- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.3 Kuldeep's been floating it up, has taken a few big hits... and now he bears fruit! It's slow as ever through the air, and just spins away from the batter and is closer to him than Marsh might have accounted for. It was a googly, too. Marsh's bat twists in his hand and he mistimes this in the air. Stubbs pouches this at mid-off 71/52.6 MUKESH IS RUNNING OFF, Tahir-style! What's happened here!? Marsh drills a drive off a good length straight down the pitch. Too straight, in fact, because Mukesh gets a hand on it and the ball ricochets into the stumps. Pant is out of his crease, and what an unfortunate way to be dismissed... 19/15.5 Now THAT'S a comeback! Axar bowls this one quicker, pulls back the length and pushes it to the off stump line. Markram goes for another big swing after opening up his front foot. But the ball rifles through to the stumps and lights up the bails 48/26.3 Badoni departs without scoring! Natarajan angles this away from the batter after landing it on a length, outside off. Badoni has no idea how to play at that as he just goes for a wild slow, and KL collects behind the stumps 49/38.5 That's almost vintage Bravo, but somehow better! Ball of the tournament so far, really. Pooran goes on the front foot, trying to play this full ball down into the off-side. But Ngidi has disguised his off-cutter to perfection. It floats through the air, impossibly slow, and somehow, sneaks past Pooran's bat and rattles his stumps. Magical T20 bowling, this 65/417.3 That rockets... straight to Miller at long-off! That was travelling at pace, very flat, Miller must've been taken aback. He was a few feet in the ropes, was leaning back as the ball came, then took it reverse-cupped. Took a step or two back as he got carried by the momentum. Was a slot ball in the hitting range, Samad drove it hard with a full follow-through 138/713.1 Leading edge lollipops back to the bowler 87ks stock ball on a fullish length, Choudhary got his weight forward and tried to nudge it to the leg side. Closed the bat-face too early. Kuldeep didn't have to move much 105/617.6 Right up, taken at cover point. Low full toss swerving away towards the base of off stump. Shami cleared the front leg and looked to go over cover. Got it off the bottom of the bat 140/818.3 Nortje's into the shot too early, goes through with it. Long-off takes it. Pitched right up, just outside off. Nortje wound up big, took a small, straight stride and tried to munch a lofted drive down the ground. 141/918.4 Another slower ball... ends the innings! Very full, just outside off. Mohsin clears the front leg and tries to jam it into the ground. Gets an edge that floats to short third. All smiles and high-fives among Ngidi and Axar 141/10Extras14 (b 4, lb 8, w 2)TOTAL141 all out (18.4 Overs, RR: 7.55)Did not bat: Prince YadavFall of wickets: 1-19 (Rishabh Pant, 2.6 ov), 2-48 (Aiden Markram, 5.5 ov), 3-49 (Ayush Badoni, 6.3 ov), 4-65 (Nicholas Pooran, 8.5 ov), 5-71 (Mitchell Marsh, 9.3 ov), 6-105 (Mukul Choudhary, 13.1 ov), 7-138 (Abdul Samad, 17.3 ov), 8-140 (Mohammed Shami, 17.6 ov), 9-141 (Anrich Nortje, 18.3 ov), 10-141 (Mohsin Khan, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mukesh Kumar 3 0 17 0 5.66 11 1 1 2 0 L Ngidi 3.4 0 27 3 7.36 9 3 1 0 0 AR Patel 3 0 17 1 5.66 9 1 1 0 0 T Natarajan 4 0 29 3 7.25 8 2 1 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 31 2 7.75 8 3 1 0 0 V Nigam 1 0 8 0 8 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Gone straight away! Shami pitches this full, outside off. Rahul goes for an extravagant inside-out cover drive, but mistimes it straight to deep point 0/14.2 Straight up and Pant collects this one! Was on a length, just outside off. Nissanka never looked comfortable out there. Slogs this high in the air, behind him, and Pant dives in the end to complete the catch 25/33.3 Samad gets it on second try! Rana tries to glide this laaaateee. The ball was on a length, seaming away. Took the edge off his shot - still, what was he thinking trying to play it late with first slip right there? Samad goes for it, ball bounces in the air, then he pouches it safely 21/24.3 WHAT A BALL! Timbersssss. Prince Yadav bangs this in on a length, swings back into Axar. 138.3 kph, but felt more like 148.3 off the pitch. Axar tried to flick this and is in disbelief as he turns around and sees his stumps splattered. Whaddaball 26/4Extras20 (lb 4, w 16)TOTAL145/4 (17.1 Overs, RR: 8.44)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (KL Rahul, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Nitish Rana, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Pathum Nissanka, 4.2 ov), 4-26 (Axar Patel, 4.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 28 1 7 12 2 1 4 0 Prince Yadav 3 0 20 2 6.66 10 2 0 4 0 Mohsin Khan 4 1 19 1 4.75 15 1 1 1 0 A Nortje 4 0 39 0 9.75 7 1 2 3 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 1 0 16 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 AK Markram 1 0 13 0 13 2 1 1 0 0 Abdul Samad 0.1 0 6 0 36 0 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
1 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Lucknow Super Giants Impact Player Subs: Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akshat Raghuvanshi
- Delhi Capitals Impact Player Subs : Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 65/4 in 8.5 overs (MR Marsh 29)
- Over 8.6: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - Abdul Samad (Struck down)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 14
- Lucknow Super Giants impact Player Sub: Shahbaz Ahmed in for Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants innings, 13.2 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 121/6 in 15.0 overs (Abdul Samad 29, Shahbaz Ahmed 3)
- Innings Break: Lucknow Super Giants - 141/10 in 18.4 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 15)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 6.1: Review by Lucknow Super Giants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - Sameer Rizvi (Struck down)
- Delhi Capitals impact Player Sub: Sameer Rizvi in for T Natarajan (Delhi Capitals innings, 3.3 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 53/4 in 8.0 overs (Sameer Rizvi 11, T Stubbs 12)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Sameer Rizvi 28, T Stubbs 19, Ex 4)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 15
- Sameer Rizvi: 50 off 37 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 106/4 in 14.0 overs (Sameer Rizvi 51, T Stubbs 24)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 68 balls (Sameer Rizvi 63, T Stubbs 32, Ex 5)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAbhinav Mukund highlights Lucknow Super Giants' lack of identity
"You want those individual brilliant performances to drive your team. It's always been the case."
Rizvi to the rescue as IPL dials up the chaos
The 22-year-old repaid the faith placed in him by Delhi Capitals with a match-winning half-century in a low-scoring scrap
Pant says '50-50' call on opening for rest of season
Whether as opener or not, however, Pant is decided on playing in the top order
DC opt to bowl; no Mayank Yadav for LSG
Axar Patel becomes the first away captain to win a toss this season
Rizvi arrives in the IPL to guide DC home in low-scoring chase
Alongside an unbeaten Tristan Stubbs, they forged a recovery from 26 for 4 to close out a chase of 142 with almost three overs to spare


