LSG vs DC IPL 2026 5th Match Highlights: In the fifth league match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets. Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs made important contributions in helping the team win. Both of them made a partnership of 119* (76 balls) for the fifth wicket. Sameer Rizvi played the biggest innings for the team and scored 70* runs in 47 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. During this period, Prince Yadav took maximum 2 wickets for Lucknow.

In the match, Delhi won the toss and decided to bowl. Lucknow team, which came to bat first, was all out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs. Abdul Samad played the biggest innings for the team and scored 36 runs in 25 balls. During this period, Lungi Andigi and T Natarajan took maximum 3-3 wickets in their account for Delhi. In the run chase, Delhi won in 17.1 overs. Delhi got this victory when they had lost 4 wickets at the score of 26 runs.

Delhi stuck in the beginning of run chase

While chasing the runs, Delhi team seemed stuck in the beginning. In the powerplay, the team had lost 4 wickets after scoring only 33 runs. During this time, KL Rahul (00), Nitish Rana (15), Pathum Nissanka (01) and Akshar Patel (00) had returned to the pavilion for the team. From here the team’s victory started looking very difficult.

After 4 wickets fell early, Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs started partnership for the fifth wicket. Both of them handled the innings well together. As the innings progressed, both of them increased their pace and gradually helped the team cross the victory line.

Lucknow bowling

Prince Yadav took the maximum number of wickets in his account for Lucknow. During this he spent 20 runs in 3 overs. Apart from this, Mohammed Shami and Mohsin Khan took 1 wicket each. Shami spent 28 runs in 4 overs and Mohsin spent 19 runs in 4 overs.

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Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals will start their IPL 2026 campaign today. The clash between the two will take place at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Rishabh Pant’s previous edition was very bad, but in the last match he scored a brilliant century (118). Pant would like to prove his value this time, he was bought by LSG for Rs 27 crore. On the other hand, the captaincy of DC is in the hands of Akshar Patel, both the teams have not been able to win the IPL title till date. Know when and where the live telecast of today’s match will be held, know how to watch the match for free.

There have been a total of 7 matches between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals so far, out of which DC has won 4 and LSG has won 3 matches. Lucknow’s highest score against Delhi is 209 and Delhi’s highest score against Lucknow is 211 runs.

What time will the LSG vs DC match start?

The match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. The match will start at 7:30 pm, toss will take place at 7 pm.

Where will the LSG vs DC match be telecast live?

The live telecast of Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals match will be on the channel of Star Sports Network. IPL matches will be telecast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada.

On which app to watch LSG vs DC live match?

Live streaming of IPL 2026 matches is happening on JioHotstar app and website.

How to watch LSG vs DC match live for free?

DD Free Dish users can watch Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals match live for free. DD Free Dish users can watch the live match by visiting Star Utsav Movies channel.

How will the weather be in Lucknow today?

There may be drizzle in this match to be held between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals. According to the weather report, there is a 5 percent chance of rain, although there is very little chance that it will have any impact on the match.

In the Indian Premier League match played on Tuesday, Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets. Chasing the small target of 142 runs, Delhi’s 4 wickets had fallen at the score of just 26, then it seemed that Lucknow could win. But after this, Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs made a brilliant partnership and did not let the wicket fall, Rizvi played an unbeaten inning of 70 runs and Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs. Rizvi was chosen player of the match.

Delhi had a bad start

While chasing 142 runs, Delhi Capitals had a very bad start, Mohammed Shami dismissed KL Rahul on the very first ball. After this, Nitish Rana (18) became the victim of Mohsin Khan in the fourth over. After the fall of 2 wickets, Sameer Rizvi came as an impact player, but due to the fall of 2 consecutive wickets at the other end, the pressure on Delhi increased. Pathum Nissanka (1) and Axar Patel (0) were dismissed by Prince Yadav in the same over (5th).

Sameer Rizvi played the match winning innings

When 4 wickets of Delhi Capitals fell at the score of just 26, then it seemed that Lucknow Super Giants can win the match despite the small score. But after this, Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs did not let any wicket fall. Rizvi knows this pitch well, this was visible in his batting also. Rizvi scored unbeaten 70 runs in 47 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 5 fours. Stubbs scored unbeaten 39 runs in 32 balls.

LSG was stranded at 141

Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant started the innings, but captain Pant (7) was unfortunately run out. He was standing on non-strike, a shot played by Marsh hit the bowler’s hand and hit the stumps. After this Aiden Markram was out after scoring 11 runs, he was bowled by Akshar Patel. Ayush Badoni could not even open his account today. Whereas explosive batsman Nicholas Puran could score only 8 runs today, he was bowled by Lungi Ngidi.

