Delhi: The 40th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be completely correct. Delhi bowlers performed brilliantly, limiting the Lucknow team to only 159 runs in 20 overs. In response, the Delhi team completed the target in 17.5 overs and won the match with 8 wickets.
First innings game
Lucknow Super Giants scored 159 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs in their innings against Delhi Capitals. The team started a good start, where Eden Markram played a fast innings of 52 runs in 33 balls. Mitchell Marsh also gave a great start to the innings by scoring 45 runs in 36 balls. Nicholas Puran returned to the pavilion after scoring fast runs, he was bowled clean by Mitchell Starc. In the final overs, Ayush Badoni played a crucial innings of 36 runs in 21 balls, while David Miller remained unbeaten after scoring 14 runs. Captain Rishabh Pant was dismissed for zero.
The most spectacular performance from Delhi was done by fast bowler Mukesh Kumar. He took 4 important wickets for just 34 runs in his four -over spell and did not allow Lucknow’s innings to be recovered. His bowling completely shocked LSG’s middle order. Apart from Mukesh, Mitchell Starc took 1 wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs, while Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel also bowled down.
Dealling wickets and run pace
Abdul Samad (3 runs) was dismissed in 13.2 overs, Mitchell Marsh (for 110) in 13.6 overs. After this, Ayush Badoni (for 159 runs) in 19.4 overs and Rishabh Pant also returned to the pavilion once again in 19.4 overs.
Delhi had a target of 160 runs
Delhi’s victory
Openers Abhishek Porel and Karun Nair made a brilliant start for Delhi Capitals to back down to the target of 160 runs, but both soon returned to the pavilion. Karun Nair was dismissed by Aidan Markram after scoring 15 runs, while Abhishek Porel scored an innings of 51 runs.
Rahul and Akshar Patel’s great performance
Subsequently, captain Akshar Patel and wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul completely turned the match in Delhi’s favor. Rahul scored 57 runs and led his team to win, while Akshar Patel played an unbeaten innings of 34 runs. Together, the two won the Lucknow bowlers and won the team.
Target
Delhi Capitals easily achieved the target of 160 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in just 17.5 overs. In this match, KL Rahul also completed the fastest 5000 runs in the IPL as soon as he scored a half -century and finally won the team by hitting a six.
Lucknow bowling
For Lucknow Super Giants, Shardul Thakur gave 28 runs in 4 overs, but he could not get the wicket. At the same time, Ravi Bishnoi conceded 36 runs in 2 overs, and Aidan Markram was the most successful bowler for Lucknow, he took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 3 overs.
Playing XI of both teams
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) |
|---|---|
| Abhishek Porel | Aden marikram |
| Karun Nair | Michelle Marsh |
| KL Rahul (wicketkeeper) | Nicholas puran |
| Triston Stabs | Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain) |
| Akshar Patel (Captain) | David miller |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Abdul samad |
| Vipraj corporation | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Michel Starc | Shardul Thakur |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Prince Yadav |
| Dushmantha Chameera | Digvesh Singh Rathi |
| Mukesh Kumar | Avesh Khan |
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