Josh Inglis joins Lucknow Super Giants ahead of MI match on May 4

Australian keeper-batter Josh Inglis flew into Mumbai to link up with Lucknow Super Giants before their May 4 clash against Mumbai Indians. LSG snapped him up for INR 8.6 crore at auction after Punjab Kings released him over personal reasons — he steps in for Matthew Breetzke, who headed home for family issues. Inglis brings 278 IPL runs at over 162 strike rate, and he's handled Jasprit Bumrah well before.

LSG have just two wins from eight and four points, stuck near the bottom with MI. They lost their last one to KKR in a super over after both sides made 155. Now Inglis is here to fire up the middle order and shore up the keeping as they chase playoffs. MI sit on four points too after dropping games to CSK and SRH, while LSG need to hit 16-17 points from their remaining matches to have a shot, based on past trends.

LSG shelled out big on Inglis's experience for a late run — his past work against MI's quicks makes this a pointed roll of the dice.