LSG vs MI: Hardik became the first captain to take five wickets in an IPL match, gave his best performance in T20..

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya performed brilliantly in the IPL 2025 match against Lucknow Super Giants. Hardik took five wickets in the match and became the first captain to complete a five-wicket haul in an IPL match. Batting first in this match, Lucknow scored 203 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs.

Lucknow gave a target of 204 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants gave a target of 204 runs to Mumbai Indians with the help of half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram. Mumbai won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. Marsh and Markram scored half-centuries, which helped the Lucknow team to score a big score. Captain Hardik Pandya bowled brilliantly for Mumbai and took five wickets for 36 runs in four overs. However, he could not stop Lucknow from touching the score of 200 runs.

Leaving behind the previous record
Hardik created history in the IPL based on his brilliant spell and became the first captain to take five wickets in a match. Before him, no captain has done the feat of taking five wickets in a match in the IPL. With this, Hardik also gave his best performance in T20 cricket with the ball. Before this, his best performance in the shortest format of the game was taking four wickets for 16 runs against New Zealand in a match played in Ahmedabad in 2023.

Hardik equals Kumble
Hardik has also equaled former legendary spinner Anil Kumble with this. Hardik has become the second bowler to take the most wickets in IPL as a captain. Hardik has taken 30 wickets as a captain. Kumble has also taken the same number of wickets in IPL as a captain. The record for taking the most wickets in IPL as a captain is held by Shane Warne who took 57 wickets.

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