🏏IPL 2025 - Match 4: DC vs LSG, 24 March 2025 @ 7:30 PM IST🏏 - Page 2

With Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul having traded their jerseys ahead of this season, some know-how that would reside in the camps of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants even as the respective squads have been shuffled. The coaching staff has also undergone a bit of an overhaul. Fresh ideas and fresh personnel are in, but old concerns remain - how to level up to be counted among the elites of the competition.

Even before the season has started, the two teams are already hit with player unavailability concerns. Harry Brook has backed out of the tournament again, and a slew of Indian pacers that LSG had wisely invested in, are unfit to start the season. In some ways, given that Delhi Capitals and the injury-hit Lucknow Super Giants are now probably among the weakest teams on paper, there wouldn't have been a more opportune time for them to come face-to-face with each other.

Both teams failed to make the playoffs last season, but even with their depleted squad, they find themselves with an opportunity to mark a win early this year. That opportunity presents itself in Visakhapatnam, the coastal city which is now serving as the home ground of Capitals for two games. Acing the conditions here will again be paramount for Capitals to gain early momentum and set the tone for their IPL campaign.

The last time they were here, Kolkata Knight Riders, the eventual tournament winners, had taken their bowlers to the cleaners. With a new set of pacers taking charge for the side this season, DC would instead hope to dish out a similar treatment to the inexperienced attack of their opponents this time.

Head to Head - Last 5 Matches

DC won by 19 runs, 15-May-2024

DC won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining), 13-Apr-2024

LSG won by 50 runs, 02-Apr-2023

LSG won by 6 runs, 01-May-2022

LSG won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining), 08-Apr-2022

Batters to watch(Recent stats)

Jake Fraser-McGurk, DC

9 M • 330 Runs • 36.67 Avg • 234.04 SR

Abishek Porel, DC

10 M • 277 Runs • 34.63 Avg • 159.19 SR

Nicholas Pooran, LSG

10 M • 321 Runs • 45.86 Avg • 183.42 SR

Ayush Badoni, LSG

10 M • 206 Runs • 51.5 Avg • 145.07 SR

Bowlers to watch(Recent stats)

Kuldeep Yadav, DC

9 M • 13 Wkts • 8.89 Econ • 16.15 SR

Mukesh Kumar, DC

8 M • 13 Wkts • 10.46 Econ • 13.15 SR

Ravi Bishnoi, LSG

10 M • 8 Wkts • 8.81 Econ • 23.75 SR

Mayank Yadav, LSG

1 M • 1 Wkt • 9.79 Econ • 19 SR

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DC vs LSG Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter: Nicholas Pooran

Lucknow Super Giants batter Nicholas Pooran was the second leading run-scorer of the side in the previous season with 499 runs to his name from 14 innings at an average of 62.37 and a strike rate of 178.21 with three fifties. Retained for INR 21 crore, the southpaw will be responsible for taking his team out of tricky situations. If Pooran has a good season he will have good chance of leading the IPL Orange Cap 2024 race.

Probable Best Bowler: Axar Patel

Delhi Capitals' newly announced skipper Axar Patel can be the game changer for the upcoming game against LSG. Patel, who was part of India's T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025 winning teams, will be riding high on confidence. Notably, in the previous edition, the left-armer picked 11 wickets in 14 games. With Visakhapatnam pitch helping the spinners, the Delhi Capitals captain will be handy in the middle-overs.

Today's Match Prediction: Team bowling first to win the match

Scenario 1

• Delhi Capitals win the toss and bowl
• PP Score - 40-50
• LSG - 160-170
• Delhi Capitals win the match

Scenario 2

• Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and bowl
• PP score - 50-60
• DC - 170-180
• Lucknow Super Giants win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

KL Rahul vs his old team

Pant vs his old team

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With their respective leaders switching camps and squads undergoing major overhauls, both Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, under new captains, will be eager to make a strong start to their IPL campaign when they face off here on Monday. For a second year running, the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium here will host two home matches for Delhi Capitals.

Pant, who had spent his entire IPL career with Delhi Capitals, including serving as their captain, left the franchise before last year's mega auction and was bought by LSG for a record Rs 27 crore. This substantial contract will keep the Indian wicketkeeper-batter in the spotlight this season and offer him a chance to prove himself in white-ball cricket, especially after missing out on the recent Champions Trophy.