LSG vs DC Highlights, IPL 2023: Mark Wood takes fifer as Lucknow Super Giants beats Delhi Capitals by 50 runs

Lucknow with a remarkable start at its home stadium. A big win against Delhi Capitals. Mark Wood turned the game for Rahul’s side. Warner and Shaw got Delhi off to a flyer, leading the side to 40/0 in just four overs. It was at this point Wood struck on successive deliveries before adding another an over later. Delhi could never really recover with the run rate always creeping up. Warner tried his best to hold fort from one end but he alone was never going to challenge that mountain of a target. Credit to Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran as well. The Carribean duo got Lucknow to a commanding total in the first innings.

Lucknow now takes flight for Chennai to take on the Yellow Army while Delhi Capitals hosts defending champion Gujarat Titans.

Wood with the final over. OUT! Fourth wicket for Wood. Axar gets a half-volley on his pads. The flick looks well-timed but it lands into the hands of deep square. FOUR! Sakariya clears the infield and finds the fence on the first delivery. Wood gets a fifer! He gets Sakariya caught at short mid-wicket. Take a bow! Mukesh sees out the last delivery. That’s the end of the innings. Mark Wood ends with 5-14.

Unadkat to bowl his third over. Axar goes for a pull but mistimes. Only a single. Kuldeep drives a full toss to long off. Nearly clears the infield but has to contend with a single. This time Unadkat bowls a full toss to Axar. It is on the pads and Axar flicks it but misses to find the fence. 5 WIDES! Unadkat tries a bouncer and completely misses the mark. Pooran jumps but he had no chance to save that.

Avesh to Kuldeep. Kuldeep takes two with a pull to deep mid-wicket. A single on the next delivery through point. FOUR! Axar digs a full-length delivery and lifts it over cover for a boundary. SIX! Axar has not thrown his towel in. A pull shot for 90-metre maximum. 14 runs came off the over.

Kuldeep Yadav joins the crease. Gowtham to Axar. Four singles off the over which included a rather adventerous scoop from Kuldeep.

With 77 needed off three overs, the result is a mere formality.

Avesh to Aman. A couple off the first delivery. OUT! Avesh bangs a short delivery and Aman Khan is late on the pull shot. He gets a top edge and Pooran completes a regulation catch.

TIMEOUT!

Axar Patel joins Warner. He is off the mark with a single to long on. Warner is OUT! He is looking to clear the long on fence but only connects it off the toe end of his bat. Gowtham catches in the deep.

Unadkat back for his second over. Warner lifts the first delivery over covers for FOUR!That brings up the 100 as well. A single on the next delivery. Aman Khan with a single to long on on the third delivery.

Warner pulls to deep mid-wicket and completes two runs. That brings up his half-century. FOUR! Warner reverses his stance and paddles the ball over his shoulder. The fielder at short fine could only stand and watch the ball to the fence. Two runs on the final delivery.

Delhi needs 84 off 30 deliveries.

Bishnoi to Warner. Warner pushes the third delivery to point for a single. OUT! Bishnoi strikes again. Powell tries to work a short-pitched delivery to the on side. The ball skids and rushes into him. He is trapped leg before.

Aman Khan is the new batter and he is off the mark on his first delivery. Warner with another single to keep strike.

Wood back into the attack. Warner using the size of the ground to great effect. Gentle nudges into the outfield on the on side to complete two runs off the first two deliveries. A single to deep mid-wicket on the third. Rovman Powell plays it to third man to get off the mark. Warner pulls and the mid-wicket fielder in brought into action. The ball, though, reaches him on one bounce.

101 needed off the final seven overs.

Bishnoi to Rossouw. FOUR! Rossouw pulls and beats the fielder at deep mid-wicket. OUT! Rossouw misses a sweep and there are loud appeals for leg before. LSG reviews but the batter is already on his way back. There’s no inside edge. But on second viewing the ball hits the bat on the follow-through after the sweep shot. Rossouw is given out caught and not leg before.

Gowtham to continue. Rossouw with two runs on the second delivery and a single off the fourth. A single each on the last two deliveries.

