RR Secure Playoff Spot After DC Wins Against LSG, IPL 2024
Hello, cricket fans! Today we are here again with the post-match updates of the 64th IPL match 2024 from Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. This ipl match was between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Gaint. Before we discuss more and share the highlights, let me tell you that Delhi Captials secured it’s win by 19 runs in today’s match in Delhi. By this they secured ahope to get into the playoffs as well.!
Today in IPL 2024, Delhi Capitals (DC) have put up a target of 209 for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
KL Rahul won the toss and decided that his team would bowl first. Tristan Stubbs and Ishan Porel scored a good run of fifties for their team DC.
It was a must-win game for both teams as their Playoff hopes depended on this match. After today’s win DC is in the race of playoffs as it is on the 3rd of the points table.
Impact is not only on DC, RR also qualifies for playoffs.
Rajasthan Royals have got the biggest benefit from the victory of Delhi Capitals. With the defeat of Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals team has become the second team to qualify for the playoffs.
Match Highlights
Ishant Sharma gave a match-winning performance and took 3 wickets for his team DC.
If we look at the batting performance, DC players performed excellently. The team scored 208 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Jake Fraser-McGurk was out for zero, losing his first wicket soon after Abhishek Poral took the lead and scored 58 runs off 33 balls, Shai Hope 38 (27), Rishabh Pant 33 off 23 balls, and Tristan Stubbs 57 runs in the game.
Lucknow Super Giants got disappointed….
Lucknow suffered a big blow in the beginning when captain KL Rahul was out after scoring just five runs in three balls. His shot off Ishant Sharma’s ball went wrong and Mukesh Kumar caught it. Shortly after this, the second opener Quinton de Kock was also out. After this, Marcus Stoinis got stumped while playing a big shot on the ball. At the same time, Deepak Hooda was caught in front of the wickets on the ball of Ishant Sharma. Nicholas Puran definitely tried to compensate by hitting some big shots, but Ayush Badoni lost his wicket in front. After this, Nicholas Puran was caught out by Akshar Patel on the ball of Mukesh Kumar.
DC Playing 11: Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed
A brief scorecard of today’s match:
LSG Playing 11: KL Rahul(w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
A Race for Playoffs:
points table
| Team | Points | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Net Run Rate |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) {Q} | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.453 |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) {Q} | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | +0.349 |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | +0.528 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.406 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -0.377 |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -0.769 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | +0.217 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -0.212 |
| Punjab Super Kings (PBKS) | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -0.423 |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | -1.32 |
After facing the loss in today’s match fans is bursting over KL Rahul because of his poor performance. Here are reactions:
