India, April 5 -- It was strange, bizarre and, to some extent, even weird last few overs in the Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2025 match at the Ekana Stadium on Friday. You almost had to rub your eyes or pinch yourself to believe what was happening. In the 19th over, MI took the unpopular decision of retiring out Tilak Varma and bringing Mitchell Santner in the middle when 24 runs were needed in 7 balls. Even as fans and experts tried to find logic in the 'bizarre' decision, MI captain Hardik Pandya added another chapter to it by turning down a single in the last over to keep strike when they needed 14 off 4 balls. If Santner had been sent to hit the big shots in place of Tilak, then would Hardik have denied a single? What wa...