Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant had no answers about how his side lost the plot despite making a blazing start (90\/1 in six overs) and went down to the Mumbai Indians in Match 47 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pant admitted that they fell around 10-15 runs short, considering the way they started, and in the end could only seek some luck for his team and better efforts by his boys in the remaining matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The way we started, we should have definitely gotten more runs. They bowled well, used to these conditions. Definitely, we were short 10-15 runs, 220-230 wickets for shot," Pant told the broadcasters in the post-match presentation on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Put into bat, Nicholas Pooran blazed to a 16-ball half-century as he smashed 63 runs off 21 balls, and Mitchell Marsh blasted 44 off 25 as they took LSG to 90\/1 at the end of Power-play. But both set batters fell in one eventful over, bowled by Corbin Bosch, and though LSG survived a middle-order collapse to post a challenging 228\/5, it did not prove enough in the end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mumbai Indians capitalised on brilliant batting by half-centuries by Rohit and Rickelton and reached 229\/4 in 18.4 overs to win with eight balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pant said he would not blame his bowlers for not defending 228 on this wicket. "We had an edge over them. On a wicket like this, you can't blame bowlers; they've been doing a great job," said the wicketkeeper-batter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mumbai Indians capitalised on brilliant batting by half-centuries by Rohit and Rickelton and reached 229\/4 in 18.4 overs to win with eight balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We need some good luck, man...It'll take more effort from us, for sure," said Pant as he maintained a positive attitude despite the heartbreaking defeat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n