Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants: Head To Head
IPL 2025 has started in full swing, featuring an exciting opening encounter between the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Now, it’s time for the match between the Delhi Capitals and Lucknow SuperGiants. Both teams failed to qualify for the playoffs last season and will be looking to make a strong comeback this year. This article will discuss the head-to-head record for DC and LSG in the Indian Premier League so far.
The 18th edition of the IPL will feature 74 exciting games, with each team playing 14 matches in the group stage. Lucknow SuperGiants and Delhi Capitals have revamped their squads in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction and announced their new captains.
Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants: Head-To-Head in IPL
Out of the five games played against each other, Lucknow Super Giants have maintained an edge and have won 3 of those matches, while Delhi Capitals could win only two matches.
| Stat | Delhi Capitals (DC) | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Matches Played | 5 | 5 |
| Wins | 2 | 3 |
| Win Batting 1st | 1 | 2 |
| Win Chasing | 1 | 1 |
| Highest Total | 208 | 195 |
| Lowest Total | 143 | 155 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 170 | 193 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 143 | 155 |
| Most Runs (Player) | Rishabh Pant (150) | KL Rahul (180) |
| Highest Individual Score | Rishabh Pant (85*) | KL Rahul (90) |
Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants: Last Match
The last match between both teams was a high-scoring match in which Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs. In match number 64 of IPL 2024 at Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, Delhi, batting first, scored 208 runs in 20 overs, losing four wickets. Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs scored crucial and explosive half-centuries with 58 off 33 and 57 off 25, while Shai Hope and Rishab Pant also supported with scores of 38 and 33, respectively.
LSG, while chasing the target, started with Quinton de cock and Captain KL Rahul as the openers; both couldn’t give a good start to the innings and lost their wickets quickly; the team lost first four wickets in the powerplay itself. After this, Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan tried to reach the target but could only take the team to 189 in the midst of continuously falling wickets. Lucknow, with a score of 189/9 after the 20 overs, lost the match by 19 runs.
Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2024
Delhi Capitals is coming from a bad IPL 2024 season where the team could win only 7 of the 14 matches played and finished the season in sixth position. With a revamped squad and new players like star Indian batter KL Rahul, South African Faf Du Plessis, and Australian Mitchell Starc, the team is looking good under the captaincy of AxarPatel. Though the team faced a big blow after the withdrawal of Harry Brooks from the season, Delhi is still looking strong and prepared for the upcoming IPL 2025.
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Delhi Capitals Squad For IPL 2025
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Axar Patel |
| WicketKeeper | KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs |
| Batters | Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Abishek Porel |
| All-rounders | Axar Patel (Captain), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari |
| Bowlers | Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav |
Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2024
Lucknow Super Giants also performed similarly to Delhi Capitals in the last season, as the team finished in the 7th position, winning 7 matches while losing the same number of matches. LSG’s management also expressed their disappointment with the team’s performance, especially former captain KL Rahul’s leadership, which eventually resulted in the team parting ways with him. Now, within an upgraded and revamped squad, the team is looking strong under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, whom the team bought at a price of 27 crore, making him the most expensive player in IPL history. Despite several blows with the Indian pacers’ injury, the team will aim to perform well this season with a new captain and squad.
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Lucknow Super Giants Squad For IPL 2025
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Batters | Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram |
| All-rounders | Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, Krunal Pandya |
| Wicketkeepers | Nicholas Pooran |
| Bowlers | Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M. Siddharth |
| Others | Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke |
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