Rohit Sharma scored 84 on his return from injury and Ryan Rickelton made 83 as Mumbai Indians beat Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets in Mumbai in their IPL 2026 match on Monday.
There were smiles at last for Mumbai Indians (MI) on a night that hadn’t looked promising when Nicholas Pooran‘s fireworks – 63 off 21 – threatened to run them down.
From looking set to concede 250, MI limited the damage, conceding just one boundary in the last three overs – to restrict Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to 228.
Then, Ryan Rickelton and the returning Rohit Sharma – fit again after five games on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury – turned in an exhilarating batting display to help MI raze their target down in just 18.4 overs.
This was the highest successful chase at the Wankhede Stadium, bettering the 220 MI had chased down against Kolkata Knight Riders to win their season-opener.
Rickelton, who struck 123 not out in his previous innings at the Wankhede last week against Sunrisers Hyderabad, made 83 off 32 in a 143-run opening stand. Rohit, who raised his half-century in 27 balls, made 84 off 44.
By the time he was out mistiming an attempted pick-up shot over short fine leg, MI’s equation had come down to 52 off 36.
In the end, MI overturned a sequence of three straight losses; LSG, meanwhile, slumped to their sixth straight loss, which left them firmly rooted to the bottom of the points table.
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