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.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2025 40th Match: In IPL 2025, there will be a match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals today. This match will be played at the Home Ground Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The performance of Delhi Capitals has been quite spectacular so far this season, while this season has been mixed for Lucknow.

In IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants have played 8 matches so far. During this time he has won five matches and has lost in 3 matches. The team is at number five in the points table. Talking about Delhi, the points are second in the table. Delhi has played seven matches so far, in which it has won five matches, while losing two matches.

Talking about the head to head, there has been a thorn competition between Delhi and Lucknow. Both teams have clashed 6 times in IPL so far. During this time, Delhi won three matches and Lucknow has won in the same number of matches.

Lucknow pitch report

Two types of pitches have been seen in Lucknow this season. One pitch is quite slow, then the other pitch is suitable for batsmen. Now the thing to see will be on which pitch will the match between Lucknow and Delhi be played. If the match is held on a red earthen pitch, then a high scoring match is expected. The dew will not have an effect, yet the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

Potential playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants- Aden Markram, Michelle Marsh, Nicholas Puran, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav/Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Aesh Khan

Impact Player- Ayush Badoni

Potential playing XI of Delhi Capitals- Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Truston Stabs, Akshar Patel (Captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vaulz Corporation, Michel Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Mukesh Kumar

Impact Player- Donovan Ferrera