In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026‘s Match 47, Rohit Sharma scored a half-century and put up 143 runs alongside Ryan Rickelton as the Mumbai Indians overcame the Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. This marked his spectacular comeback from an injury.

The five-time winners secured their third victory in ten games as the Mumbai Indians recorded the highest run chase at the Wankhede, with Rohit scoring 84 runs and Rickelton adding 83 runs with some powerful strikes as part of a magnificent duopoly. Despite their change to six points, they are still anchored in the second-to-last position in the points table, clinging to their little opportunity.

After being put into bat, Nicholas Pooran set the field ablaze with a 16-ball fifty as he smashed 63 runs off 21 balls, while Mitchell Marsh blasted 44 off 25 as LSG overcame a middle-order collapse to score a competitive 228/5 in what is a must-win game for both teams.

The Mumbai Indians responded by scoring 229/4 in 18. 4 overs, capitalizing on excellent half-century hitting from Rohit and Rickelton, to win with eight balls to spare. With just four points and six losses in a row, LSG is still at the bottom of the league.

MI cautiously began their chase of 229, with Rohit and Rickelton leading them to fifty in thirty deliveries. After recovering from a hamstring injury, Rohit entered the game to a roaring ovation and proceeded to smash 21 runs in the sixth over, blasting two fours and two sixes off of Avesh Khan’s attempted yorkers in back-to-back deliveries. On the final ball of the Power-play, Mumbai scored 71 for no loss when the ball just missed the fielder, giving him a close call.

The Hitman crushed Prince Yadav for two sixes in the sixth over, and Rickelton, who hit two sixes and a four, destroyed Impact Substitute Manimaran Siddharth for 23 runs. As they brought Mumbai past the 100-run barrier, Rohit reached his fifty off 27 balls, which included three fours and five sixes, after Rickelton had earlier raised his half-century off 22 balls (4×4, 4×6).

Prior to being out for 83 in the 11th over, the South African hit Mohsin Khan for four and six off consecutive balls, and then he hit a six. In the opening partnership, Rohit and Rickelton scored 143 runs. Josh Inglis ultimately caught Mohsin Khan at cover, giving him the last laugh.

With Tilak Varma, Rohit put up 34 runs for the second wicket before leaving, falling short of a well-deserved century; a few weeks prior, at the same location, he had hit a magnificent century.

Prior to his dismissal, he smashed 84 runs off 44 balls (6×4, 7×6), attempting to push the tempo against Manimaran Siddharth but ultimately only succeeding in giving Mohammed Shami a simple catch in the deep.

The six-time IPL champion hit some beautiful shots, including pulls, flicks, lofts, and drives for boundaries, in a fantastic innings that the crowd cheered.

As they approached 187/2 at the conclusion of the 15th over, Mumbai were still on track for their third win of the year. However, Varma was out after 13 balls, hitting it directly to Aiden Markram off.

Siddharth. In the 16th over, Inglis released Naman Dhir at cover off Siddharth.

In the 17th over, as Mumbai surpassed 200, Dhir hit two consecutive boundaries off Prince Yadav before blasting Mohammed Shami for a fantastic six.

On the very next delivery, after smashing a short and wide one from Shami to the boundary with a late cut, Suryakumar Yadav fell, sending one directly to Nicholas Pooran for 12 runs off 7 balls.

Will Jacks’ ten runs off four balls, which included the six that secured a morale-boosting win, were backed by Dhir’s 23 runs off 12 balls.

Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav, who was captaining the Mumbai Indians in the absence of Hardik Pandya, who was sidelined due to back spasms, had invited LSG to bat first. The team’s comeback from 29/1, following the early loss of Josh Inglis (13), began in the fourth over, when Marsh smashed Jasprit Bumrah for one six and two fours, one of which was off a no-ball.

After scoring 20 runs off Will Jacks in the following over, which included two sixes and a four, Pooran hit the ground running. As LSG scored 90/1 in the Power-play, Pooran hit Ghazanfar for two sixes and a four in the sixth over, which went for 19 runs.

The West Indian dasher blasted to his half-century off 16 balls, hitting one four and seven sixes as Pooran and Marsh smashed 94 runs in five overs beginning from the fourth.

The Mumbai Indians’ fortunes changed in the thrilling 9th over when Corbin Bosch dealt two key blows, following giving up 16 runs in his opening over. In an attempt to lure a short ball, Bosch first paid 63 for the rampaging Pooran (21 balls, 1×4, 8×6) before bringing back Marsh for a 25-ball 44 (25 balls, 4×4, 3×6).

Akshat Raghuwanshi was caught by leggie Raghu Sharma off his own bowling for a 7-ball 11, while skipper Pant squeezed back to Rickelton off Will Jacks for a 10-ball 15 (1×4, 1×6), continuing LSG’s struggles.

In the 13th over, the Lucknow Super Giants, who had been cruising at 123/1 at the end of the eighth over, fell to 160/5.

After Bumrah caught Himmat Singh behind off a no-ball, MI responded with a few calm overs.

Markram and Himmat lifted LSG above the 200-run threshold by hitting 50 of their partnership’s 32 balls. Markram remained undefeated on 31 off 25 (1×4, 1×6), while Himmat Singh scored some courageous shots en route to 40 not out (31 balls, 2×4, 2×6). Together, they put up 68 runs for the incomplete sixth wicket partnership as LSG set a difficult total.

Brief scores:
Lucknow Super Giants 228/5 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 63, Mitchell Marsh 44, Himmat Singh 40 not out, Aiden Markram 31 not out; Corbin Bosch 2-20, Raghu Sharma 1-36)
Mumbai Indians229/4 in 18.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 84, Ryan Rickelton 83, Naman Dhir 23 not out; Manimaran Siddharth 2-47)