A stable half-century from KL Rahul and an excellent knock from Abishek Porel helped Delhi Capitals (DC) edge previous Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) by eight wickets in Match No. 40 of the IPL 2025 on the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The chase of 160 was made to appear like a stroll within the park, as DC reached 161/2 in simply 17.5 overs to notch their second win over LSG this season and climb to 12 factors.
Put into bat first, LSG had a powerful opening stand between Aiden Markram (52 off 33) and Mitchell Marsh (45 off 36) to succeed in 87 with out loss in 10 overs. However the innings collapsed as soon as Markram fell to Dushmantha Chameera. The DC bowlers, particularly Mukesh Kumar (4/33), made positive to complete properly and limit the opposition to a sub-par complete. Mukesh ran via the center order, dismissing Marsh, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, and Rishabh Pant to cease LSG at 159/6. Badoni’s 36 off 21 and some late boundaries gave LSG one thing to bowl at, however it by no means regarded sufficient.
In reply, the visiting group began decently with Karun Nair hitting early boundaries earlier than falling to Markram for 15. Rahul, going through his former franchise for the primary time since parting methods, made the many of the alternative. He anchored the innings alongside Porel, who introduced up his maiden fifty of the season in 33 balls earlier than falling for 51.
KL Rahul, in the meantime, ensured the chase remained on the right track. He introduced up his half-century and, within the course of, crossed 5000 runs within the IPL, turning into the quickest ever to take action in simply 130 innings. Axar Patel too performed a useful cameo of 34* off 20. Nevertheless, Rahul sealed the win with a six over midwicket off Prince Yadav, handy his facet yet one more win. With this Capitals proceed their spectacular run within the event as they sit within the second place on the factors desk with 12 factors and a optimistic NRR of 0.657.
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