New Delhi: A rollerCoster goes into its last three after a rollerCoster IPL 2025 Fixty-A defeat for Mumbai Indians, a nail-biting super over winning against Rajasthan Royals, and a defeat for Gujarat Titans– Delhi capitals Finally found stability, hailing for a major victory over eight-cicat Lucknow Super Giants Bharat Ratna Shri Atil Bihari Vajpey at Ekna Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
The spotlight was firmly on KL Rahul, facing its former team for the first time, and was distributed with a trademark composition and square in the elegant right hand. Rahul played a match winning knock, scoring 57 runs off 42 balls, chasing an unbeaten 57 with four borders and three sixes. His fluent innings was a statement – not only against his former side, but also for those who question his T20 credibility.
On the occasion, Rahul reached a monopolistic individual milestone-became faster Indians and achieved the second fastest for 5000 IPL runs, achieved in only 130 innings. He crossed the choice of Virat Kohli (157 innings), AB de Villiers (161), and Shikhar Dhawan (168), while leaving only David Warner, who played 135 innings.
Rahul found a reliable partner in Abishek Porl, who stole the initial show with a perfect 51 off 36 balls. The pair shared a century stand which effectively took the game away from LSG. Poral’s positive intentions and time set tone in Powerplay, while Rahul played the right anchor.
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Earlier, Mukesh Kumar’s brilliant magic won. The right -handed pace Hawk in the middle overs, scaling 4/34 in four overs, including Michel Marsh, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni and Rishabh Pant. His strike derailed the LSG’s charge, as if he had pushed from 180 last.
Despite a solid foundation laid by Aiden Markram (52 out of 33) and Mitchell Marsh (36 runs 36), LSG stuttered in the overs of death to end at 159/6. Exer Patel and Mitchell Starc supported Mukesh with a tight mantra, while Kuldeep Yadav pasted with one wicket.
Chasing 160, DC lost Karun Nair quickly, but Rahul-Portal Partnership controlled, and 20 out of 34 of Exer Patel implemented the finishing touch. Rahul sealed the victory with six over six on mid-wicket from Rajkumar Yadav.
With this win, Delhi Capital solved its second place on the points table with 12 points from 8 matches – six wins and only two defeats.
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