IPL 2026 LSG vs DC 1st Innings Report: In the fifth league match of IPL 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are on the field. In the match being played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Lucknow, batting first, was all out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs. Abdul Samad played the biggest innings for the team and scored 36 runs in 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan took maximum 3-3 wickets for Delhi.
Lucknow did not get a good start. The team had lost the first wicket on the score of just 19 runs. During this period the team had played 3 overs. Moving forward, Lucknow had put 48 runs on the board at the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. The team lost the third wicket in the very next over of the powerplay. In this way, losing wickets continuously became very difficult for Lucknow.
Lucknow’s innings condition
Mitchell Marsh, who opened for Lucknow, was the second highest scorer. Marsh scored 35 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Of the 11 batsmen who came on the field for the team, 6 could not even cross the double figures. The inability of any batsman to stay at the crease for long became a problem for Lucknow and the team could not even cross the total of 150 runs.
Delhi’s brilliant bowling
Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan, who took the maximum 3-3 wickets for the team, spent 27 runs in 3.4 overs and 29 runs in 4 overs respectively. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets in his name. Kuldeep spent 31 runs in 4 overs. Rest captain Akshar Patel took 1 wicket in his bag. Akshar gave 17 runs in 3 overs. No Delhi bowler spent runs with an economy of more than 8.
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