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IPL 2025 | IPL 2025 is here! Can Delhi Capitals finally break their title drought under new captain Axar Patel? With a well-balanced squad featuring young talents and seasoned players, DC is eyeing a historic season!
Delhi Capitals registered a thumping victory over Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2025 match on Tuesday at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Opting to bowl first, DC restricted LSG to 159/6 with pacer Mukesh Kumar scalping four wickets. Later, DC chased down the target in just 17.5 overs and eight wickets in hand with KL Rahul and Abishek Porel hitting half-centuries. This was DC's sixth victory after eight games while for LSG, it was fourth loss after nine matches.
LUCKNOW, India: India’s KL Rahul hit an unbeaten 57 to steer Delhi Capitals to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants and get his side back to winning ways in the IPL on Tuesday. Chasing a modest 160 for victory, Delhi rode on Rahul’s 42-ball knock and a second-wicket partnership with Abishek Porel, who hit 51, to achieve their target with 13 balls to spare at Lucknow’s home ground. Delhi, with six wins in eight matches, bounced back from their previous defeat to table-toppers Gujarat Titans and are second in the 10-team table. Seam bowler Mukesh Kumar set up victory with his four wickets as he helped pull Lucknow back from 87-0 to 110-4 and then a below-par total of 159-6. “Once we picked up two quick wickets, we got the momentum and all the bowlers did well to restrict them under 160,” Delhi skipper Axar Patel said. In reply, Delhi lost Karun Nair for 15 bowled by Aiden Markram, a part-time off spinner, but Porel and Rahul combined to get the chase on track in their stand of 69. Markram struck again to get the left-handed Porel out after his 36-ball knock, which was laced with five fours and one six. Rahul stood firm and along with Axar, who made 34, put on an unbeaten stand of 56 to steer the team home with a winning six from Rahul. Rahul hit his third fifty of the season to go past 5,000 runs in the IPL — making him the quickest player to achieve the feat in the T20 tournament. Earlier, openers Markram (52) and Mitchell Marsh (45) combined the right dose of caution and aggression to steer Lucknow to 87 inside 10 overs. South African batter Markram raised his fifty and alongside Australia’s Marsh forced Delhi to rotate their bowling options. Sri Lanka pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera struck first to
LSG vs DC LIVE Updates, IPL 2025: DC are on the front foot, chasing 160 against LSG in their IPL 2025 clash, with former LSG player KL Rahul anchoring the run-chase. DC are on 59/1 after 7 overs, with Abishek Porel also at the crease. Earlier, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) posted a total of only 159/6 after 20 overs, after losing the toss and being put into bat by Delhi Capitals (DC) in their IPL 2025 contest at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Aiden Markram has starred for LSG, scoring a half-century and then taking a wicket. Commentators and fans were left baffled by Rishabh Pant coming out to bat No. 7, with concerns rising over his injury. KL Rahul is returning to play against LSG for the first time, having spent three years as their captain earlier. (Live Scorecard)
Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 35th encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. The Gujarat-based franchise are currently at third spot with four wins in their six games (8 points), whereas the Axar Patel-led side are sitting at the top of the IPL points table after winning five out of their six games (10 points). We will bowl first. It is very hot. The wicket looks very good. If you won't keep much grass, it would crack up. Things have been going well. We don't think much about the past. It is about turning up on the day. It takes a couple of weeks for the team to gel in. We are going with the same team. Hopefully, Rabada will come back in 10 days or so," Shubman Gill said after winning the toss.
Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Updates, IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals are all set to face Gujarat Titans in their next IPL 2025 match on Saturday in Ahmedabad. The Capitals sit pretty at the top with 10 points from six games, while the Titans are at third spot with eight from as many outings. Confidence in the Delhi camp would be soaring after their dramatic Super Over win over Rajasthan Royals, another heist scripted under pressure with Starc at the heart of it. Mitchell Starc's mastery of death overs will be up against Mohammed Siraj's artistry when the two teams face each other.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to announce the central contracts for the 2025-26 season by the end of this week, according to BCCI sources. As per sources, star spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are likely to be promoted from Grade B to Grade A. The duo is currently playing for Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025.Middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is also expected to make a return to the contract list after being dropped for the 2024-25 season. The sources further said that senior players Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah are likely to retain their places in the A grade.
The IPL 2025 encounter between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals saw a huge blunder as Abishek Porel got a big outside edge on a delivery from Jofra Archer but the opponent failed to appeal for the dismissal. It was a short delivery from Jofra that troubled Porel and although KL Rahul completed an easy catch behind the stumps, RR did not look interested in appealing. Replays showed that it was a clear outside edge and a DRS call would have resulted in a crucial wicket for RR. While internet criticised RR for their 'brainfade' moment, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh wondered if it was a tactical call as he was struggling to score quickly and despite a strong start, he scored 49 runs off 37 deliveries.
The use of saliva to shine cricket balls in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has generated contradictory views. Ahead of the IPL 2025, the BCCI lifted the long-standing ban on the use of saliva, first imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the likes of Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel, and others welcomed the upliftment of the ban, Australia star and Delhi Capitals pacer Mitchell Starc gave a completely contradictory reaction on the use of saliva. Starc's comment came after he brilliantly helped DC to claim a super over-win against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.