Rossouw welcomes Bishnoi with a FOUR through covers. A misfield on the next delivery allows a single. Warner tries a sweep but the ball is not full enough to implement the shot. He is still able to work it to deep mid-wicket for a run. Rossouw with another FOUR. He clears his leg and lifts the ball over the bowlers head. SIX! Oh jeez! Rossouw gets a full toss which he pulls to deep sqaure. Unadkat catches it but steps on the rope.

17 off the over. Delhi needs 119 runs in 60 deliveries.

Gowtham returns. Five runs off the over - four singles and a WIDE. Timeout!

Rilee Roussow walks in at No. 5. Ravi Bishnoi to Warner. He cuts for a single on the second delivery. Roussow off the mark with a single to deep mid-wicket. FIFTY up for DC. A misfield from Rahul allows one run to Warner. In the air! Rossouw goes early into a drive and the ball loops into the air. It goes wide of Marcus Stoinis at covers and the batters complete two runs.

Delhi needs 141 off 72 deliveries.

Wood continues. Warner on strike. On the third delivery, a poke to deep point for the first run of the over. The fourth delivery is angled into Sarfaraz and the batter gets on his toes to block. WICKET! Sarfaraz departs. This one jumps onto him from back-of-a-length and Sarafaraz is not able to get out in time. As he is falling over, the ball hits his bat and flies to the fine-leg fielder.

Avesh to Warner. Starts with two dot balls. Warner rocks back on the third and places the ball to deep square for a single. FOUR ! Sarfaraz pulls a short ball for a boundary. Beaten on the last delivery. That’s the end of the PowerPlay.

Mark Wood, the fifth bowler in as many overs. Wood to Shaw. He bowls a WIDE on the second delivery. A slight delay in proceedings as Wood wants a bit of sawdust put on the landing area at the non-striker end. OUT! Knocks his off stump. The ball moves back in after pitching and Shaw very kindly leaves space between pad and bat. LSG gets the first wicket.

WICKET! Mitchell Marsh is gone on the first delivery. A similar line outside off and the ball jags back in sharply. Castled. Pace and movement from Wood. He is on a hat-trick.

Wood opts for a bouncer to the new batter Sarfaraz Khan. Khan ducks but Warner calls for a review for a over the shoulder wide. That’s the second one of the over, umpire signals a no ball and DC gets a free hit. No run off the free hit. Khan defends the final delivery. What an over.

Avesh Khan comes into the attack. Just the one run from the first three deliveries. Warner with two runs on the penultimate delivery. He went for a drive on the up but got an outside edge which flew over the point region. FOUR! An under-edge runs to the fine-leg fence.

A change in attack. Impact player Krishnappa Gowtham called into attack. The first ball is short and down leg and Shaw sends it for FOUR through deep square. One run to deep mid-wicket on the next. Loud appeals on the third delivery but the impact seemed outside the line. LSG decides against a review. FOUR! Gowtham errs in length and Warner uses his crease to pull and collect four runs. Nine runs from the over.

Jaydev Unadkat from the other end. He starts with a WIDE. Warner tries a heave on the off side but mistimes. The ball clears the circle and Warner takes one run. FOUR! A punch on his back foot by Shaw hits the rope. A single off the next. FOUR! Warner pulls a short-length delivery for a boundary. Two runs off the penultimate delivery. A FOUR to end the over. A flick to fine leg. 17 runs from the over.

Shaw off the mark on the first delivery with a flick to deep square for one run. WIDE on the next delivery. FOUR! Warner with a cover drive on the third delivery. Warner offers a late cut on the penultimate delivery but the ball is fielded at short third. Warner cuts the ball and it is in the gap but K.L. Rahul with a diving save. Just one of the final delivery.

David Warner and Prithvi Shaw are out in the middle for Delhi. Shaw looks like the one who will take strike. Kyle Mayers with the new ball.

Delhi Capitals has successfully completed a run chase of 190+ six times. Can it do it again against Lucknow?

Lucknow Super Giants: Krishnappa Gowtham (In)

DELHI CAPITALS: Khaleel Ahmed (Out) Aman Khan (In)

Sakariya to bowl the final over. Aman Khan comes in as Impact Player and Khaleel Ahmed goes out. Badoni starts off with a single. Wide next ball. Shovelled down the ground for a single by Krunal. Slow and short and wide called for height this time. SIX! In the slot and Badoni swings his willow and sends the ball sailing over deep midwicket. SIX! Slower yorker and Badoni digs this out brilliantly and sends this down the ground for half a dozen more. OUT! Badoni shuffles across and looks to scoop this behind but ends up miscuing it straight to Sarfaraz. Krishnappa Gowtham comes in as Impact Player for the final ball of the delivery. SIX! And he repays the faith with a maximum off the last ball of the innings, sending the ball flying over the midwicket boundary.

SIX! Pitched wide outside off by Khaleel and Pooran drives this aerially and clears deep cover for a maximum. OUT! Pooran hits this hard through covers but straight into the hands of Shaw. FOUR! Short and Badoni pulls his first delivery to the midwicket boundary.

Mukesh into the attack. Great start to the over by Mukesh. Bowls a tight yorker length and concedes just three singles off the first three deliveries. Pooran drills this down the ground and it hits Krunal at the non-striker’s end; no runs. Angling across and the next one is called wide.

Sakariya comes back. Slower delivery outside off and Pooran gets a bottom edge to the keeper trying to heave this. SIX! Pace off again but Pooran clears his front leg and also clears the long-on fence. FOUR! Short and slow and Pooran pulls this with disdain to the deep-square rope. Slow again but this is very wide outside off and he’ll need to reload that one. Pooran slices over point for a single as Sakariya darts in yet another pace off delivery outside off. SIX! Now Krunal is on the charge. Back-of-a-length on fifth stump and Krunal pulls this over the wide long-on boundary. LSG brings up 150 in 17 overs with a single off the last ball of the over.

Kuldeep bowls out. He completely bamboozles Pooran with a leg-spinner that leaves him off-balance but Sarfaraz misses a stumping chance behind the stumps and Pooran’s back leg is in the air briefly. Just a single and a leg-bye from the over. Strategic Time Out.

OUT! Khaleel angles this across from Stoinis from over the wicket. Stoinis gets an outside edge on the drive and taken by Sarfaraz behind the stumps. Nicholas Pooran is the next batter. Starts off with a couple of dots as Khaleel keeps it full and on the stumps. FOUR! Loose ball. Short and drifting down leg and Pooran pulls this to the fine-leg boundary. SIX! More agony for Khaleel. Length ball now on the stumps and Pooran gets under it and smacks it over wide long-on. Slower one and short and Pooran misses the pull and is hit on the helmet but is okay to continue.

Axar bowls out. Digs the first one short and into Stoinis, who backs away for a single at cover. Axar ends with one for 38 from his four overs.

Now Kuldeep bowls his third over. SIX! Pitched outside off and Stoinis thumps it down the ground for a cracking six.

Axar into his third over. Krunal comes in next. Krunal drives to long-on for a single and 100 comes up for Lucknow in 11.2 overs. OUT! Axar castles Mayers with an unplayable delivery. Pitched outside off and then turns in sharply to beat the cut and rattle the stumps. Stoinis comes in at No. 5. Two new batters at the crease and this is Delhi’s chance to hit back.

Kuldeep continues. SIX! There’s no stopping Mayers tonight. Tossed up wide outside off and Mayers launches this over extra-cover for a maximum and this travels 90 metres. OUT! Hooda holes out at wide long-off and Warner takes the catch. He went for a lofted drive over cover but didn’t get it off the middle of the bat.

Axar continues. SIX! Mayers makes a cracking connection as he sweeps this fullish delivery over midwicket. SIX! Back-to-back maximums for Mayers, who goes downtown now. Hooda flicks a shorter delivery over backward square for a couple.

Here comes Kuldeep Yadav. SIX! This is drifting outside leg and Mayers slog sweeps this and just clears fine-leg to bring up a 28-ball fifty on IPL debut.

FOUR! Axar Patel is greeted into the attack with a cracking shot from Mayers. He backs away on leg-side and sends this crashing through covers. Fifty up for Lucknow in 7.1 overs. SIX! Mayers sweeps this over the backward square-leg fence, where the fielder ran in too much only for the ball to sail over his head. Hooda steps out and goes inside out over covers and Rovman Powell misfields in the deep as he over-runs the ball to allow three runs. Strategic Time Out!

Mukesh continues. SIX! Mayers finally gets a connection that goes over the rope. This was slightly wide outside off and Mayers drags this over the long-on fence for a maximum. SIX! Another one for Mayers. Dug in short and Mayers aces this pull shot and clears midwicket for a 99-metre six.

Sakariya bowls the last over of the PowerPlay. DROPPED! Khaleel drops a sitter at short third and Mayers gets a reprieve. A couple of runs to end the PP as Mayers pulls a slower short delivery. LSG ends with 30 runs on the board at the end of six overs.

Deepak Hooda comes in next. Mukesh comes back for his second over. Beaten! Hooda is beaten as Mukesh gets the ball to shape away and whizz past the outside edge. Hooda is off the mark with a single next ball. Mayers doesn’t time this aerial drive well over mid-off but gets a couple. Doesn’t connect this pull well and gets just a single. Hooda keeps strike with one more next ball.

Sakariya replaces Mukesh. Rahul goes for a big heave outside off but misses. The next one is short and Rahul misses the pull and is hit in the stomach. SIX! Great reply from the captain as he sends the next ball sailing over wide long-on for a maximum. OUT! Slower delivery, short and Rahul is caught at deep square-leg.

Khaleel continues. Rahul misses a cut and Sarfaraz misses the ball behind the stumps as the batters scamper for one bye. FOUR! First boundary of the match. Short and on the pads and Mayers pulls this to the square-leg boundary. Dot to end the over as Rahul times the ball well but finds the fielder at mid-off.

Debutant Mukesh Kumar from the other end. Beaten! Pitched up and shaping away and Rahul is beaten on the drive. Rahul is struggling here. He attemps a flick on leg-side but doesn’t connect and Mukesh comes up with a stifled appeal for LBW. Rahul finally gets a single at deep square off the fourth ball of the over. A misfiled at point and Mayers comes back for a second after pushing the ball on the off. Another horrible piece of fielding as Kuldeep lets the ball go through his legs at mid-on and Mayers gets a couple more.

KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers are out to open the innings for Lucknow. Khaleel Ahmed has the ball for Delhi. Dabbed to deep third by Rahul for a single. Khaleel gets the ball to move away from Mayers, who leaves late. A couple of more dots as Khaleel keeps it on the stumps consistently. Mayers guides a slightly wider ball outside off to point and that’s just one run from the first over.

Yash Thakur, Krishnappa Gowtham, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra.

Aman Khan, Pravin Dubey, Manish Pandey, Lalit Yadav, Abishek Porel.

KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.

David Warner calls heads and it is heads and Delhi Capitals will be bowling first, says the skipper.

The boundaries are 65m and 72m. The straight boundary is 77m long. Very little and very patchy grass on the pitch and Ian Bishop reckons the ball will grip a bit here. However, we should have a high-scoring contest today.

How Delhi Capitals is going to fill the Rishabh Pant-sized hole has been one of the biggest questions ahead of the 16th season of the IPL (Indian Premier League). We will get the answer – at least a part of it – on Saturday when Capitals take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium.

It could be the part-timer Sarfaraz Khan or the newly-recruited specialist Abishek Porel according to coach Ricky Ponting. For this match, Capitals also has to overcome the absence of the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, who are on national duty.

Capitals will have to depend on the Indian seam options, which include Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar, while for spin, there are Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. When it comes to batting, in skipper David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, the in-form Mitchell Marsh, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt and Manish Pandey, Capitals could have a problem of plenty.

As for the Lucknow batting, it has to cope with the absence of Quinton de Kock, so there will be more responsibility on the likes of skipper KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis and Krunal Pandya. For wickets, the host could look to the likes of Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan.

• ⦿ Matches Played: 2
• ⦿ Lucknow Super Giants won: 2
• ⦿ Delhi Capitals won: 0
• ⦿ Last Result: Lucknow Super Giants won by six wickets

Lucknow Super Giants Predicted XI (Batting first): KL Rahul (c, wk), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.

Lucknow Super Giants Predicted XI (Bowling first): KL Rahul (c, wk), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi.

Delhi Capitals Predicted XI (Batting first): David Warner (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Aman Khan/Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed.

Delhi Capitals Predicted XI (Bowling first): David Warner (capt), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Aman Khan/Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma.

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KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak.

David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Abishek Porel.