DC’s Dominant Batting Performance and Ishant’s Phenomenal Bowling sealed victory over Lucknow Super Giants at Home .

64TH IPL MATCH BETWEEN DELHI CAPITALS AND LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS :

The 64Th IPL matchup was unfolding between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, which had its venue at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi on May 14, 2024! Lucknow Super Giants, they won the tossing and decided to goes on bowling first.

Teams :

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI ):
Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (he’s w/c), Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar de Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, and Khaleel Ahmed.

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI):
KL Rahul (w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan.

Impactful Substitutes for each teams:

Delhi Capitals Impact Subs:
Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Swastik Chikara, Lalit Yadav.

Lucknow Super Giants Impactful Subs:
Manimaran Siddharth, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham.

FIRST INNING:
Arshad Khan most alarmingly took out the most dangerous Jake Fraser-McGurk of Delhi capitals in his first over. Then Abishek Porel and Shai Hope managed somehow good partnership in field. Abishek Has been the so-called finder for Delhi this IPL. Good bat controlling was done by Shai Hope, Together they heap 92 runs in partnership and brought  the team to a better stand. Shai Hope’s wicket got snapped by Ravi Bishnoi with a stunning catch done by KL Rahul. Abishek Porel scored 58 in 33 balls, included are 5 fours and 4 sixes. Rishab Pant along with Tristan Stubbs, The Capitals Skipper, They pushed the team’s score to climaxes. Tristan  showed excellence in Death Overs and hammered 57 from 25 balls with inclusion of 3 fours and quad-sixes. Delhi Capital final score was 208 for 4. Naveen-ul-Haq got 2 wickets. Arshad Khan along Ravi grabbed one wicket each .

SECOND INNING:
DC got a push start from Ishant Sharma by taking the wicket of KL Rahul in his very first over; followed with the wickets of De Kock and Deepak Hooda in his subsequent overs.  Lucknow Super Giants Kept Losing wickets, However, Nicholas Pooran were not in defend mood and Began hitting the ball all over the field . Pooran Scored 61 from 27, hitting a half-dozen fours and 4 sixes. Had Pooran been supported by other batters, the ending of the game might swung for LSG. Arshad Khan was pretty good, the Bat and Bowl both! Who had guesses that Lower order of LSG could spring surprises into this game and stir it an excitement bowl, was truly hitting Boundary Without much of a support from another LSG Batters. Arshad stood alone, still hopes alive for playoff playing and managed scoring 58 from 33 balls, marked by 3 fours and 5 sixes. Alas, LSG Missed the Target. Khaleel, Axar, Mukesh, Kuldeep, and Stubbs each managed a wicket.

Ishant Sharma was declared the Player of the Match for his superb Bowling! Performance that were solid against LSG includes: Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishab Pant, and Tristan Stubbs. Now with even slim chances for Playoffs, the Delhi Capitals Sit at a 5th place in the points Table. It’s their ultimate game of season and last home game too.

On the other hand, deciding bowling first by LSG Turned to be a erroneous step. Only pooran and Arshad showed their mettle with bat and in bowling Side of LSG were under performance. With economical bowling Done by Mohsin and Ravi Bishnoi. LSG’s position in the Point Table is Seventh. Only Fighter With both Bat and Ball was Arshad Khan from LSG. The Chances for LSG to hit the Play offs are at a dismal 0.2%.