DC vs LSG: 'This will happen under my captaincy, make it a habit', said Delhi captain Akshar after thrilling win over Lucknow..
- byShikha Srivastava
- 25 Mar, 2025

Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel said after the thrilling one-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL match on Monday that make it a habit because this is what will happen under my captaincy. He said, 'My decision-making process is also similar, so anything can happen. Sometimes fans will also get angry. Right now we have won, so no one will say anything.' Akshar said, 'We have seen a lot in IPL. Losing four wickets in the powerplay and then winning the match, we have not seen this very often. But now cricket is changing. So you just have to stay at the crease and try.'

At the same time, Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant said, 'We had put up a good score. We will learn from this defeat and try to improve. It is easy to say where the mistake happened. For them, Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh batted brilliantly. Another player Vipraaj Nigam together turned the match in favor of Delhi.' Delhi Capitals' Ashutosh Sharma was the 'Man of the Match' who led the team to victory by scoring an unbeaten 66 off 31 balls.
Delhi won the match by one wicket.
Thanks to Ashutosh Sharma's half-century, Delhi Capitals started their campaign by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by one wicket. In this match played in Visakhapatnam on Monday, after losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow scored 209 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the explosive half-century innings of Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh. In reply, Delhi scored 211 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 19.3 overs and won the match.
Delhi had a bad start while chasing the target of 210 runs. Jack Fraser McGurk was out after scoring one run. After this, Shardul Thakur made Abhishek Porel his victim. He could not open the account. After this, M Siddharth got Sameer Rizvi caught by Pant.
Delhi Capitals, who lost three wickets in the opening overs, needed a good partnership. Axar Patel, who came to bat at number five, shared a 43-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Faf du Plessis. The captain was caught by Nicholas Pooran off Digvesh Rathi. He was dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 11 balls. At the same time, Du Plessis scored 29 runs.

After this, Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma took over the front. Both laid the foundation for Delhi's victory. Stubbs was dismissed after scoring 34 runs in 22 balls while Ashutosh remained unbeaten after scoring 66 runs. He stood till the end and ensured the team's victory with a match-winning performance. Apart from him, Vipraaj Nigam scored 39, Mitchell Starc scored two, Kuldeep Yadav scored five, and Mohit Sharma scored one* for Delhi. Shardul, Siddharth, Digvesh and Bishnoi took two wickets each for Lucknow.
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