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When Giants Fall: The Story of MI and LSG's

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There is no sport where giants fall from their thrones quicker than in cricket, particularly in its shortest format. There were few stories in IPL 2026 more interesting, and also sadder, than that of two franchises that genuinely thought they were destined to go all the way this year only to have it all fall apart. Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants currently sit eighth and ninth on the points table respectively, and tonight at Wankhede Stadium you can see live on Shiva Online Book . Mumbai Indians The campaign of Mumbai Indians itself started with the bad omen which big teams hardly ever plan to have: the injury of Rohit Sharma. The man who led MI to five IPL trophies, the former India captain, went down early in the season, with a hamstring issue, and the franchise is not quite back on its feet. What ensued was a tumultuous reconfiguring of the batting order - several combinations of opening batting was attempted and ...

Revenge or Repeat? GT vs RCB at the IPL 2026

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  Friday night match 42 of the IPL 2026 comes at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad that has all the makings of a real rematch. Only six days back on April 24, 2026 in the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans had recorded a mighty 205 for 3 - a figure that was daunting- any ground. It was broken by Royal Challengers Bengaluru easily. Virat Kohli was hitting a sensational 81 off 44 and Devdutt Padikkal was also hitting a 55 off 27 and a late cameo by Krunal Pandya topped everything with five wickets in the pocket and seven balls to spare. RCB pursued 206, like a Sunday afternoon knock. Tonight, Gujarat Titans take into their embrace of the home fortress the largest cricket stadium in the world and seek to avenge. This rematch is brought to greater urgency by the points table. RCB sit second with 12 points after playing 8 matches, with a powerful net run rate of +1.919, and acting as the real champions as the...