Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Match Overview
Delhi Capitals (DC) faced Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the fourth match of the Indian Premier League 2025 on Monday, March 24, at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
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Toss & Team Lineups
Toss Result: Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl.
Playing XIs: Here’s the playing 11 of both teams from this game:
Delhi Capitals
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel (wk), Sameer Rizvi , Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Manimaran Siddharth
First Innings: Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran guide LSG to 200-plus total
Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh opened the innings for LSG and added 46 runs for the first wicket in 4.4 overs. Markram was dismissed after scoring 15 runs off 13 deliveries. Nicholas Pooran joined Marsh in the middle and the duo started a carnage. They had a partnership of 87 runs for the second wicket. Marsh scored 72 runs off 36 deliveries, while Pooran made 75 runs off 30 deliveries.
David Miller remained unbeaten on 27 runs off 19 deliveries. No other batter managed to make a double-digit score for LSG. The team finished with 209 runs for the loss of eight wickets on the board. Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers and took three wickets for 42 runs in four overs.
Second Innings: Ashutosh Sharma’s finishing skills helped DC win their opening game
DC lost their first three wickets for just seven runs. They lost two more wickets when the scorecard read 65 runs. The lower middle-order came to the rescue for the team. Skipper Axar Patel, along with Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, and Vipraj Nigam took the team home.
Ashutosh emerged as the hero for DC and remained unbeaten on 66 runs off 31 deliveries. He hit a six off the third delivery of the 20th over to seal the game for DC. DC won the match by one wicket.
Key Moments & Turning Points
The arrival of Vipraj Nigam and his partnership with Ashutosh changed the course of the match. Tristan Stubbs was dismissed in the 13th over after scoring 34 runs off 22 deliveries. He was the sixth player to depart and it looked like the match was over.
Nigam joined Ashutosh in the middle and suddenly another twist was added to the game. The duo collected 17 runs in the 14th over bowled by Ravi Bishnoi and 15 runs from the 15th over bowled by Shahbaz Ahmed. Prince Yadav came to bowl the 16th over of the game and gave away 20 runs.
Vipraj was dismissed on the first delivery of the 17th over but Ashutosh Sharma kept hitting the ball across the park. Ashutosh’s grit helped DC maintain their winning streak against LSG that started with two wins last season.
Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Top Performers of the Match
Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
- Pooran scored his 10th half-century in the IPL in this match.
- He scored 75 runs off 30 deliveries and hit six boundaries and seven sixes.
Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals)
- Starc was the most successful bowler in the match.
- He took three wickets for 42 runs in four overs.
Player of the Match
Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals)
- Ashutosh played a match-winning knock of 66 runs off 31 deliveries and remained unbeaten.
- He won his first Player of the Match award in IPL.
Match Statistics & Records
- It was only the fifth time that a team won a match by one wicket in the IPL.
Final Thoughts & Takeaways
LSG were without their frontline pacers in this game and it was always difficult for them to defend a total of 209 runs. DC didn’t get the kind of start they would have hoped. Both teams had their share of weaknesses on display and would want to correct them before the next game.
What’s Next?
Delhi Capitals will meet Sunrisers Hyderabad next on Sunday, March 30, at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Lucknow Super Giants will also take on SRH in their next game on Thursday, March 27, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
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