Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2023 Recap

Indian Premier LeagueResult

Lucknow Super Giants

101/10

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Mumbai Indians won by 81 runsPlayer of the match: Akash Madhwal

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Mumbai Indians crush Lucknow Super Giants by 81 runs in Chennai

Match overview

Mumbai Indians beat Lucknow Super Giants by 81 runs at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 24 May 2023. Mumbai Indians, who won the toss and chose to bat, posted 182/8 from their 20 overs. Lucknow Super Giants never seriously threatened in reply, losing 7 wickets in the middle overs for 46 runs and eventually folding for 101. Akash Madhwal took the Player of the Match award. The result ended a sequence in which LSG had won four of the previous five meetings between the two sides.

Mumbai's innings was built on a brisk powerplay: 62 runs from the first 6 overs at the cost of 2 wickets. The middle overs added another 69 at the same cost, and while 4 wickets fell in the death for 51 runs, 182 was a competitive total at a venue where the average first-innings score across 127 T20 matches is 192. LSG started their chase with purpose, reaching 54/2 after 6 overs. From that point, the innings disintegrated. Seven wickets fell in the middle overs for just 46 runs, and the final phase was an irrelevance: 1 run, 1 wicket.

Venue and conditions

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is one of the more bowler-friendly T20 venues in the IPL. Its average powerplay of 43 runs is lower than many other grounds on the circuit, and the pitch tends to assist spin and cutters as the match progresses. The average second-innings score of 177 runs sits 15 lower than the first-innings average of 192, and chasing sides have won just 46% of the 127 T20 matches played here. Those numbers suggest batting first carries a meaningful structural advantage.

In this match, the conditions played out broadly as the historical pattern would suggest. LSG's chase was undermined not in the powerplay, where they matched the venue's average, but in the middle overs when the pitch slowed and Mumbai's bowlers found purchase. The death-overs phase was rendered academic: with LSG requiring close to two runs a ball and losing wickets in clusters, the final phase produced only 1 run.

How to watch

IPL fixtures involving Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants are broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket. Matches are typically scheduled for afternoon or early evening UK time, given the five-and-a-half-hour difference between the UK and India Standard Time. Subscribers can stream via Sky Go, and non-subscribers can access individual matches through a NOW TV day pass.

Recent form

Going into this fixture, Mumbai Indians had won three of their previous five matches in the 2023 IPL season, with defeats against Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings. Lucknow arrived in broadly comparable shape: two wins from their last three completed games, including a victory over Mumbai themselves earlier in the campaign, plus a no-result against Chennai Super Kings. On paper, form gave neither side a clear edge. The 81-run margin suggested Mumbai found something extra on the day, with their bowling unit in particular performing well above the level that form alone might have predicted.

Talking points

What to look out for

5 angles

Headline angle

Lucknow collapse to 101 all out chasing 183

After a reasonable powerplay of 54 runs, Lucknow Super Giants lost 7 wickets in the middle overs for just 46 runs. The innings effectively ended there: the final wicket fell with only 1 run scored across the death overs, leaving LSG 81 runs short.

Angle 02

Mumbai's powerplay set the tone with 62 runs

Mumbai Indians came out of the blocks quickly, putting up 62 runs in the powerplay at the cost of 2 wickets. That platform allowed them to post 182/8 across 20 overs, a total that proved well beyond LSG on the day.

Angle 03

Akash Madhwal earns Player of the Match

Madhwal was the standout performer with ball in hand, earning the Player of the Match award as Mumbai dismantled the Lucknow batting order. His contribution during the middle overs, when LSG lost 7 wickets for 46 runs, proved decisive.

Angle 04

Venue average exceeded: 182 versus a 192 par score

The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium typically yields a first-innings average of 192 across 127 T20 matches. Mumbai fell slightly short of that par but still posted a total that Chennai's ground conditions made extremely difficult to chase.

