This was the fifth match of IPL 2026, played between DC and LSG at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. So far, neither of these teams has won an IPL season, but fans have high expectations for both teams in this IPL.
Now talking about the match, DC won this match by 6 wickets. This was the first match of the season for both teams, in which DC had the upper hand. LSG set a low target of 142 runs, which DC chased down in just 17.2 overs.
Talking about DC, Shahbaz Ahmed played a match-winning innings. He remained not out on 70 runs, scoring 70 off 47 balls, including 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Another player who contributed important runs for Delhi was Tristan Stubbs, who added 39 runs to the team’s total.
- LSG’s batting was not very good in this match. Only two players managed to score some runs. The first was Mitchell Marsh, who scored 35 runs off 28 balls, hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes.
- The second player was Abdul Samad, who made 36 runs off 25 balls, including 3 fours and 1 six. Apart from them, the rest of the players did not perform well in this match.
- For LSG, captain Rishabh Pant added only 7 runs to the team. Aiden Markram scored 11 runs, while Ayush Badoni was out for zero. Nicholas Pooran managed just 8 runs.
- Mukul Choudhary scored 14 runs, Shahbaz Ahmed scored 15 runs, Mohammed Shami added 1 run, while Anrich Nortje and Mohsin Khan were both out for zero.
- The entire team was all out after setting a target of 142 runs.
- DC won the entire match mainly because of two players: Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs.
- Sameer Rizvi scored 70 runs off 47 balls—including 5 fours and 4 sixes—and remained unbeaten in the match.
- As for the other player, Tristan Stubbs scored 39 runs off 32 balls, comprising 3 fours and 1 six; he, too, remained unbeaten in the match. The remaining four players did not score many runs in this match.
- The other four players were KL Rahul, who was out for zero, Pathum Nissanka, who scored just 1 run, Nitis
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper/Captain), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, and Prithvi Yadav.
Shahbaz Ahmed.
KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (Captain), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan, and Mukesh Kumar.
Sameer Rizvi
