Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants, 67th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Not at all the season Mumbai would've hoped for after their bold and hotly debated captaincy shuffle. They finish right at the bottom of the table and it's the second time that's happened in three years now. They had a pretty good opportunity of giving their fans something to cheer about tonight but it wasn't to be. As for LSG, not the ideal campaign for them either. They never really picked up steam and will brood over the 'what-ifs' as they miss out on qualification quite narrowly. So, that leaves looking forward to the much anticipated clash between RCB and CSK tomorrow. For now, this is Anurag Hegde, Sagar Chawla and Praveen Kumar bidding you goodbye.

Nicholas Pooran | Player of the Match: For me personally I felt I had to do my job which was to find a way and finish the game. Coming into the season I knew what my game would be. I have been inconsistent as well, I'd be fair to myself, so wanted to get some experience and make it count. Finishing the innings has been challenging sometimes especially in Lucknow. I have been practising for a number of years and it's about putting together all the experience and make it count. I have batted at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 but if I had to choose I like the powerplay. I can't be selfish and choose, the beauty of my batting is I can bat at any position and that's my strength. I'm just blessed I have a second chance to play this game again. Back then 8 years ago when I had an accident I thought I will enjoy the game, take every chance I get and grateful that teams supported me and backed me and it's my job to repay them. [thoughts moving now to the World Cup] It's definitely gonna move there. It's at home and we are looking forward to it. The last couple of years have been difficult for the men from the Caribbean and we are all looking forward to doing something special for the people back home.

KL Rahul | LSG captain: Very disappointing. At the beginning of the season, I really felt we had a strong team and had most bases covered. Couple of injuries - happens to every team. We didn't play well enough collectively. Today was a really good performance. This is the kind of game we wanted to play more. Unfortunately we didn't do that. Really happy for them. Franchise has invested a lot of time and energy with them (Indian pacers in LSG). It's not just two months in the year. We sent Mayank and Yudhvir to South Africa to train with Morne Morkel. Hard work for them has paid off, but franchise and the team has worked a lot with them. I'm not sure. There's not much T20 cricket coming up now. It's been a season where I've learnt a lot about my own batting and what I need to do to get back in the team. Maybe middle-order, maybe not. We would've ideally wanted him (Pooran) to bat higher, but with how the team's lined up, we want our senior international players bat in positions where they can absorb pressure. Didn't want our two overseas batters to bat close together. I'm on my father-in-law's team now. We'll both be cheering for Sharma ji ka beta in the World Cup.

Highest score batting at No.7 or lower for MI in the IPL
64 (24) - Harbhajan Singh vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2015
62* (28) - Naman Dir vs LSG, Wankhede, 2024*
52* (31) - Kieron Pollard vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2012

- The team batting first has won five times in six matches in MI vs LSG contests.

LSG in IPL 2024
Home: 4 wins, 3 defeats
Away: 3 wins, 4 defeats

Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024
Away: 1 win, 6 defeats
Home: 3 wins, 4 defeats

LSG defending 200+ totals in the IPL
Matches: 3
Won: 3

Most defeats for MI in an IPL season
10 - 2022
10 - 2024*
8 - 2009
8 - 2014
8 - 2018

Krunal Pandya: It's been a tough season for us, good to get a win and end on a higher note. The end goal was to go to the playoffs and give it a shot, nonetheless to end the season on a winning note is pleasing. Fielding is related to fitness and whatever hard work is a reflection of that. [on the last over fielding effort of his] I went for it and saved it.

Hardik Pandya | MI Captain: Quite difficult. Did not play good quality cricket, eventually costed us the whole season. It's a professional world. Have to always come out and put our best foot forward. But yes, as a group we could not play quality cricket or smart cricket. Too early to point out what went wrong. The whole season kind of went wrong. We can pass this game as another one (that went wrong).

00:17 Local Time, 18:47 GMT, 00:17 IST: Disappointing end to a disappointing season for Mumbai. They had a great shot of signing off on a high tonight but botched it. While 215 was no target to be scoffed at, we've seen such scores being chased down routinely this season. MI certainly had the start to try and get there. Rohit was in full flow tonight and the openers shared an 88-run stand which included an awkward rain interruption. Brevis was the first to fall and that triggered a collapse of sorts. SKY went for a duck and Rohit, who was looking good for a big score, fell for a well-made 68. They were suddenly strangled for runs as the LSG spinners kept things very tight and that brought more wickets. They completely lost their way through the middle before Naman Dhir came out and played a catchy knock. He finished unbeaten on 62 but didn't have much support from the other end as MI finished 18 runs short.

Naveen-ul-Haq to Ishan Kishan, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!