01 April,2026 10:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mitchell Marsh (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)
In the IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals (DC), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have posted a total of 80 runs for the loss of five wickets in 10 overs at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.
Having put to bat first, LSG's skipper Rishabh Pant opened the innings along with Mitchell Marsh. However, the decision to open did not favour the skipper for long, as he was dismissed unusually early.
On the last ball of Mukesh Kumar's over, Pant left his crease at the non-striker's end but couldn't complete the run, as the ball touched the bowler's hand before hitting the stumps. Pant was declared run out, ending his innings of seven runs from nine balls, which included a boundary.
Following the skipper's dismissal, Aiden Markram entered to bat, but was shown the pavilion path early in his innings. Facing eight balls, Markram scored 11 runs, with the help of a boundary and a maximum. Ayush Badoni also failed to put on a big knock as he was dismissed on a duck after facing three balls.
Lucknow continued to witness the batting debacle as explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran also departed on eight runs in eight balls, including one boundary. Later, Marsh returned to the pavilion after registering 35 runs off 28 deliveries, laced with two boundaries and three maximums.
Abdul Samad and M-Choudhary are unbeaten at the crease. Abdul has just faced one ball and is yet to score his first runs, whereas Choudhary has smashed two boundaries, which take him to nine runs in three balls.
Delhi's Lungi Ngidi, Axar Patel, T Natarajan, and Kuldeep Yadav managed to pick one wicket each. Mukesh Kumar will continue the hunt for his first wicket. He has bowled three overs and conceded 17 runs.
In two overs, Ngidi was smashed for 18 runs, and Patel leaked 13 runs in the same number of overs. Natarajan and Kuldeep bowled one over each and conceded two and 22 runs, respectively.
So far in the league, all four teams have managed to secure a victory in their home ground. It will be interesting to see if the Capitals manage to break the streak of home victories tonight.
