DC vs LSG, IPL 2025: The team of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Joints with the new captain and the new team will be face to face on Monday, then they will have to begin with the victory of the new session of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This will be the second consecutive year while Delhi’s team will play their two home matches here. In his IPL career, only Rishabh Pant, who played only Delhi team, is taking command of the Lucknow team this time, who bought him for a record 27 crore rupees in the IPL auction. Due to his expensive price, Pant is bound to be in the discussion, but this wicketkeeper batsman would like to make his place in the limited overs national team by bypassing all these things. Pant was involved in the Indian team for the Champions Trophy but did not get a chance to play in a single match.
On the other hand, KL Rahul is who will play for Delhi Capitals as a player this time after taking charge of Lucknow in the last two seasons. The Delhi team has appointed all -rounder Akshar Patel as captain but Rahul’s role in batting will be important. The Delhi team also stars South African veteran batsman Faf du Plessi who was commanding the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) till last year. Delhi has made him vice -captain. The Delhi team looks very strong on paper as it has a good combination of foreign and Indian players. On the other hand, Lucknow does not have only six foreign players.
While Delhi will get the benefit of du Plessy’s experience in batting, he has experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc in bowling. The middle order of Delhi is seen strong in the presence of Karun Nair, who performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, including Rahul, Triston Stabs, Sameer Rizvi and Ashutosh Sharma. Delhi’s bowling unit is also seen strong, whose spin department consists of two experienced spinners Akshar and Kuldeep Yadav of India. Apart from Stark, his fast bowling department includes T. Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar and Dushmant Chamera.
Lucknow will hop that their Indian players will reconcile with foreign players. Australian all -rounder Mitchell Marsh is available as only one expert batsman among foreign players. In such a situation, Lucknow will be expected to perform well from the South African pair of David Miller and Aiden Markram.
Lucknow has an explosive batsman as Nicholas Puran, who can turn the match on his own. Apart from him, Lucknow team has good Indian batsmen as Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed. The bowling department is a matter of concern for Lucknow, however, its Indian fast bowlers Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan and Akashdeep are still recovering from injuries. Lucknow has been strengthened by the inclusion of all -rounder Shardul Thakur in the team. Thakur has been included in the team in his place due to the injury of fast bowler Mohsin Khan.
The teams are as follows:
Delhi Capitals: Akshar Patel (Captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Jake Fraser-Macgark, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Farera, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Triston Stabs (Wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalakande, Vipraj Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Mashel Stark, Mission Tiwari, Madhwant Kumar Tiwari, Madhav Tiwari, Madhwant Kumar Tiwari, Madhwant Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Tripurana Vijay, Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chamera and Kuldeep Yadav.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Puran (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hungargkar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni, Aksh Khan, Akash Khan, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Digvesh Singh, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi.
The match will start at 7:30 pm Indian time.
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