IPL 2026, LSG vs DC: In the 5th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals registered a spectacular victory against Lucknow Super Giants. In this match played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Delhi easily achieved the target of 142 runs and maintained its dominance over the LSG team. Delhi defeated Lucknow Super Giants for the 5th consecutive time in IPL. Since 2023, Delhi has not lost a single match against LSG.
Delhi bowlers wreaked havoc
In this match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be correct. Lucknow Super Giants’ innings was reduced to 141 runs in 18.4 overs. On behalf of the team, Abdul Samad played useful innings of 36 runs and Mitchell Marsh played useful innings of 35 runs, but no batsman could play a big innings. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan were the most successful bowlers in Delhi’s bowling.
Both these bowlers took 3-23 wickets. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav prevented Lucknow from making a big score by taking 2 wickets. Captain Akshar Patel also managed to achieve 1 success in his name.
Sameer Rizvi’s match winning innings
Delhi had a very bad start during the run chase. Mohammed Shami dismissed KL Rahul on the very first ball of the innings. After this, Nitish Rana (15), Pathum Nissanka (1) and Akshar Patel (0) also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Delhi had lost 4 wickets for 26 runs in just 4.3 overs and the match seemed to be in favor of Lucknow. In this difficult situation, young batsman Sameer Rizvi changed the course of the match.
Rizvi, who came as an impact player, scored unbeaten 70 runs on 47 balls, which included 5 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was also 148.93. Rizvi made a brilliant partnership of 119 runs for the fifth wicket with Tristan Stubbs (39*), in which Rizvi’s contribution was the biggest. Due to this partnership, Delhi achieved the target at the loss of 4 wickets in 17.1 overs and started the season with a win.