Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets in a low-scoring match on Tuesday. LSG chased down the target of 145 runs in 19.2 overs thanks to Marcus Stoinis who scored 62 runs off 45 deliveries. Nicholas Pooran hit the winning runs for his team when things went astray for Lucknow Super Giants in the death overs.

Nehal Wadhera scored 46 runs, while Tim David played the supporting role with an unbeaten 32 runs as Mumbai Indians posted 144 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants. Mohsin Khan picked up 2 wickets as LSG bowlers hunted in a pack to restrict Mumbai Indians. Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first against Mumbai Indians at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.

The Lucknow Super Giants climbed to the 3rd position after their 6^th win in 10 games. The Lucknow Super Giants made a cautious start to their chase after Nuwan Thushara picked up the wicket of sub Arshin Kulkarni for a duck on his IPL debut. Stoinis hit back-to-back boundaries off Gerald Coetzee, who conceded 15 runs in his first over itself. K L Rahul slammed 28 runs off 22 deliveries and joined the party, hitting three 4s and a 6 to take 20 runs off Thushara. Stoinis then hit Bumrah over longoff as Lucknow Super Giants reached 52 in the powerplay.

Stoinis turned up with the bat to raise his second fifty, he has also hit a century – of the season with hours left for the Australian selectors to announce the T20 team on Wednesday. Afghanistan spinner Mohammad Nabi picked up his wicket after his 45-ball knock which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Lucknow lost 2 more wickets to raise Mumbai’s hopes of a turnaround, but Nicholas Pooran brought the team home as he hit the winning runs in the final over.

Board of Control for Cricket in India announced in a statement on Tuesday, April 30, that Rohit Sharma as captain of a 15-man T20 World Cup will lead the squad and Hardik Pandya will serve as vice captain. Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal were rewarded for their outstanding IPL performances as they are included in the list while Rinku Singh and KL Rahul were two of the greatest misses.

As was to be expected, Virat Kohli and rookie opener Yashasvi Jaiswal were included in the 15-man roster. Batsman and wicketkeeper in the IPL Rishabh Pant, was selected for the T20I team following his valiant comeback to competitive play. Pant was not a consistent member of the T20 Indian Premier League (IPL) before his vehicle accident in December 2022. Nonetheless, he put on an incredible display with the bat and the gloves, scoring 398 runs in 11 games.

Sanju Samson was awarded for his outstanding performance in the IPL 2024, despite missing out on the ODI World Cup squad the last year. Although KL Rahul was also a contender, the skipper of Rajasthan was chosen.

As MI captain, Hardik Pandya has had a difficult time in the 2024 IPL, but he has been backed to be Rohit Sharma’s deputy. When Rohit Sharma was resting from T20Is to concentrate on the lead-up to the ODI World Cup last year, Hardik led India in 16 games. Additionally, seam-bowling all-rounder Shivam Dube, who has been belting sixes for CSK in the IPl 2024, has been selected by India.

The BCCI also announced that skipper Rohit Sharma and top selector Ajit Agarkar will address the media on Thursday, May 2, at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.

On June 5, India will play their first match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Ireland. After that, on June 9, they will play their group-stage matches against USA and Canada on June 12 and 15, as well as their bitter rivals, Pakistan.

Finally, Ibrahim Ali Khan has made his Instagram debut. Ibrahim didn’t let fans down after promising them in a paparazzi video that he would make an announcement about his arrival on the platform at 11 a.m. today.

Ibrahim shared his first Instagram picture. He is posing for a photo session for the massive sportswear company Puma, for whom he has been named a brand ambassador. Remarkably, Kareena Kapoor, his stepmother, also endrosses the same company.

He is posing in the same outfit for the first two photos, a green T-shirt with a collar, front pockets, and printed rolled-up sleeves. He wears it with green sneakers and beige pants. In the first, he’s sitting cross-legged on a chair, in the second, he’s leaning on a wooden desk, grinning sweetly. Both scenes are inside.

The last two images are taken outside, where he is posing in front of a white cycle on the grass. He’s dressed in a white T-shirt with a collar, white shorts, maroon sneakers, and an identical cardigan loosely knotted over his neck. In both photos, he turns his head away from the camera and is wearing round-rimmed sunglasses for a close-up.

In the caption, Ibrahim wrote, Legacy? he’ll create of his own and added a prize emoji. He futher wrote that he is taking his first step with Puma India. As soon as he shared the pictures it quickly went viral. Along with his fans, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saba Ali Khan (Saif Ali Khan’s sister) and other actors welcomed him on Instagram.

With Ibrahim’s eagerly awaited debut, Instagram users couldn’t contain their enthusiasm. Taking to comment section a user wrote, Iggy on Instagram and added a eye heart emoji. Another wrote, finally the wait is over.  This morning is going well, remarked a third person.

However there were also users, who said that he exactly looks like his father Saif Ali Khan. While others welcomed him on the Gram.

Ibrahim Ali Khan, who is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Sarzameen, is the son of Saif Ali Khan and his first wife, Amrita Singh.