Nicholas Pooran Blasts 16-Ball Fifty Against Mumbai Indians

nicholas pooran ended the pressure with pace. He raced to a 16-ball half-century and finished on 63 off 21 balls for Lucknow Super Giants against Mumbai Indians on Monday, May 5, 2026. The innings came at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and flipped a recent slump into the night’s defining batting spell.

Pooran at No. 3

Pooran came in at No. 3 after Josh Inglis fell early to Allah Ghazanfar, and he did not take long to take control. He struck one four and eight sixes, with Mitchell Marsh joining him in a 94-run stand that kept the scoring rate moving before Corbin Bosch ended the innings.

The attack on spin came first. Will Jacks and Ghazanfar were both targeted, and Pooran also found boundaries off Deepak Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah as Lucknow Super Giants built their total at speed.

Wankhede Stadium Pressure

Before this match, Pooran had 82 runs from eight games at an average of 10.25. He had scored nine against Kolkata Knight Riders in Lucknow a week earlier, then fell for a duck in the Super Over against them as Sunil Narine took the wicket.

That stretch also included his third IPL duck in Super Overs in as many matches, a run that made Monday’s response look sharper. Dale Steyn had said LSG should not have sent him in for the Super Over, and Pooran answered in the best way possible with a fast start against Mumbai Indians.

Corbin Bosch Takes the Catch

Bosch dismissed Pooran with a short ball on leg-stump, and Ryan Rickelton completed the catch behind the stumps after Pooran gloved it through. By then, the damage had already been done: 63 runs, 21 balls, and a 16-ball fifty that gave Lucknow Super Giants the sort of top-order burst they had been missing from him in the previous week.

For a batter who had arrived with 82 runs from eight matches, the turnaround was blunt and immediate. Pooran’s innings gave LSG a fast scoring base against Mumbai Indians, and it offered a clean answer to the form line that had followed him into Wankhede.