Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow super Giants– Delhi Capital will be face to face Lucknow Super Giants today in the 4th match of the Ipl. Rishab Pant will lead the Lucknow Giants while Axar Patel will be leadin the Delhi capital side for the first after his phenomenal performance in the T20 world cup and Champions Trophy.
With Rishab Pant being the highest paid player this year, it will be interesting to see how he will lead the team and will be great to see also his individual performance.
Injury concern for Lucknow Super Giants: Harry Brook has backed out of the tournament again, because he is unfit to start the season. Absence of some Indian pacers is also hitting back Lucknow Super Giants. Shradul Thakur has come in as replacement for Moshin Khan, but LSG have been hit with a slew of injuries to their Indian pacers, with even Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan and Akash Deep likely to miss the opening game.
Opportunity for Delhi Capitals: Due to the inexperienced attack of Lucknow Super Giants it is a golden opportunity for Delhi capital to score a good score.
Where : Delhi capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are going to face each other at Dr. YSR Reddy ACA-VDCA cricket stadium, Vishakhapatnam.
When: Monday March 24,2025, 7:30pm ISt.
What to expect: According to the last season record IPL highest score was recorded at this venue. Being the Lucknow team effected by the injury DC also has an opportunity to score good score. Hoping this could be a high scoring match. Delhi Capitals has played two games at this ground and win one while lost the other. One more interesting point to note that both the games were won by the team playing first. It will be interesting how both the fresh team will perform but as per the last record LSG lead the record by 3-2 against Delhi capitals.
Weather Report : According to the weather forecast there is no probability of rain.
Probable XI for Lucknow Super Giants: Arshin Kulkarni, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(C), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David miller, Abdul Samad, Shradul Thakur, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph. ( Impact player Akash Singh/Shahbaz Ahmed/Manimaran Siddhart).
Probable XI for Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul, Axar Patel(C), tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T natrajan ( Impact player Karun Nair & Mohit Sharma).
Lucknow Super Giant Owner : The Lucknow Super Giants is a professional cricket franchise based in Lucknow which competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sanjiv Goenka purchased the franchise in a draft organized by the BCCI in October 2021 and made history as the most expensive IPL franchise.
The franchise appointed Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul as its captain ahead of its debut season. It qualified for the playoffs in 2022 and 2023, finishing third on both occasions. However, LSG finished at the seventh spot last summer.
However the last season spark of fight between sanjeev Goenka and Kl was viral.
Delhi Capitals Owner: The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Sports. The team’s home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium (formerly Feroz Shah Kotla), located in New Delhi. The team is captained by Axar Patel, and is coached by Hemang Badani.
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