DC Win By 8 Wickets | LSG vs DC Highlights of IPL 2025: KL Rahul, Abishek Porel Guide Visitors to Comfortable Victory

That's It! Pretty one sided. Things changed from the 10th over of the first innings where LSG lost momentum in their batting and then started falling apart. The upcoming batters didn't make much impact as well. Ayush Badoni admitted they ended up with much lesser runs than they should have and DC have proved it. Abishek Porel, KL Rahul and Axar Patel completed the chase quite comfortably. 

Delhi Capitals have picked up from where Lucknow Super Giants dropped off in the first innings. Knowing the target and a well-set KL Rahul helps but DC have batted well too. They are now cruising to the target and will look to finish it quick. 

Out! Finally a breakthrough and it is the set man Abishek Porel. Aiden Markram has been the man with the golden arm and Abishek Porel went for the slog sweep getting holed out in the deep. LSG stay alive in the defence and they will hope, they can squeeze some overs there. Abishek Porel c Miller b Markram 51(36).

Abishek Porel has been batting with decent control and he got a six to get to his half-century, the first of the season. He has been repaying the trust of the management well. KL Rahul joined him as well and DC are getting a move on here. 

After two overs of knocking around, Delhi Capitals secured a decently big overs thanks to a risky shot from Abishek Porel which yielded a boundary. Rishabh Pant tried to scalp another wicket by bringing in Aiden Markram but DC evaded it successfully. 

Delhi Capitals have kept the chase steady and not slipped up. Abishek Porel has looked in good touch and KL Rahul has provided steadiness as well. The chase is in their control and they will look to keep the scoreboard ticking to avoid pressure. 

Out! Much needed breakthrough for Lucknow Super Giants. Karun Nair and Abishek Porel were scoring quickly and LSG needed some spark. Karun Nair tried to play a sweep to Aiden Markram and the ball hit his thighs and got deflected to the stumps knocking them over. LSG will need some more wickets here.  Karun Nair b Markram 15(9).

Out! Two wickets in the final three overs. Lucknow Super Giants fell off the cliff in terms of their since following the wicket of Aiden Markram. The old ball started to grip and LSG lost momentum midway. Rishabh Pant came out to bat to face only the last ball and ended up getting cleaned up by Mukesh Kumar. Ayush Badoni played a small but imapctful knock but also admitted they are short. They will have a task in hand to defend it. Pant b Mukesh Kumar 0(2) and Ayush Badoni b Mukesh Kumar 36(21).

Out! Two wickets in the final three overs. Lucknow Super Giants fell off the cliff in terms of their since following the wicket of Aiden Markram. The old ball started to grip and LSG lost momentum midway. Rishabh Pant came out to bat to face only the last ball and ended up getting cleaned up by Mukesh Kumar. Ayush Badoni played a small but imapctful knock but also admitted they are short. They will have a task in hand to defend it. Pant b Mukesh Kumar 0(2) and Ayush Badoni b Mukesh Kumar 36(21).

After ten overs, with the ball getting old, it has started sticking around had very difficult to hit through the line. Batters have not found the middle of the bat and struggled to get away. They will look to get some momentum in the end overs to give something to their bowlers to defend. 

Out! Two wickets in one over and LSG are in a lot of trouble now. Delhi Capitals has been one of the teams using the old ball well and their seamers are displaying exactly that. Mukesh Kumar first dismissed Abdul Samad with a change of pace ball which Samad hit back to him and then an inswinging yorker from Mukesh cleaned up Mitchell Marsh. DC are strongly back in the game. Mitchell Marsh b Mukesh Kumar 45(36) and Abdul Samad c and b Mukesh Kumar 2(8).

Out! Huge wicket in context of the game. It was set for Nicholas Pooran to explode and Mitchell Starc got him once again. Used a slower ball bouncer and Nicholas Pooran went for the cross batted shot, only to drag it back to the stumps. DC are elated as it is a crucial breakthrough. Pooran b Mitchell Starc 9(5).

Out! DC's good bowling was making LSG slow down towards the end of the first half of the innings and it has forced a wicket. Aiden Markram decided to taken on Dushmantha Chameera and picked out the fielder in the deep. DC will be relieved but now Nicholas Pooran walks in. Markram c Stubbs b Chameera 52(33).

Quality batting from Aiden Markram once again. This time he didn't even look to dominate and brings up his half-century with his. Timed his shots perfectly and nailed the shots in front of the pitch to pace his innings. He will now look to explode and make the innings big. 

Some quality batting from the LSG openers once again. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh have been in form and they have provided another good foundation to Lucknow Super Giants at home. No wickets loss in the powerplay and set openers enter the middle overs with DC in pressure. 

Some exquisite shots played by Aiden Markram in the powerplay so far. Markram took on pace and hit some nice boundaries to keep the scorecard ticking. He is looking good and might go on to score big. 

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Abdul Samad, David Miller, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar.

Toss Update: Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl first. 

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