IPL 2026: Sameer Rizvi was very useful for Delhi Capitals in difficult times, Lucknow Super Giants lost the match by 6 wickets.

DC vs LSG IPL 2026 Match Highlight: The fifth match of the season was played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. During this, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first. Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first, were all out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs. In response, Delhi Capitals achieved this score in 17.1 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Sameer Rizvi was the hero of this victory of Delhi Capitals.

Sameer Rizvi’s excellent batting in difficult times

The entire credit for Delhi Capitals’ victory in this match goes to young batsman Sameer Rizvi. On one hand, DC batsmen kept losing wickets. On the other hand, Sameer Rizvi stood like a wall in front of Lucknow Super Giants and remained on the field till the team won. Sameer Rizvi scored 70 runs in the match with a strike rate of 148. On the other hand, Tristan Stubbs also played an excellent inning of 39 runs.

A SIX TO SEAL IT! 🙌

Sameer Rizvi does it in style 🥳@DelhiCapitals kick off their #TATAIPL 2026 campaign with a 6️⃣-wicket victory 👏👏

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/lfP7dRNKfg#KhelBindaas | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/vVPkz5kqzd

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 1, 2026

KL Rahul became the victim of golden duck

Apart from these two batsmen, no one else could play a good innings for Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul became the victim of Mohammed Shami on the very first ball of DC’s innings. He became the victim of the Golden Duck. Apart from this, Pathum Nishanka became the victim of Prince Yadav on the score of 1 run. After this, Yadav also made Captain Akshar Patel his victim. Earlier, Nitish Rana was made his victim by Mohsin Khan at the score of 15 runs.

Personal best in #TATAIPL ✅
Match-winning knock ✅
Player of the match ✅

WHAT A NIGHT FOR SAMEER RIZVI! ➡️

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/lfP7dRNKfg#KhelBindaas | #LSGvDC | @delhicapitals pic.twitter.com/LZjWWRRS81

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 1, 2026

LSG’s batting

In its very first match of IPL 2026, there was a change in the team of Lucknow Super Giants. Actually, this change was regarding the batting order. Captain Rishabh Pant came today to open with Mitchell Marsh, but his move did not go well. He was run out on the score of 7 runs. Then the team’s score was only 19 runs. After this, Aidan Markran was out just one ball before the powerplay. Then the team could not even complete 50 runs. Markaran scored only 11 runs. Abdul Samad scored the maximum 36 runs for Lucknow. At the same time, opener Mitchell Marsh played a short inning of 35 runs.

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Delhi’s brilliant bowling

Delhi bowlers dominated this match against Lucknow Super Giants. He did not give the batsmen any chance to open up. Lungi Edgini and T Natarajan took maximum 3-3 wickets for Delhi. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav made 2 batsmen his victims. At the same time, captain Akshar Patel made an LSG batsman the victim of his spin.