IPL 2025: LSG vs MI, Match 16: Stats Review of player records and achieved milestones

After losing to the LSG in a thrilling encounter in Lucknow, the Mumbai Indians suffered their third defeat in four IPL 2025 games.

In the powerplay, MI placed the hosts in but was thrashed by a furious Mitchell Marsh (60 off 31). It took a while for Aiden Markram (53 off 38) to get a fifty, but he didn’t show up for the celebration until much later. Marsh added 60 to an early partnership of 76 and blunted MI’s renowned powerplay bowling ability.

MI was able to gain ground after his dismissal in the seventh over, but MI’s bowlers had a bad day. David Miller and Ayush Badoni continued to push it to the end, but Hardik Pandya (5 for 36) was able to take charge.

Will Jacks and Ryan Rickelton both left within the third over, so MI’s chase didn’t get off to the best start. Naman Dhir (46 off 24) made a vital stand with Suryakumar Yadav (67 off 43) and was unexpectedly promoted to No. 3. Tilak Varma failed to get any hits in, while Yadav continued to attack on one end.

Near the end of the chase, Varma was eventually forced to retire out, and even though Pandya (28* off 16) gave it his all, LSG’s fast bowlers remained composed and won with the cushion they had. When all of his colleagues scored more than 40 runs in their four overs, Player of the Match Digvesh Rathi (1 for 21) ultimately made the difference with a 12-run victory.

Here are the most important stats from the game: 

53 – The number of IPL matches played by Rohit Sharma for Mumbai Indians since the last time he missed one before this match.

7 – Suryakumar Yadav became the seventh player to play 100 IPL matches for MI. CSK are the only other team to have even five such players.

10 – Mitchell Marsh became the tenth player to hit 60 or more runs in the powerplay in a single IPL innings.

1 – Mitchell Marsh became the first player in the IPL, and the third in all T20s to face 30 balls in the powerplay in a single innings. Chanderpaul Hemraj in CPL 2021 and Tamim Iqbal in BPL 2022 are the others.

2 – While there is plenty time to improve it, Rishabh Pant’s batting average of 4.75 in this year’s IPL is the second lowest by a captain in a single season with a minimum of 4 innings. Shane Warne had a batting average of 2 in 2010.

28 – David Miller became the 28th player, and the ninth from outside India, to complete 3,000 runs in the IPL.

1 – No bowler has dismissed David Miller more times in T20s than Hardik Pandya’s seven.

1 – Hardik Pandya is the first captain to take a fifer in the IPL. The previous record for best bowling figures by a captain in the IPL were Anil Kumble’s identical figures of 4 for 16 against the Deccan Chargers in both 2009 and 2010.

1 – Hardik Pandya has the joint second-most wickets as captain in the IPL matching Anil Kumble’s 30 scalps in charge. Only Shane Warne (57) has more.

8 – Hardik’s fifer was the eighth by an MI bowler in the IPL. The next best by any team is five by RR.

2 – Hardik Pandya’s fifer is the second most expensive fifer in IPL history behind Yuzvendra Chahal’s 5 for 40 against KKR in 2022. In third place is Mitchell Starc’s 5 for 35 against SRH from earlier this year.

2 – LSG’s 203/8 is the second highest total in Lucknow not just in IPL, but in all T20s. In first place is KKR’s 235 against LSG in 2024.

2 – Pandya now has the joint second most three wicket hauls among captains in the IPL. Shane Warne had five such hauls while Hardik, Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singh all have three.

4 – Tilak Varma became the fourth player to be retired out in the IPL. R Ashwin famously became the first in 2022, while Atharva Taide and B Sai Sudharsan also went through this fate in 2023.

3 – Hardik Pandya is only the third player to score 25 runs and take a fifer in the same IPL match. Ravindra Jadeja against Deccan Chargers in 2012 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar against Gujarat Titans in 2023 are the other two.

6 – The number of matches LSG have won against MI in the IPL, out of the seven they have played. Incidentally, the only game in the IPL where MI beat LSG was the Eliminator of the 2023 season.