Angle 05

LSG's head-to-head advantage meant little on the night

Going into this fixture, Lucknow Super Giants held a 6–2 lead in all meetings between the two sides. Mumbai's 81-run victory suggested that head-to-head record counted for nothing once the conditions and match situation took hold.

Context

Key insights

Historical · Not official

Venue par

192

Avg 1st innings score at Chepauk

127 matches · 2003–2026

Chase success

46%

Chases completed successfully at Chepauk

127 matches · 2003–2026

Head to head

2 — 6

Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants — 8 meetings

2022–2025

Mumbai Indians at venue

50%

Win rate across 16 matches at Chepauk

Powerplay

45/1.3

Average runs/wickets in overs 1–6 at Chepauk

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. For editorial context only — not official live match data, not a forecast, and not betting advice. Projections and comparisons above are frozen from the live state and may not match final statistics.

The rivalry

Who could decide it

Across 8 T20 meetings, Lucknow Super Giants have the better of this rivalry, winning 6 to Mumbai Indians' 2. Before this match, LSG had won four of the previous five encounters, including a 5-run victory over Mumbai earlier in the 2023 season at Ekana. Mumbai's 81-run win in Chennai was their most emphatic result in the series to date.

Recent meetings

Last 5

2025: Mumbai Indians won by 54 runs at Wankhede
2025: Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs at Ekana, Lucknow
2024: Lucknow Super Giants won by 18 runs at Wankhede
2024: Lucknow Super Giants won by 4 wickets at Ekana, Lucknow
2023: Lucknow Super Giants won by 5 runs at Ekana, Lucknow

Key player · Mumbai Indians

Akash Madhwal

Player of the Match in this fixture, Madhwal was central to LSG's extraordinary middle-overs collapse. He exploited Chennai's conditions when the game was still alive and turned a competitive chase into a rout.

Chennai (contextual reference: spun at this venue in Tests)

R Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin has figures of 12/198 across 74 overs in a single Test match at this ground, underlining how much the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium can assist spin. In T20 cricket the surface behaves differently, but slower bowlers consistently find assistance here.

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Angles to watch

Analytical angles worth tracking

Observations from the venue data, recent form and historical trends. Editorial context, not betting advice.

Middle-overs bowling markets may be worth examining at Chennai: the ground's pitch conditions tend to slow the ball and create opportunities for variations, making individual wicket-taker lines potentially more interesting than outright totals.
Top batter markets on slow Chennai surfaces have historically favoured batters who rotate strike and build innings rather than go hard early; powerplay form may not be a reliable guide to match-long output here.
Chase success at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium sits at just 46% across 127 T20 matches, which the markets may or may not have fully reflected in this fixture's pre-game lines.
When one team posts above the venue's average powerplay of 43 runs, the historical pattern at this ground suggests the bowling side tends to respond by targeting early wickets; that dynamic can affect first-wicket-to-fall and innings-milestone markets.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Mumbai Indians won by 81 runs. They posted 182/8 batting first, then bowled Lucknow Super Giants out for 101. Akash Madhwal was named Player of the Match.

Lucknow Super Giants held a 6–2 advantage from 8 meetings before this fixture. LSG had won four of the five most recent encounters, including a 5-run win over Mumbai earlier in the 2023 IPL season.

The match was played at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Across 127 T20 matches at the ground, the average first-innings score is 192, the average powerplay produces 43 runs, and chasing sides have won 46% of the time.

IPL coverage in the UK is broadcast on Sky Sports Cricket. Viewers can also stream matches through Sky Go or take a day pass via NOW TV if they are not Sky subscribers.

LSG made 54/2 from their powerplay, keeping themselves in the chase. The match turned in the middle overs, where they lost 7 wickets for just 46 runs. By the time the death overs arrived the game was already over, with only 1 run and 1 wicket recorded in that phase.

Akash Madhwal of Mumbai Indians was named Player of the Match. His bowling in the middle overs was central to Lucknow's collapse from a viable position to 101 all out.

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