IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals Playing XI vs Lucknow Super Giants | DC vs LSG

IPL 2025:Delhi Capitals Playing XI against Lucknow Super Giants | DC vs LSG

It’s time for match number 5 of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, which will be played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After a less-than-stellar season last year, Delhi Capitals will be looking to make a strong comeback in the upcoming season under the captaincy of Axar Patel, the team’s new skipper. This article will discuss the playing XI for their first match of the season against Lucknow Super Giants.

For the upcoming IPL 2025 season, Delhi has made significant changes to its squad, whether in the batting or bowling departments. On the batting side, the team has acquired two experienced batters: Star Indian batter KL Rahul and Experienced South African batter Faf Du Plessis. In the bowling department, Mitchell Starc and T Natrajan will join them. Axar Patel will be the team’s new captain.

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Top Order

For the top order, the Delhi Capitals have three world-class batters: South African experienced batter Faf du Plessis and Australian explosive batter Jake Fraser-McGurk as the openers, while expert Indian batter Karun Nair occupies the third spot. Du Plessis is one of the most consistent batters in the IPL, having scored runs in almost every season. McGurk also had a great season with the Delhi Capitals last year, scoring 330 runs in the nine matches played, while Karun Nair is coming off phenomenal form, scoring runs consistently in domestic cricket and making 9 centuries in the last domestic season.

Middle Order

In the middle order, the team will rely on Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, and KL Rahul as its backbone. Both Porel and Stubbs performed well for Delhi Capitals last season, while KL Rahul, the format captain of Lucknow Super Giants, is expected to play an important role in DC’s middle order this season. Earlier, there were expectations that KL Rahul would lead the team, but at the last moment, the team announced Axar as their new captain.

Lower order

The lower-order team has skipper Axar Patel, who performed exceptionally well for India in the recent ICC tournament and played an important role in India’s victory in the Champions Trophy. Along with him, Mitchell Starc will also be there

Bowlers

For the bowling side, Delhi Capitals has experienced Mitchell Stach, death over specialist T Natrajan and Mukesh Kumar in their Pace attack. While the skin department will be led by two world-class spinners, captain Axar Patel and star Indian Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav.

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