75, 70 and 44; these are the scores for Nicholas Pooran who is the proud owner of the orange cap scoring 189 runs in 3 innings at a strike rate in excess of 200 while top-scoring for LSG on all those 3 occasions. He won't be able to do so tonight though as the MI skipper Hardik Pandya has undone him with a smart piece of bowling. A well-directed slower bouncer to Pooran who had already hit a six and a four in the previous over against Santner and Pooran failed to control it resulting in a simple catch for Deepak Chahar at short fine. Also Read | MI and their fans received a big blow as Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the clash against LSG On one end of the spectrum is Pooran and on the other end is the LSG skipper Rishabh Pant who has had a horror time with the bat so far. He registered scores of 0,15 and 2 in the three matches so far and his rut with the bat has continued as he has gone cheaply once again, just scoring 2 off 6 balls before he looked to turn a Pandya slower ball into the leg side but could only get it to mid-off off a leading edge. Now, Pant has 19 runs in 4 innings who is the most expensive player in the IPL history having been bought by LSG for INR 27 Cr earlier in the year in the mega auction. Watch the video here 👇 Hardik Pandya wins the battle of captains 💙Rishabh Pant departs courtesy of an excellent catch by Corbin Bosch! 🔥Updates ▶️ https://t.co/HHS1Gsaw71#TATAIPL | #LSGvMI | @mipaltan | @hardikpandya7 pic.twitter.com/bntlAsAx0P — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 4, 2025 LSG stumble after a rollicking start It was a power-packed start for LSG courtesy Mitchell Marsh who raced off to a fifty in just 27 balls within the first six, as they got to 69/0 at the end of the powerplay which was just the second instance of a team going through the powerplay without losing a wicket in this year's IPL. Marsh got out at the end of the 7th over to the young left-arm wrist spinner Vignesh Puthur after scoring 60 off 31 balls and then Pandya's twin strikes have pegged them back to 108/3 at the end of 11 overs with opener Markram and new batter Badoni now needing to bring LSG back on track.