Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants in Match No. 47 of the tournament at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, May 04. Mumbai Indians have lost to Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk, and with 7 losses, they are at the bottom of the table with just 4 points. They are almost out of the tournament; they can only qualify if they win all remaining matches, and it will depend on other teams too.

LSG, on the other hand, has a similar fate. They too have 4 points and are at the bottom of the table with 6 losses. This is a must-win game for them to stay alive in the tournament.

Let us have a look at MI’s strongest Playing XI :

Top Order : Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(wk), Naman Dhir

MI experimented with a new opening pair against SRH last match, although they lost the game, but their new opening pair Will Jacks and Ryan Rickelton had a good outing in the 22 yards. Rickeltopn played a blistering innings of 123 not out in just 55 balls registering the highest individual score in history of MI. Rohit Sharma as usual has been a big miss for the team and will be missing more games due to injury. Naman Dhir had a decent season though with 50 and 45 scores but in last few games he sems to be out of touch.

Middle Order : Surya Kumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c)

This could have been one of the strongest middle order in IPL but lack of form from this Indian trio has effected Mumbai a lot this season. Surya Kumar Yadav has been in a disappoi ting form ever since T20 World Cup Campaign, averaging just 17.8 in IPL this season with his highest being 36 against CSK. Although Tilak Varma had a spark with a century this season but his inconsistency with only 24 average is disappointing. Hardik Pandya’s captaincy is too under scrutiny this season by fans and cynics.

Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashwani Kumar, AM Ghazanfar

Another weak link in MI’s lineup has been their bowling. Both Bumrah and Boult, the lead pacers, have only 2 wickets each. The only positive has been AM Ghazanfar, the Afghanistan Spinner who has 10 wickets to his name.

Mumbai Indians playing 11 (probable): Ryan Rickelton (w), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar

Impact players: Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Kris Bhagat