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The 64th Match of IPL 2024 was held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and chose to bowl.
Delhi Capitals Innings:
Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel came to open for Delhi Capitals. The star player of this season for Delhi Capitals Jake Fraser-McGurk was dismissed by Arshad Khan in the second ball of the first over. Another opener Abishek Porel played brilliantly from the start of the innings. Shai Hope came to bat at number 3, he was giving great support to Abishek Porel. At the end of the first 6 overs of the powerplay, Delhi Capitals scored 73 runs for 1 wicket.
In the eighth over, Abishek Porel scored his fifty of just 21 balls. Abishek Porel and Shai Hope put on a brilliant partnership of 92 runs off 49 balls. This partnership was broken by Ravi Bishnoi. He dismissed Shai Hope. KL Rahul took the catch in two attempts. Shai Hope scored 38 runs off 27 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 10 overs, Delhi Capitals scored 106 runs for 2 wickets.
Abishek Porel got out in the 12th over. He scored 58 runs in 33 balls. He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. He was dismissed by Naveen-ul-Haq. After that, Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs put on a partnership of 47 runs off 31 balls. Both of them were hitting great shots. In the 17th over, Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 33 off 23 balls off Naveen-ul-Haq. He hit 5 fours. Tristan Stubbs was playing great. In the 19th over, he took 21 runs off Naveen-ul-Haq. Tristan Stubbs scored a fifty off just 22 balls in this over. Tristan Stubbs remained unbeaten till the end and scored 57 off 25 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. Axar Patel also played well, he scored 14 unbeaten runs in 10 balls. At the end of 20 overs, Delhi Capitals scored 208 runs for 4 wickets.
Among the bowlers of Lucknow Super Giants, Naveen-ul-Haq took 2 wickets, and Ravi Bishnoi and Arshad Khan took 1 wicket each.
Lucknow Super Giants Innings:
Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul came to open for Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow Super Giants did not start well as captain KL Rahul was dismissed by Ishant Sharma in the first over. Ishant Sharma dismissed another opener Quinton de Kock in the third over of the innings. After that, Lucknow Super Giants lost another wicket again in the fourth over. This time Marcus Stoinis got out. He was dismissed by Axar Patel. Rishabh Pant stumped well. In the fifth over, Lucknow Super Giants lost their fourth wicket. Ishant Sharma dismissed Deepak Hooda this time. Among Lucknow Super Giants’ batters, Nicholas Pooran was the only one who played well in the powerplay. At the end of 6 overs of powerplay, Lucknow Super Giants scored 59 runs for 4 wickets.
Lucknow Super Giants lost their fifth wicket in the eighth over. Tristan Stubbs dismisses Ayush Badoni. Despite the fall of wickets one after another, Nicholas Pooran played brilliantly at the other end. In the ninth over, he scored fifty off just 20 balls by hitting a four. At the end of 10 overs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 97 runs for 5 wickets.
Nicholas Pooran got out in the twelfth over. He scored 61 off 27 balls, hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes. Krunal Pandya played well, he was dismissed for 18 runs by Kuldeep Yadav in the 15th over
On the ball. He was stumped by Rishabh Pant. At the end of the 15th over, Lucknow Super Giants scored 135 runs for 7 wickets.
After this, Arshad Khan played very aggressively. In the 18th over, Arshad Khan scored a fifty in just 25 balls. In the last 2 overs, Lucknow Super Giants needed 29 runs to win with 2 wickets in hand. But Lucknow Super Giants scored only 9 runs in the last 2 overs. Arshad Khan scored 58 runs off 33 balls with the help of 3 fours and 5 sixes. At the end of 20 overs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 189 runs for 9 wickets. Delhi Capitals won the match by 19 runs.
For Delhi Capitals, Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets and Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Khaleel Ahmed, and Axar Patel took 1 wicket each.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Delhi Capitals Innings (208/4 in 20 overs) | Lucknow Super Giants Bowling |
| Abishek Porel 58 (33) | Naveen-ul-Haq 51/2 (4 overs) |
| Tristan Stubbs 57* (25) | Ravi Bishnoi 26/1 (4 overs) |
| Shai Hope 38 (27) | Arshad Khan 45/1 (3 overs) |
| Lucknow Super Giants Innings (189/9 in 20 overs) | Delhi Capitals Bowling |
| Nicholas Pooran 61 (27) | Ishant Sharma 34/3 (4 overs) |
| Arshad Khan 58* (33) | Mukesh Kumar 33/1 (4 overs) |
| Kuldeep Yadav 33/1 (4 overs) |
Result:
Delhi Capitals won by 19 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Ishant Sharma was the player of the match.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.