Delhi Capitals has not solely barely managed to maintain itself alive within the race to playoffs however has additionally made issues worse for Lucknow Tremendous Giants after beating it by 19 runs within the IPL 2024 match right here on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
Chasing 209, Ishant Sharma rocked Tremendous Giants contained in the PowerPlay, selecting three wickets and leaving the Lucknow-based franchise struggling 4/44. The pacer obtained Okay.L. Rahul caught within the first over, Quinton de Kock within the subsequent, adopted by trapping Deepak Hooda within the entrance in his third over.
LSG nonetheless managed to get 59 runs within the first six overs, due to Nicholas Pooran taking down Axar Patel, who eliminated Marcus Stoinis off the primary ball, for 20 runs within the fourth over.
Whereas Pooran checked out ease hitting six fours and 4 sixes throughout his 27-ball 61, he couldn’t handle to assemble help from the opposite finish.
AS IT HAPPENED | DELHI CAPITALS VS LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Arshad Khan then threatened to shut the sport together with his 33-ball 58 but it surely wasn’t sufficient for LSG to get two factors.
Put in to bat, Tristan Stubbs and Abishek Porel helped Capitals submit their eighth 200-plus rating at Arun Jaitley Stadium — joint most at any venue in a season.
Lucknow Tremendous Giants Arshad Khan’s effort was not sufficient as the house workforce Delhi Capitals gained by 19 runs.
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Lucknow Tremendous Giants Arshad Khan’s effort was not sufficient as the house workforce Delhi Capitals gained by 19 runs.
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Stubbs hit 4 sixes and three fours throughout his unbeaten 57 as Capitals smashed 72 runs in loss of life overs, after LSG threatened to choke the scoring fee within the center part.
Stubbs scored his first boundary — a six — solely off his tenth ball in opposition to Arshad. In the identical over, he hit two extra fours. His innings got here at a time when Ravi Bishnoi (1/26) and spinners didn’t permit batters to attain freely.
Wrist spinner Bishnoi was notably correct touchdown the ball at stumps and completed his quota within the thirteenth over itself – selecting the essential wicket of Porel, who hit 58 in 33 balls, serving to Capitals cross the 100-run mark inside 10 overs.
It didn’t matter to the left-handed opener when DC misplaced its key batter Jake Fraser-McGurk for a two-ball duck within the first over of the innings to Arshad. Porel hit an higher minimize for six in opposition to Mohsin to get off the mark off his third ball. He then smashed three fours and a six within the subsequent over of Arshad.
Shai Hope, batting at quantity three, then joined the occasion, smacking Yudhvir Singh’s size balls for 2 fours – over mid off – and a six – over mid on.
Tremendous Giants then switched to sluggish bouncers that originally labored nicely in opposition to Hope, who missed 4 pull photographs in Mohsin’s over. Naveen-ul-Haq, who completed with 2/51 in his 4 overs, too began with an analogous tactic however Abishek hit him for 2 sixes as DC raced to 73 runs inside PowerPlay.