In the 16th match of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians will face Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow. Both teams will be desperately aiming for a win to improve their standing in the IPL table. The Mumbai Indians are coming with much confidence as they crushed Kolkata Knight Riders at their home game in the last clash. Meanwhile, Lucknow is coming with mixed results. Earlier, they thumped SRH at Hyderabad but then had a poor show against Punjab Kings at the home ground. What will be Mumbai Indians’ combination for the clash?
Will Jacks to be dropped?
Lucknow gives a spin-friendly track; it supports the spinners to get a turn and pacers to generate enough bounce. It gives an advantage to Mumbai Indians, as they boast an impressive lineup of spin attacks in the squad. Just to play and pit in Mujeeb Ur Rehman, they might drop Will Jacks from the playing XI. They have done a similar thing in the clash against GT to accommodate Mujeeb.
Will Vignesh Puthur play?
Vignesh has impressed everyone with his performance against CSK in the first match for Mumbai Indians. There are high chances that he might play in the match vs LSG on the turner pitch. It will be interesting to see whom MI goes for, Satyanarayana Raju or Vignesh Puthur.
What about Ashwani Kumar?
Ashwani Kumar, the pacer from Punjab, impressed everyone with his 4-wicket outing against KKR in his debut match. After the amazing debut, it seems like Ashwani is going to get into the playing XI along with Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult to support the team’s pace attack.
MI’s possible playing XI vs LSG
| Player | Role |
|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | Batsman |
| Ryan Rickelton | Wicketkeeper-batsman |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Batsman |
| Tilak Varma | Batsman |
| Hardik Pandya | All-rounder (captain) |
| Naman Dhir | Batsman |
| Mitchell Santner | All-rounder |
| Deepak Chahar | Bowler |
| Trent Boult | Bowler |
| Ashwani Kumar | Bowler |
| Vignesh Puthur | Bowler |
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