IPL 2025: New Delhi. Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam, while batting amazing, gave the victory from Lucknow Supergiants to Delhi Capitals on Monday. On the basis of the stormy innings of these two, Delhi defeated Lucknow by 1 wicket in their first match of IPL-2025. In this, Vipraaj (Game Changer) became (GAME CHANGER).
Delhi needed 210 runs to win. He lost his five wickets for 65 runs. Triston Stabs fought some battle. However, he was dismissed for a total score of 113 off the third ball of the 13th over. The attacking batting by Ashutosh and Vipraj (Ashutosh) and Vipraj surprised everyone and gave Delhi a victory from where no one expected. This is the biggest win, chasing the target of runs against Lucknow in Delhi. Snatched taken away from Lucknow.
For Lucknow, Nicholas Puran played a stormy innings of 75 runs off 30 balls which included six fours and seven sixes. Apart from him, Mitchell Marsh scored 72 runs off 36 balls, hitting six fours and the same sixes. No one could do Marsh and Puran work for Delhi.
Did not get a good start
Delhi has an opening pair of Jack Freshers McGark and Faf du Plessy. Both of them are known for their stormy batting, but Shardul Thakur spoiled the entire game of Delhi. No one bought Thakur in the auction. After Mohsin Khan was injured, he came into the team and played in this match. On the third ball of the first over, he caught McGark (1) in Badoni’s hands. He then showed Abhishek Porel the path of the pavilion. He could not even open an account. M Siddharth made Sameer Rizvi his victim and gave Delhi a third blow.
Lines and duplecy also fail
Hope was now from duplesi and captain Akshar. Both of them also raised hope to hit some good shots. In the process of showing more speed, Akshar became the victim of Digvesh Rathi. Akshar scored 22 runs off 11 balls which included three fours and a six. Ravi Bishnoi gave Duplessei caught by David Miller and gave the fifth blow to Delhi. Duplassi scored 29 runs off 18 balls.
Triston Stabs was trying to bring the team on the path while batting aggressively, but could not go much further. Siddharth’s ball blew his poles. Stabs scored 34 runs off 22 balls.
Ashutosh and Vipraj Corporation tied
The Delhi team still did not give up. Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam were trying to win the team fast. Both of them added 55 runs off 22 balls. Then the time was out after the 16th over and after that Vipraj became the victim of the wrong shot game Digvesh on the first ball. He scored 39 runs off 15 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes.
On the first ball of the 18th over, Bishnoi dismissed Stark and gave Delhi the eighth blow. Ashutosh once again brought Delhi into the match on the last three balls of the 18th over. In the last two overs, Delhi needed 22 runs to win. Kuldeep was run out on the third ball on the first ball of the 19th over. Ashutosh completed his half -century by taking two runs off the fourth ball. On the third ball of the last over, Ashutosh hit his team and won his team.
Lucknow storm
Earlier, Lucknow, who came to play the first innings, brought a storm at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The pair of Mitchell Marsh and Eden Markram gave the team a fast start. Both added 46 runs for the first wicket. Vipraj Nigam gave Delhi the first success by dismissing Markram. He scored 15 runs. The real storm came after this.
Marsh and Puran then took good news of Delhi bowlers. Marsh completed his half -century off 21 balls. Both took the team’s score to 133 runs. Mukesh Kumar gave Marsh a second blow to Lucknow by dismissing Marsh off the fourth ball of the 12th over. Captain Pant, who came after him, could not even open the account.
However, Puran was hitting one end and it seemed that Lucknow would easily cross 230. Puran was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the 15th over and gave Lucknow a fourth blow. Delhi returned from here again.
Miller crossed 200
Delhi again lost the wickets of Badoni (4), Thakur (0), Shahbaz Ahmed (9) and began to feel here that Lucknow would not be able to cross 200. Ravi Bishnoi was also dismissed on the last ball of the 19th over and Lucknow lost his eighth wicket as him. In the last over, David Miller took the score of two sixes to the team’s score 200. Stark took three wickets for Delhi. Kuldeep’s share came two wickets. Corporation and Mukesh Kumar got one success each.
