TATA IPL Match 40: Rahul, Mukesh star in Delhi's sixth win

Delhi Capitals registered their sixth win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 as they beat Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday.

Match Summary

Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Match 40, Indian Premier League

Lucknow Super Giants 159/6 (20 ov)

Delhi Capitals 161/2 (17.5 ov)

Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets

SCORECARD

Match Analysis

Asked to bat, Lucknow posted 159 for six, which Delhi chased with 13 balls to spare.

Lucknow had a brilliant start to their innings as both the openers in Aiden Markram (52:33b, 2x4, 3x6) and Mitchell Marsh (46:36b, 3x4, 1x6) batted superbly on a slow track. The duo added 87 runs for the opening partnership but after that Delhi pulled back things incredibly well.

They lost four wickets quickly after that and were left reeling at 110 for four. Ayush Badoni (36:21b, 6x4) played a magnificent hand down the order that powered Lucknow to the total of 159 for six.

Chasing the target, Delhi lost Karun Nair early but Abishek Porel (51:36b, 5x4, 1x6) and KL Rahul (57 not out:42b, 3x4, 3x6) eased the things with their brilliant partnership.

The duo stitched 69 runs for the second wicket with both slamming superb half-centuries. Later, skipper Axar Patel (34 not out:20b, 1x4, 4x6) hit some lusty blows as Delhi chased the target with eight wickets in hand.

Match Stats

Lucknow Super Giants Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Aiden Markram - 9.6 ov), 2-99 (Nicholas Pooran - 11.2 ov), 3-107 (Abdul Samad - 13.2 ov), 4-110 (Mitchell Marsh - 13.6 ov), 5-159 (Ayush Badoni - 19.4 ov), 6-159 (Rishabh Pant - 19.6 ov)

Delhi Capitals Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Karun Nair - 3.4 ov), 2-105 (Abishek Porel - 11.5 ov)

Playing XI

Lucknow Super Giants

• Mitchell Marsh
• Aiden Markram
• Nicholas Pooran
• Rishabh Pant(WK/C)
• David Miller
• Abdul Samad
• Shardul Thakur
• Prince Yadav
• Digvesh Singh
• Ravi Bishnoi
• Avesh Khan

Delhi Capitals

• Abishek Porel
• Karun Nair
• KL Rahul(WK)
• Axar Patel(C)
• Tristan Stubbs
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Vipraj Nigam
• Mitchell Starc
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Mukesh Kumar
• Dushmantha Chameera

Match Details

Date - 2025-04-22 14:00:00

Venue - Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Toss - Delhi Capitals elected to bowl

Umpires - Kaushik Gandhi (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India TV)

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