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Delhi Capitals registered their second win of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2024 Season after defeating Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium. Though Kl Rahul, Captain of Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat, the players of LSG were not able to put up a big target in front of Delhi Capitals. The phenomenal spell of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel did not allow the LSG batters to hit some big shots in the match.
It was the record of the Lucknow Super Giants that they never lost a match at their home ground while defending a target of more than 160 runs but in today’s match, the streak was broken by Delhi Capitals. The Players of Delhi Capitals successfully chased down the target of 168 runs in 18.1 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Award Winners, Man of the Match IPL 2024
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Electric Striker of the game:
The Punch.ev Electric Striker of the Match between Lucknow Super Giants & Delhi Capitals goes to KL Rahul.#TATAIPL | @Tataev | #PunchevElectricStriker | #BeyondEveryday | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/ABhvLxrHYG
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2024
KL Rahul, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants was awarded the Electric Striker of the Game award. The electric striker of today’s game played an important knock of 39 runs in just 22 balls with a strike rate of 177.27.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Fantasy Player of the game:
Kuldeep Yadav of Delhi Capitals was awarded the Fantasy Player of the game. Kuldeep made a great comeback in today’s match and delivered a great spell. Kuldeep took away the wicket of Nicholas Pooran on the very first bowl and also took the wicket of Marcus Stoinis and KL Rahul.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Super Sixes:
Victory in Lucknow for the @DelhiCapitals 🙌
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2024
A successful chase power them to their second win of the season as they win by 6⃣ wickets!
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/0W0hHHG2sq#TATAIPL | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/6R7an9Cy8g
Jake Fraser-McGurk of Delhi Capitals received this award for smashing 5 sixes in the very first match of his Indian Premier League Career. The talented Australian cricketer hit a half-century and took the game away from the hands of LSG and put it into the bag of Delhi Capitals.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Super Fours:
The RuPay on the go four of the Match between Lucknow Super Giants & Delhi Capitals goes to Prithvi Shaw.#TATAIPL | @RuPay_npci | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/asMhdgz3rP
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2024
Prithvi Shaw of Delhi Capitals won this award for hitting the most number of fours in the match. The fearless opener of Delhi Capitals hit 6 fours in the match and played a crucial inning of 32 runs in 22 balls.
LSG vs DC Man of the Match IPL 2024 26th Match
For his skilful bowling display in the first innings, Kuldeep Yadav becomes the Player of the Match 🏆
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2024
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/0W0hHHG2sq#TATAIPL | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/rVfgFWWHiM
The Man of the Match award was given to Kuldeep Yadav for delivering a phenomenal spell in today’s match. The Left arm wrist spinner of Delhi Capitals took away 3 wickets by just giving 20 runs in 4 overs with an economy of 5.00.
Kuldeep Yadav’s Stats in the game:
| Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 |
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Key moments:
The two back-to-back wickets taken by Kuldeep Yadav were the key moments of the match. His overall performance helped the Delhi Capitals in securing two important points of the game.
FAQ
Will the Delhi Capitals qualify for the playoffs season?
Rishabh Pant is getting back in the form and slowly finding the perfect 11 for good performance. It is a very early stage in the tournament, and they can always gear up and improve their standing in the table and qualify for the play-offs eventually.
