LSG look to halt Mumbai's momentum in crucial clash

Mumbai Indians are on a roll in the business end of the tournament and Lucknow Super Giants will be aiming to halt their momentum on a tricky pitch in the IPL on TuesdayMumbai Indians are third on the points table with 14 points and with a point less from same the number of games LSG are holding on to the fourth spotBoth teams will be looking to get out of the danger zone as eight teams remain in the playoff contentionSuryakumar Yadav is back to his breathtaking best and played a huge role in Mumbais wins in the previous two gamesShort of runs in the tournament Rohit Sharma too found some rhythm against Gujarat Giants and will be looking to play a substantial knock at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket StadiumIn Tilka Varmas absence Mumbai have found an able replacement in Nehal Wadehra who seems to be getting better with every opportunity on the big stageOn the bowling front veteran spinner Piyush Chawla continues to make life tough for the batters while rookie Akash Badhwal has given the pace attack a muchneeded boostDeath bowling remains a concern with Jofra Archers replacement Chris Jordan leaking runs in the last two gamesIt is expected to be another lowscoring game here and the spinners on either side could decide the fate of the gameLeggie Ravi Bishnoi has been the leading wicket taker for LSG and stand in captain Krunal Pandya too showed what he could do with his leftarm spin against Sunrisers HyderabadVeteran spinner Amit Mishra is also expected to come into play considering the conditions The pacers have proved to be a tad expensive especially Avesh Khan who has an economy rate of 975 after nine gamesAlso Read IPL 2023 Playoff amp Final Schedule squads points table live streaming amp moreThe batting looks formidable despite the absence of injured K L Rahul Quinton de Kock has made instant impact as Rahuls replacement at the top while Kyle Mayers is LSGs leading run getter in the competitionThen they have players who can win for the game even from a hopeless situation like Nicholas Pooran did against SunrisersSaurasthra batter Prerak Mankad showed what he is capable of at number three in the last game and will come out with additional confidence on Tuesday nightSquadsLucknow Super Giants Krunal Pandya captain Kyle Mayers Deepak Hooda Amit Mishra Nicholas Pooran wk Naveen ul Haq Ayush Badoni Avesh Khan Karan Sharma Yudhvir Charak Yash Thakur Romario Shepherd Mark Wood Swapnil Singh Manan Vohra Daniel Sams Prerak Mankad Krishnappa Gowtham Marcus Stoinis Ravi Bishnoi Karun Nair and Mayank YadavTeams fromMumbai Indians Rohit Sharma captain Chris Jordan Arshad Khan Jason Behrendorff Dewald Brevis Piyush Chawla Tim David Raghav Goyal Cameron Green Ishan Kishan wk Duan Jansen Chris Jordan Kumar Kartikeya Akash Madhwal Riley Meredith Shams Mulani Ramandeep Singh Sandeep Warrier Hrithik Shokeen Tristan Stubbs Arjun Tendulkar Tilak Varma Vishnu Vinod Nehal Wadhera Suryakumar YadavThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever