TATA IPL 2025 Match 40: Rahul powers Delhi to big win over Lucknow in IPL

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.

Match Summary

Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Match 40, Indian Premier League

Lucknow Super Giants 159/6 (20 ov)

Delhi Capitals 161/2 (17.5 ov)

Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets

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Match Analysis

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.

Match Stats

Lucknow Super Giants Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Aiden Markram - 9.6 ov), 2-99 (Nicholas Pooran - 11.2 ov), 3-107 (Abdul Samad - 13.2 ov), 4-110 (Mitchell Marsh - 13.6 ov), 5-159 (Ayush Badoni - 19.4 ov), 6-159 (Rishabh Pant - 19.6 ov)

Delhi Capitals Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Karun Nair - 3.4 ov), 2-105 (Abishek Porel - 11.5 ov)

Playing XI

Lucknow Super Giants

• Mitchell Marsh
• Aiden Markram
• Nicholas Pooran
• Rishabh Pant(WK/C)
• David Miller
• Abdul Samad
• Shardul Thakur
• Prince Yadav
• Digvesh Singh
• Ravi Bishnoi
• Avesh Khan

Delhi Capitals

• Abishek Porel
• Karun Nair
• KL Rahul(WK)
• Axar Patel(C)
• Tristan Stubbs
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Vipraj Nigam
• Mitchell Starc
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Mukesh Kumar
• Dushmantha Chameera

Match Details

Date - 2025-04-22 14:00:00

Venue - Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Toss - Delhi Capitals elected to bowl

Umpires - Kaushik Gandhi (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India TV)

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