In chasing down the target of 178 runs, openers Ishan Kishan (59: 8×4, 1×6 off 39 balls) and Rohit Sharma (37: 1×4, 3×6 off 25 balls) gave Mumbai a good start. The pair put on a partnership of 90 runs for the first wicket in 9.4 overs. But.. both were dismissed within two overs.. and from there, Mumbai began to falter. Suryakumar Yadav (7), Nehal Vadhira (16) and Vishnu Vinod (2) failed. But.. Tim David who played consistently at one end (32 not out: 1×4, 3×6 off 19 balls) tried to win Mumbai. But.. in the end he did not get support from Cameron Green (4 not out: 6 balls). Among the Lucknow bowlers, Ravi Bishnoi and Yash Thakur took two wickets each.. Mosin Khan took one wicket.
Earlier in the match, Lucknow Supergiants, who lost the toss and batted first, scored 177 for 3 after Marcus Stainis (89 not out: 4×4, 8×6 off 47 balls) played aggressively. Captain Krunal Pandya (49 retired hurt: 1×4, 1×6 off 42 balls) also scored a notable score. Among the Mumbai Indians bowlers, Jason Behrendorf took two wickets and Piyush Chawla took one wicket.