In the fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) secured a commanding victory over the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. LSG’s innings were highlighted by explosive performances from Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh, setting a formidable target for DC. In response, the Capitals’ batting lineup faltered under pressure, leading to a comprehensive win for LSG. This match was particularly notable as it marked the debut of new captains for both teams: Axar Patel for DC and Rishabh Pant for LSG. Pant’s leadership was especially significant, facing his former team in his first match as LSG’s captain.
The squads for the match were as follows:
Delhi Capitals:
- Axar Patel (c)
- Abishek Porel
- Dushmantha Chameera
- Faf du Plessis
- Donovan Ferreira
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Ajay Manda
- Manvanth Kumar
- Mukesh Kuma
- Karun Nair
- T Natarajan
- Vipraj Nigam
- Sameer Rizvi
- Mohit Sharma
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Madhav Tiwar
- Tripurana Vijay
- Rishabh Pant
- Himmat Singh
- Mitchell Starc
- Aryan Juyal
- Akash Singh
- Akash Deep
- Manimaran Siddharth
- Prince Yadav
- Avesh Khan
Lucknow Super Giants:
- Rishabh Pant ©
- Abdul Samad
- Akash Deep
- Akash Singh
- Avesh Khan
- Ayush Badoni
- Matthew Breetzke
- Yuvraj Chaudhary
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar
- Shamar Joseph
- Aryan Juyal
- Arshin Kulkarni
- Aiden Markram
- Mitchell Marsh
- David Miller
- Mohsin Khan
- Nicholas Pooran
- Prince Yadav
- Digvesh Rathi
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Manimaran Siddharth
- Mayank Yadav
- Mohit Sharma
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Madhav Tiwari
- Tripurana Vijay
- Dushmantha Chameera
This victory provides LSG with a strong start to their IPL 2025 campaign, while DC will need to regroup and address the shortcomings evident in this match.
