IPL 2023 Eliminator: Akash Madhwal's 5/5 blows LSG away as MI storm into Qualifier 2 with 81-run win

Mumbai Indians (MI) continued their fairytale run in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL), storming into Qualifier 2 with an 81-run hammering of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Eliminator in Chennai on Wednesday.

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Five-time champions MI, who snuck into the playoffs with a convincing victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Sunday along with Gujarat Titans’ (GT) hammering of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), posted a competitive 182/8 on the board with Cameron Green once again top-scoring for the side with a 23-ball 41.

But it was Akash Madhwal’s destructive haul of 5/5 that helped dismantle the power-packed LSG batting lineup on a Chepauk wicket that was a better surface to bat on compared to the one used for Qualifier 1, in which Chennai Super Kings defeated GT by 15 runs to reach their 10th IPL final.

MI, who had suffered a heartbreaking five-run loss against LSG in Lucknow on 16 May, face defending champions GT in their next assignment, in Qualifier 2 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. The winner of that encounter will then face four-time champions CSK at the same venue on Sunday, 28 May.

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Brief scores:

Mumbai Indians 182/8 in 20 overs (Cameron Green 41, Suryakumar Yadav 33; Naveen-ul-Haq 4/38) defeated Lucknow Super Giants 101 in 16.3 overs (Marcus Stoinis 40; Akash Madhwal 5/5) by 81 runs.

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