IPL 2025: Digvesh Rathi’s tight spell trumps Hardik Pandya’s all-round present as LSG down MI – The Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Tremendous Giants held their nerve to clinch an exciting 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians in Match 16 of IPL 2025 on the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Whereas Mitchell Marsh’s explosive 60 (off 31 balls) and Hardik Pandya’s five-wicket haul dominated headlines early on, it was younger leg-spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi who turned the tide in LSG’s favour with a sensational spell below strain and notched up the Participant of the Match award within the course of.
Batting first, LSG posted a commanding 203/8, due to Marsh’s 60 off 31 balls and late fireworks from David Miller (27 off 14).
Hardik Pandya was the decide of the MI bowlers, bagging 5 wickets, together with key dismissals of Nicolas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, and Aiden Markram, maintaining MI inside attain.
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Nevertheless, the actual story unfolded within the second innings, the place Mumbai gave the impression to be cruising with Suryakumar Yadav in ominous kind.
At 86/2 within the ninth over, MI regarded set to chase the goal down. However Digvesh Singh Rathi, enjoying solely his second IPL match, modified the sport with an important breakthrough. He eliminated the damaging Naman Dhir for 46 with a pointy supply that skidded on and bowled him, derailing MI’s momentum.
The spinner’s figures of 1/21 weren’t simply economical, however tactically sensible.
Bowling with very good management and guile, he utilized strain within the center overs, conceding simply 11 runs in his closing two overs when MI have been gearing up for a closing assault.

His tight spell pressured the batters to take dangers on the different finish, finally resulting in Suryakumar’s dismissal within the seventeenth over.
Even with Hardik Pandya launching a late onslaught, LSG’s complete proved simply out of attain for MI, who ended at 191/5.
Rathi’s composure and fearless method stood out, marking him as a rising star in LSG’s ranks.

This win lifts LSG to sixth on the desk and provides their marketing campaign contemporary momentum.
For MI, questions stay over their middle-order ending and dying bowling. But when there’s one title they received’t overlook from this sport, it’s Digvesh Singh Rathi.