Marsh played an important inning of 35 runs in 28 balls, in which he hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. Abdul Samad scored 36 runs in 25 balls with the help of 1 six and 3 fours. Shahbaz Ahmed, who came as an impact player, remained unbeaten after scoring 15 runs in 16 balls. The entire Lucknow team was all out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs.

For Delhi, Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 3.4 overs. T Natarajan took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Kuldeep Yadav got 2 wickets and Akshar Patel got 1 wicket.

Lucknow Super Giants playing 11

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Enrique Norkhia, Prince Yadav.

Delhi Capitals playing 11

KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel (captain), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.

LSG vs DC Head to Head

Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals have faced each other a total of 7 times so far. Has won Delhi 4 times and Lucknow 3 times. Lucknow’s biggest score against Delhi is 209 runs. 211 runs is Delhi’s highest score against Lucknow.

ekana stadium pitch report

The bowlers get help at Ekana Stadium, it is not easy for the batsmen to score runs here. Slow bowling is effective here, hence the role of spinners will be important today. Delhi captain Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav would like to take advantage of this. If the team batting first reaches 200, then chasing the target will not be easy here.

Lucknow Super Giants Squad

Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Matthew Britzke, Josh Inglis, Mayank Prabhu Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Himmat Singh, Mukul Chaudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Enrique Norkhia, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami.

Delhi Capitals Squad

Axar Patel (captain), Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Prithvi Shaw, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Madhav Tiwary, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Tripura Vijay, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, Aaqib Nabi Dar.

IPL 2026 LSG vs DC 1st Innings Report: In the fifth league match of IPL 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are on the field. In the match being played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Lucknow, batting first, was all out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs. Abdul Samad played the biggest innings for the team and scored 36 runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan took maximum 3-3 wickets for Delhi.

Lucknow did not get a good start. The team had lost the first wicket on the score of just 19 runs. During this period the team had played 3 overs. Moving forward, Lucknow had put 48 runs on the board at the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. The team lost the third wicket in the very next over of the powerplay. In this way, losing wickets continuously became very difficult for Lucknow.

Lucknow’s innings condition

Mitchell Marsh, who opened for Lucknow, was the second highest scorer. Marsh scored 35 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Out of the 11 batsmen who came on the field for the team, 6 could not even cross the double figures. The inability of any batsman to stay at the crease for long became a problem for Lucknow and the team could not even cross the total of 150 runs.

Delhi’s brilliant bowling

Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan, who took the maximum 3-3 wickets for the team, spent 27 runs in 3.4 overs and 29 runs in 4 overs respectively. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets in his name. Kuldeep spent 31 runs in 4 overs. Rest captain Akshar Patel took 1 wicket in his bag. Akshar gave 17 runs in 3 overs. No Delhi bowler spent runs with an economy of more than 8.

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Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant opened in his first match of IPL 2026. In the match against Delhi Capitals, he came to open the innings with Mitchell Marsh, but returned to the pavilion after scoring only 7 runs. This was heartbreaking for him and his team, because he was not out by playing a bad shot or on a good ball, but he was run out due to bad luck.

Delhi Capitals bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled the third over, Mitchell Marsh was on strike to play the last ball of this over. Mukesh bowled the ball, on which Marsh played a shot towards the front. The ball was in the air, Mukesh had a chance to catch it but the ball missed his hand. Marsh got a lease of life, but the ball missed and went straight to the wicket. Rishabh Pant, standing on non-strike, was ahead of the crease, he was run out.

RUN OUT DRAMA: Absolute bad luck for Rishabh Pant

Captain Rishabh Pant departs for 7 (9) in the most unfortunate way
Cricket can be brutal sometimes#IPL2026 #pants #RunOut #DCvLSG #Delhicapitals #DC #LSG #cricket #IPL

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— Anurag Singh (@anurag_ce) April 1, 2026

While returning from the field to the pavilion, disappointment along with anger was seen on Rishabh Pant’s face. Pant was in a new role, it was surprising that he came to bat before Aiden Markram. However, due to bad luck, he got out cheaply.

Rishabh Pant reaction after unfortunately run out dismissed in the non strike. pic.twitter.com/9SH5OmqdVh

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Lucknow collapsed at 141

Aiden Markram, who came after Pant’s dismissal, was also out after scoring 11 runs, he was bowled by Akshar Patel. Ayush Badoni could not even open his account, Nicholas Puran could also score only 8 runs. Mitchell Marsh (35) and Abdul Samad (36) played important innings. Batting first, the entire team of Lucknow Super Giants was bundled out for 141 runs. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan took 3-3 wickets for Delhi Capitals.