Rishabh Pant Clueless in season 18 of IPL. LSG’s dosappointing performance on Field
Pant Falters once again
DC won the toss at Ekana stadium in Lucknow and asked LSG to set target. Markram and Marsh had good opening parrtnership of 87 in 10 over but Markram lost his wicket in 10th over and LSG were clueless from here. Marsh got out at 110 and it was only impact player Badoni who scored 36 of 21balls. Pant came for last 2 balls and got out on last ball. Mukesh picked up 4 wickets to restrict LSG at 159 in 20 overs.
DC had well thaught plan and they executed to reach target comfortably. A Porel scored 51 runs in 36 balls and KL Rahul in his sublim form scored 57 of 42 balls to cross the target in 17.5 over . Captain Axar Patel scored quick 34 not out from 20 ball.
DC won by 8 wickets and Mukesh Kumar was declared Player of the Match for his 4 wickets haul.
| Match No 40 | ||||
| Ekana CS | 22 Apr 2025 | Toss-DC | ||
| LSG | DC | DC won by 8 wickets | ||
| 159/6(20) | 161/2(17.5) | |||
| A Markram-52(33) M Marsh-45(36) A Badoni-36(21) | Mukesh K-4/33(4) M Starc-1/25(4) D Chameera-1/25(3) | KL Rahul-57*(42) A Porel-51(36) A Patel-34*(20) | A Markram-2/30(3) | POTM- Mukesh Kumar for his 4/33 in 4 overs |
Delhi Capital with win are at 12 points from 8 game with 2 loss. DC and GT are tied on points but GT are on top of table with better Net run rate.
| INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE-2025 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Played | Won | Loss | NR | Points | NRR | Remarks |
| 1 | Gujrat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +1.104 | |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +0.657 | |
| 3 | Royal Challenger Bengaluru | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 10 | +0.472 | |
| 4 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 10 | +0.177 | |
| 5 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | +0.054 | |
| 6 | Mumbai Indians | 8 | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | +0.483 | |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | +0.212 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | -0.633 | |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | -1.217 | |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1.392 | ||
Michael Marsh is back in top 5 run getter with his crafted half century. Sudharsan still holder of Orange Cap
| ORANGE CAP- IPL 2025 | ||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | SR | HS | Remarks |
| 1 | Sai Sudarsan | GT | 417 | 152 | 82 | |
| 2 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 368 | 205 | 87* | |
| 3 | Jos Buttler | GT | 356 | 165 | 97* | |
| 4 | M Marsh | LSG | 344 | 160 | 81 | |
| 5 | SK Yadav | MI | 333 | 162 | 68* | |
Prasidih Krishna maintain on top of Orange Cap race with 16 wickets with Kuldeep , Noor , Kishore and Hazlewood all with 12 wickets following him.
| PURPLE CAP-IPL 2025 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Best | Wicket | Remarks |
| 1 | P Krishna | GT | 4/41 | 16 | |
| 2 | K Yadav | DC | 3/22 | 12 | |
| 3 | Noor Ahmed | CSK | 4/18 | 12 | |
| 4 | Sai Kishore | GT | 3/30 | 12 | |
| 5 | J Hezlewood | RCB | 3/14 | 12 | |
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