Delhi: In the 40th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) unilaterally. In this match, Delhi wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 57 runs against his old team, scoring a brilliant half -century. In bowling, Mukesh Kumar took 4 wickets in a tremendous performance. Batting first, the Lucknow team could score only 159 runs, while Delhi lost 2 wickets and completed this target in 17.5 overs. KL Rahul ended the match by hitting a six.
Bowling control
Talking about the match, Akshar Patel said that although the team did not take the initial wickets, he was still controlling the bowling. As soon as two quick wickets were received, the team’s momentum changed and all the bowlers stopped the opposition team within 160 runs.
Bowling strategy
Akshar told that he is struggling with a minor injury, due to which he was not able to bowl more in the last few matches. But he felt good in this match and he bowled initially. He also said that he changes the bowlers keeping the match-ups in mind and all the bowlers followed his strategy well.
Batting according to your strength
Akshar also said that he always bats according to his strength, whether he is batting in any order. Whenever he played the bowler well, he has got success, and now he is feeling confident about his batting.
Need to improve fielding
Akshar finally admitted that the team’s fielding needs to be improved. He informed that the catches dropped in the upcoming important matches can be very important, so the team needs to improve the fielding further.
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