
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants in fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. For Delhi Capitals, Kl satisfied is missing today’s clash due to personal reasons. According to a report in CricbuzzKL Rahul, expecting his first child, has received special permission to skip the match.
“We are going to bowl first. It’s the dew factor, we don’t want to take any risk, that’s why we are bowling first. I have played with Pant before, he knows me and I know him. We know our tricks. I have played a lot for the Capitals, we have a well balanced side,” Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel said at the toss.
“There’s dew sometimes, not always. I have been with DC since three years, I have been with the leadership group. I need to work accordingly. Need to think like a leader. Faf du PlessisStubbs, Starc and Fraser McGurk are our four overseas,” he added.
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh pant said, “I wanted to bowl first but It’s a good wicket so we can bat well and put up a good score. I have played for DC all my life, so a lot of emotions there. Preparations have been well, everyone is in the right shape and in the right frame of mind. Markram, Marsh, Pooran and Miller are our four overseas players.”
Playing XIs:
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas pooran, Ayush BadoniRishabh Pant(w/c), David MillerPrince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi
Impact Substitutes: M SiddharthAbdul Samad, Himmat SinghAkash Singh, Rajvardhan hangargekar
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurkFaf du Plessis, Abishek porel(w), Sameer RizviAxar patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep YadavMohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Substitutes: Karun nair, Ashutosh SharmaOwner Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande
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