Revealed: Who are the impact players nominated by LSG and MI in match 16 of IPL 2025

In the 16th match of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025), the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are going head-to-head with the Mumbai Indians (MI).

The match between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Mumbai Indians is being hosted by the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, on Friday, April 4.

Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians are riding on the same boat in the Indian Premier League 2025, having won one out of three matches that they have played.

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Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have stayed away from any kind of controversies this season after being surrounded by it in the IPL 2024.

The same can't be said about Lucknow Super Giants as the newly-appointed mentor Zaheer Khan expressed disappointment on the pitch being prepared for a home game, going as far as saying that it felt like it was prepared by a "Punjab curator".

LSG skipper Rishabh Pant has also been under tremendous pressure, and the team owner, Sanjiv Goenka, seemed to have made things even harder for him with heated chats on the ground.

Talking about the IPL head-to-head record, the Lucknow Super Giants and the Mumbai Indians have faced each other in 6 matches with the Super Giants winning five and the 5-time champions winning just one. MI have never defeated LSG in the league stage of the Indian Premier League, which is quite surprising, and they would be looking forward to changing that.

IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians win the toss and opt to bowl

Speaking after winning the toss, Hardik Pandya said that the dew factor played a role in their toss decision. Hardik Pandya said:

"We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a fresh wicket. Not sure how it is going to play. Dew might come in later."

Meanwhile, LSG skipper Rishabh Pant said that they have a strong batting unit and would want to play well in the match. He said:

"I think we are pretty confident as a batting unit. A very strong unit. Few of our players haven't come off including me. We had talked to play in this fashion throughout the tournament. The general discussion is to go our there and express yourself. We haven't talked about target we want to achieve. Just play the ball and watch the ball and react. I think we are pretty confident. The way I have set up myself. Once we get a start, we will capitalize. Just one change for us. Akash Deep comes in for Siddharth."

IPL 2025: List of impact players nominated by LSG and MI

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Tilak Varma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, M Siddharth, Akash Singh.

IPL 2025: LSG vs MI - Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur