IPL 2025: Delhi Starts with a Win, Defeats Lucknow by One Wicket; Ashutosh Sharma Shines

On Monday (March 24, 2025), the fourth match of IPL 2025 took place between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Delhi secured a thrilling one-wicket victory over Lucknow. After winning the toss, Delhi opted to bowl first. Lucknow posted a total of 209 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi chased down the target, scoring 211 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 19.3 overs. Nicholas Pooran played a sensational knock of 75 runs off 30 balls, while Mitchell Marsh contributed 72 runs off 36 balls.

Delhi Capitals’ Innings:

• Jake Fraser-McGurk – 1 run (2 balls)

• Faf du Plessis – 29 runs (18 balls)

• Abhishek Porel (Wicketkeeper) – 0 runs (2 balls)

• Sameer Rizvi – 4 runs (4 balls)

• Axar Patel (Captain) – 22 runs (11 balls)

• Tristan Stubbs – 34 runs (22 balls)

• Ashutosh Sharma – 66 runs (31 balls)

• Vipraj Nigam – 39 runs (15 balls)

• Mitchell Starc – 2 runs (5 balls)

• Kuldeep Yadav – 5 runs (5 balls)

• Mohit Sharma – 1 run (2 balls)

Lucknow Super Giants’ Innings:

• Aiden Markram – 15 runs (13 balls)

• Mitchell Marsh – 72 runs (36 balls)

• Nicholas Pooran – 75 runs (30 balls)

• Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper/Captain) – 0 runs (6 balls)

• David Miller – 27 runs (19 balls)

• Ayush Badoni – 4 runs (5 balls)

• Shardul Thakur – 0 runs (2 balls)

• Shahbaz Ahmed – 9 runs (8 balls)

• Ravi Bishnoi – 0 runs (2 balls)

• Digvesh Rathi – 0 runs (0 balls)

Delhi Capitals Fielded Four Overseas Players

Captain Axar Patel confirmed that Delhi included Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tristan Stubbs, and Mitchell Starc as their four overseas players. Meanwhile, Lucknow’s team, led by Rishabh Pant, featured Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, and David Miller.

Playing XI for Both Teams

Delhi Capitals:

Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel (Wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (Captain), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Impact Players: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Tripura Vijay, Darshan Nalkande.

Lucknow Super Giants:

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper/Captain), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi.
Impact Players: M Siddharth, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Akash Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.

Delhi’s Ashutosh Sharma’s 66 off 31 balls played a crucial role in securing their victory. With this thrilling win, Delhi Capitals have started their IPL 2025 campaign on a high note.