There had been some inexplicable team selections and dropping a million-dollar plus buy like Tim David after two games is one of them.

Such has been MI's plight that they have not been able to field their full quota of foreign players in order to have enough bowlers in their ranks.

However, David might be given a go in place of a Jaydev Unadkat, who has once again failed to deliver.

One among Unadkat and Basil Thampi need to make way for David as they do not have too many options at the table.

In case of Murugan Ashwin, the only replacement at this time looks to be leg-spinner Mayank Markande.

Not having a quality spinner like Rahul Chahar or Krunal, who can at times stem the flow of runs is also hurting MI.

Head coach Mahela Jayawardene had already said and rightly so that Rohit's performance is not a worrying factor.

Mumbai Indians have to pull up their socks.

One of the reasons being his touch which is not out of place, but perhaps he needs to curtail down on a few shots and bat deep along with Suryakumar Yadav to put up a challenging score which the weak bowling line-up can defend.

For LSG, mentor Gautam Gambhir needs to think whether both Marcus Stoinis and Jason Holder could be a part of same eleven or they would be better off dropping one of them and playing the hard-hitting Evin Lewis in the top-order.

Squads (From):

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Ramandeep Singh, SuryakumarYadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Arshad Khan, Daniel Sams, Dewald Brevis, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal and Ishan Kishan.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder.

(With inputs from Agencies)

MI vs LSG match details

Date: Saturday, April 16

Time: 3:30 PM IST

Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

TV Channel: Star Sports Network

Live Streaming: Disney+Hotstar