Delhi Capitals (DC) will take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for Match 4 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on 24 March at the Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. (Schedule | Points Table)
There is a sense of familiarity between these two teams, as two key players Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have swapped allegiances this season after not being retained by their former franchises ahead of the mega auctions.
Delhi Capitals picked up KL Rahul for a bargain price of INR 14 crore, while Lucknow Super Giants made Pant the most expensive IPL player of all time after spending INR 27 crore on him.
Both players left their previous teams in shocking manners, with KL Rahul essentially being driven out after a public, on-field fallout with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka. Meanwhile, Pant forced a move out of DC after informing the management that he did not want to be retained by the Delhi-based team.
As such, the match will revolve around these two players’ redemption arc as they face their teammates-turned-enemies on Monday. Neither team had any results to write home about in IPL 2024, finishing sixth and seventh respectively.
However, with new-look squads, new players, and new skippers to lead them, both Delhi and Lucknow will hope for a winning start to their IPL 2025 campaign.
Delhi Capitals Vs Lucknow Super Giants Weather Forecast
As per AccuWeather, the temperature in Visakhapatnam on Monday evening will hover around the 28-degree Celsius mark. However, the humidity will be in the mid-70%, ensuring tough conditions for the players.
Thankfully, there will be minimal cloud cover and no chances of rain playing spoilsport in the match. Winds of speeds upwards of 25km/h will be blowing from south-west.
DC Vs LSG Pitch Report
The Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam is known for its batting-friendly pitch. The average first innings score on the stadium is around 160, but recent years have seen several 180-plus totals. This is the pitch where Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) posted a total of 272 against DC last year.
The pitch is on the slower side, and spinners often dictate the pace of games, especially late on in the match.
Delhi Capitals Vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2025 Prediction
As per Google, Delhi Capitals have the slightest bit of advantage, entering the match as 53% favourites to win their opening tie, while LSG have a 47% chance of victory.
Delhi Capitals Vs Lucknow Super Giants Full Squads
DC: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul (wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Abhishek Porel (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav
LSG: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi
