New Delhi: after a roller coaster race in their last three IPL 2025 FESTS – A defeat against the Indians of Mumbai, a victory of super nails against the Royals of Rajasthan, and a defeat against the Titans of Gujarat – Delhi capital Finally found stability, by sailing towards an eight gates dominant victory Lucknow Super Giants At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
The spotlights were firmly on KL Rahul, facing its old team for the first time, and the elegant right-hander delivered with composure and class. Rahul played a winning blow of the match, anchoring the pursuit with an undefeated of 57 balls of 42 balls, prevented from four limits and three. His current round was a statement – not only against his old team, but also to those who question his T20 references.
Adding on occasion, Rahul has reached a monumental personal step – becoming the fastest Indian and the second fastest in the general IPL point classification, achieving the feat in just 130 rounds. He exceeded the tastes of Virat Kohli (157 rounds), AB de Villiers (161) and Shikhar Dhawan (168), while only following David Warner, who took 135 sleeves.
Rahul found a reliable partner at Abishek Porel, who stole the first show with an elegant 51 of 36 balls. The pair shared a century stand that has actually moved LSG’s game. Porel’s positive intention and timing set the tone in the PowerPlay, while Rahul played the perfect anchor.
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Earlier, the brilliant comes out of Mukesh Kumar implemented the victory. The right arm stimulator has wreaked havoc in the middle of the middle, Scalping 4/34 in four overs, including the key counters of Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni and Rishabh Pant. His strikes derailed the LSG load just when they seemed to pass in front of 180.
Despite a solid base posed by Aiden Markram (52 out of 33) and Mitchell Marsh (45 out of 36), the LSG stammered in death to end on 159/6. Axar Patel and Mitchell Starc supported Mukesh with tight spells, while Kuldeep Yadav cut with a counter.
Chasing 160, DC lost Karun Nair early, but the Rahul-Porel partnership took control, and the 34 undefeated of Axar Patel applied the final touch. Rahul sealed the victory with a victory with six at a level halfway off the coast of Prince Yadav.
With this victory, Delhi Capitals solidified his second place on the point table with 12 points of 8 games – six wins and only two defeats.
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