Having put to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) opening batsman Mitchell Marsh played a knock of 35 runs off 28 deliveries, including two boundaries and three maximums. Captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was dismissed on seven runs in nine balls, which included a boundary (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

Aiden Markram also failed to put on a big show with the willow as he returned to the pavilion on 11 runs in eight balls. During his knock, he smashed a boundary and a maximum. Ayush Badoni was dismissed on a three-ball duck. Explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran managed to score just eight runs in the same number of deliveries, and also smashed a boundary (Pic: X/@DelhiCapitals)

Facing 11 balls, M-Choudhary accumulated 14 runs, with the help of two boundaries. Abdul Samad played a fighting knock of 36 runs in 25 balls, which was laced with three boundaries and one maximum. Mohammed Shami was dismissed on one run in two balls. Anrich Nortje and Mohsin Khan faced one ball each but were dismissed on ducks. Impact Player, Shahbaz Ahmed, managed to garner 15 runs off 16 balls, with the help of a boundary. With this, the Giants posted a total of 141 runs in 18.4 overs (Pic: X/@LucknowIPL)

DC's Lungi Ngidi and T. Natarajan claimed three wickets each. Having completed his quota of four overs, Natarajan conceded 29 runs, whereas Ngidi leaked 27 runs in 3.4 overs. Kuldeep Yadav also returned with the figures of two wickets for 31 runs in four overs. Skipper Axar Patel chipped in with one wicket. Mukesh Kumar and Vipraj Nigam went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against LSG (Pic: X/@DelhiCapitals)

Fans will be excited to see KL Rahul in action. The right-handed batsman will open the innings for DC and will be expected to bring his 'A-game' (Pic: X/@DelhiCapitals)