IPL 2025: Lucknow vs Delhi – High-Stakes Battle in Match 4, Who Will Dominate?
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): The fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at the Dr. YS Rajashekhar Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Delhi will be captained by Axar Patel in this match, while the Lucknow team will be led by Rishabh Pant. Pant was a part of Delhi Capitals till last season, but Delhi did not retain him. After this, Lucknow bought Pant for Rs 27 crore, making him the most expensive player in the history of IPL.
On the other hand, KL Rahul is now a member of Delhi Capitals and will be seen playing under the captaincy of Axar Patel. In this match to be played on the third day of IPL 2025, the eyes of the fans will be especially on those players who are playing in their new teams, like Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul. Both the players were captains of different teams last season, this time they will play against their old teams, which adds more excitement to the match.
This match will be the fifth match between Delhi and Lucknow. In the matches played so far, Lucknow has won three matches, while Delhi has won two matches. This time the match will be held in Visakhapatnam, which is a new ground for both the teams. This will be the first match between the two teams here and it will be interesting to see which team wins on this new ground.
The Delhi Capitals team includes many new and old faces. This team also includes Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who has returned after a break for this season. Starc has played an important role in the title win of Kolkata Knight Riders last season. Apart from him, the Delhi team has star players like KL Rahul, Faf du Plessis, and Tristan Stubbs. At the same time, apart from Rishabh Pant, players like David Miller, Aiden Markram, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi and Ayush Badoni can play an important role in Lucknow Super Giants. Today's match between the star players of these two teams can be very exciting for the fans.
The weather in Visakhapatnam will be very hot during this match. When the toss will take place at 7 pm, the temperature will be around 28 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain, but there is a possibility of extreme humidity during the match, which can make it a bit difficult for the players to play. In such a situation, it has to be seen how the players of both the teams face this challenge. Despite this heat and humidity, this can be an exciting and challenging match for the players.
During today's match between Delhi and Lucknow, the eyes of the fans will be especially on captain Rishabh Pant. Pant got a place in the Indian team in the Champions Trophy 2025, but he did not get a chance to play in any match. In such a situation, now it will be a tough test for him to see how he performs for Lucknow in IPL 2025. At the same time, everyone's eyes will also be on KL Rahul, who is playing for Delhi for the first time. Rahul is a strong player and has depth in his batting. In this match, he would like to make full use of his experience for his new team.
Apart from the challenge of weather, both teams have experienced players who can play a key role on the field. Delhi has experienced players like Mitchell Starc and Kuldeep Yadav in the bowling department, while Lucknow has fast bowlers like Avesh Khan and Shardul Thakur. The match between these two teams can be one of the exciting matches of IPL.
Squad of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants:
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs (wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manwant Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwary, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi.
