4th match: DC vs LSG
Date: 24 March 2025
Timing: 7:30 PM
Ground: ACA International Cricket Stadium (Visakhapatnam)
The DC vs LSG IPL 2025 match will be played at the ACA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. It will be played on Monday, March 24, 2025. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST. The toss of the Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 match will take place at 7:00 PM IST. And it will be streamed live on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network in India. Both clubs will be led by new captains; former Capitals captain Rishabh Pant will be in charge of LSG, while Axar Patel will head DC.
On Day 3 of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rishabh Pant, the former captain of the Delhi Capitals, will be the centre of attention when he faces his old side, the Lucknow Super Giants. After being released by the DC before to the IPL auctions last year, Pant was purchased by LSG for Rs 27 crore, making him the league’s highest-ever purchase.
Pant will aim to show DC what they lost in the auction, just as Phil Salt did to the Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. But Axar Patel, who has assumed the leadership role that Pant left behind, will be in front of him.
KL Rahul, who exchanged the LSG colour for DC following a public spat with Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka last year, will also be playing against his old team. Given that both sides have elite players and a rich history between former players and their teams, Monday’s matchup is sure to be tantalising.
Pitch and conditions:
Last year, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) set an IPL record by shelling 272 here. Only one 200 was reached in 19 August Andhra Premier League games. But as the calibre of players varies greatly, that shouldn’t be used as a yardstick to assess the surface. Runs have been scored at 9.2 per over in all T20 matches at Visakhapatnam, which is the third-highest rate of any Indian venue behind Bengaluru (9.2) and Hyderabad (9.7).
The big picture: Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and the arguments :
Players have traditionally faced their old clubs in the IPL, but this season’s matches have a little more zing.
After becoming the most expensive auction acquisition for LSG, Rishabh Pant will play for his previous team, the Delhi Capitals (DC), while KL Rahul, the former captain of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), will play for DC. Additionally, they begin the season against one another. The evening of Monday in Visakhapatnam.
The final pictures from Rahul’s tenure at LSG showed what appeared to be a lively conversation with Sanjiv Goenka, the team owner. It followed the team’s IPL 2024 departure. “Players with a mindset to win” is what Goenka later stated she wanted. Feeling “loved and cared for” was what Rahul desired.
Rahul, who was relieved of captaincy responsibilities following Pant’s “devastating” departure, starts with DC on Monday at their second home in Visakhapatnam. Pant will lead LSG in the same location where he was greeted like a hero last year after making a full recovery from a career-threatening accident.
However, Rahul and Pant are not the only players in this match. Following squad overhauls and, in DC’s case, support staff overhauls, it pits two teams keen to forge a fresh identity. All of LSG’s key Indian quicks are either injured, in rehabilitation, or, in Mohsin Khan’s case, ruled out, which presents difficulties. While Mukesh Kumar, Axar, and Kuldeep Yadav remain, DC has bolstered their offence with Mitchell Starc, Mohit Sharma, and T Natarajan.
Given that, this may end up being a match between DC’s bowling and LSG’s hitting.
New loyalties :
After beginning in 2016, Ant has participated in all 111 of his IPL matches for DC, and he will play them for the first time on Monday. Rahul, who guided LSG to consecutive playoff appearances, now has the opportunity to make an impression with the bat and carry on the aggressive style of cricket he displayed during India’s run for the Champions Trophy.
Mitchell Marsh scored 251 runs with a high of 89 during DC’s successful IPL 2022 campaign. He claimed 12 wickets at 14.16 in the 2023 Indian Premier League. He now plays as a hitter for LSG due to a history of ailments.
Team news :
Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (week), Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, , Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tristan Stubbs , Captain Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma , Mohit Sharma and Sameer Rizvi, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, and Kuldeep Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), Yuvraj Chaudhary, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, David Miller, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, and Shahbaz Ahmed
Shardul Thakur has joined LSG as an injured replacement for Mohsin, but there are still significant holes in their lineup since Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, and Akash Deep—the three mainstays of their Indian fast-bowling core—are all recuperating from injuries.
Key stats :
- Since IPL 2022, LSG has had the greatest victory % of any club when batting first, at 73.
- There will be high expectations for the redesigned lineup because DC’s quick bowling group had the lowest economy rate (10.7) of any club in the 2024 Indian Premier League.
- Since 2018, Rahul’s 3958 runs have been the most by any batsman in the IPL.
- Pooran has smashed 187 sixes, making him the most prolific six-hitter in T20 cricket since 2024. With 117, Heinrich Klaasen is far behind.
