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Delhi Capitals lost early wickets in the power play while chasing Lucknow Super Giants` total of 141 runs. KL Rahul departed on the first ball of the innings as he was caught on the boundary on Mohammed Shami`s bowling.
Wickets continued to tumble for Delhi as they lost Nitish Rana and Pathum Nissanka in quick succession. Nitish Rana was caught in the slips and was dismissed for 15 runs off 17 balls.
Axar Patel came in at number 5 but was dismissed for a golden duck, getting clean bowled on the first ball he faced. Prince Yadav starred with the ball for LSG, taking 2 wickets in an over and putting LSG back in the game.
At the end of the power play, LSG were 33 runs for the loss of 4 wickets with Tristian Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi at the crease. LSG will hope to chase down the total of 142 runs with South African big hitter David Miller still to come.
Having put to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants` (LSG) opening batsman Mitchell Marsh scored 35 runs off 28 deliveries, including two boundaries and three maximums. Captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was dismissed on seven runs in nine balls. The LSG skipper was unfortunate to be run out and started off his IPL 2026 campaign with a low score.
Ayush Badoni was dismissed on a three-ball duck, while star batter Nicholas Pooran managed to score just eight runs. Abdul Samad played a fighting knock of 36 runs in 25 balls to propel his team towards a competitive total of 141 runs.
DC`s Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan claimed three wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav also returned with the figures of two wickets for 31 runs in four overs. Skipper Axar Patel chipped in with one wicket.
Confirmed Playing XI for both teams:
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C) (WK), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohsin Khan, Mohammad Shami, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav.
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (WK), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar.
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