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Delhi Capitals got much needed win under their belt as they beat Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets in a Tata IPL 2024 encounter in Lucknow. It was the second win for the Delhi Capitals in the tournament.
Lucknow Super Giants Skipper K L Rahul won the toss and opted to bat first. K L Rahul’s move appeared to have backfired as LSG lost wickets regular intervals . Quinton de Kock fell for ( 19) , Devdutt Padikkal continued his horror run out for 3.
LSG Skipper Kl Rahul looked in his fluent best and set for big one but he fell for 39 ( 22 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) . Marcus Stoinis after he was dropped on zero failed to capitalise out for 8 . Nicholas Pooran bowled by a beauty from Kuldeep Yadav for 0 . Impact player Deepak Hooda did not score much out for 10 . Krunal Pandya ( 3).
LSG were tottering at 94-7, 13 overs. But thanks to Ayush Badoni not out 55 ( 35 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Arshad Khan 20 ( 16 balls , 2 fours), LSG managed to reach a respectable 167/ 7 in their 20 overs.
DC bowling figures were : Kuldeep Yadav was superb with 3/ 20 ( 4 overs) , Khaleel Ahmed 2/ 41 ( 4 overs), Ishant Sharma 1/ 36 ( 4 overs), Mukesh Kumar 1/ 41 (4 overs), Axar Patel 0/ 26 ( 4 overs)
In Reply, Delhi Capitals who are desperate for win having won only one of their 5 matches so far lost David Warner early for 8. His fellow opener Prithvi Shaw scored 32 ( 22 balls , 6 fours) . Making his IPL debut Jake Fraser-McGurk impressed with an attacking 55 ( 35 balls, 3 fours, 5 sixes) . Skipper Rishabh Pant 41 ( 24 balls 3 fours, 3 sixes) . But Pant and Jake fell soon after .
Tristan Stubbs not out 15 ( 9 balls, 1 six) and Shai Hope 11 ( 10 balls 1 four) not out saw DC home by six wickets finishing at 170/ 4 in 18.1 overs. Stubbs hitting the winning shot for a six.
LSG bowling : Arshad Khan 0/ 34 ( 3.1 over), Naveen-ul-Haq 1/ 24 ( 3 overs), Yash Thakur 1/ 31 ( 4 overs), Krunal Pandya 0/ 45 ( 3 overs), Ravi Bishnoi 2/ 25 ( 4 overs), Marcus Stoinis 0/ 10 ( 1 over)
Match: IPL 2024, 26th Match
Venue: Lucknow | Date: April 12, 2024
