Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals on Sunday, 1 May in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to move to the second position in the points table. KL Rahul's team made it three wins in a row, defeating Rishabh Pant's Delhi by a comfortable margin of 6 runs.
Captain KL Rahul anchored LSG to victory, days after criticising the reckless approach of his batters. He scored 77 off 51 balls alongside Deepak Hooda who pitched in with a quick-fire 52 off 34 balls. The duo put together 95 runs between them, setting up a huge total
of 195 runs on a sticky Wankhede wicket on Sunday.
Returning to bowl, LSG pacers provided quick breakthroughs for their teams and restricted the Pant-led team to 189/7 in 20 overs, winning the game by 6 runs.
Brief Scores
Lucknow Super Giants: 195 for 3 in 20 overs (K L Rahul 71, Deepak Hooda 52; Shadul Thakur 3/40).
Delhi Capitals: 189 for 7 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 44, Axar Patel 42*, Mitchell Marsh 37; Mohsin Khan 4/16)