Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Preview & Prediction | IPL 2025 | League Stage
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Injury-hit Lucknow Super Giants begins their season against Delhi Capitals, with both teams yet to win their first IPL title.
Date & time: Monday March 24th 2025: USA PT – 7:00am / USA ET – 10:00am / UK – 2:00pm
Venue: Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India
Weather: Sunshine that descends into clear skies with light winds and temperatures of 28c.
How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Foxtel
Delhi Capitals Preview: Three years without success
Delhi Capitals are at somewhat of a crossroads having failed to make the playoffs in each of the past three editions of the IPL. After using the mega auction to refresh and retool, it will be interesting to see this new-look Capitals side in action this year. Axar Patel has been named as the Capitals captain, whilst Rishabh Pant has departed the franchise and will line up against his old side here for Lucknow.
Faf du Plessis offers an experienced, reliable hand at the top of the order and left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc, an IPL champion with KKR last season was bought for huge money at the mega auction. However, the late withdrawal of England’s Harry Brook was an unexpected blow, putting more onus on the likes of KL Rahul to accumulate heavily in his absence.
Lucknow Super Giants Preview: Pant to lead new era
After leaving Delhi Capitals in the off-season, Rishabh Pant is set to face his former franchise in what will be his first match as captain of Lucknow Super Giants. In a twist of fate, Lucknow will be taking on an old player of their own in KL Rahul, who now represents Delhi. The Super Giants are blessed with overseas batting riches through the likes of Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, David Miller and Mitchell Marsh.
However, there are serious problems on the bowling front for Lucknow, with injuries having decimated their pace attack. They are expected to be without Mayank Yadav, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan for this first game, which will be very tough to recover from if they do not gain permission to recruit any injury replacements.
Delhi Capitals Betting Analysis
Being named skipper of this Delhi Capitals line-up will have given Axar Patel a huge boost psychologically and it would be no surprise if this transitioned into strong bowling performances across this season’s IPL. Axar’s left-arm spin provides a point of difference for Delhi and this may well be reflected in his wicket-taking column. With that in mind, back the Indian international to register over 1.5 match wickets here.
Lucknow Super Giants Betting Analysis
You could make a case for a number of Lucknow Super Giants batters to accumulate a substantial knock over the course of this encounter. But one who stands out is perennial boundary hitter Nicholas Pooran. The West Indian is one of the best and most destructive T20 batters in the world, with the West Indian superstar no doubt being given a license to try and clear the ropes from ball one. Utilise the ‘Batter Total Match Sixes’ market when it comes to Pooran, specifically to back him striking over 1.5 maximums.
Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Expert Prediction
Whilst Lucknow Super Giants on paper have the big names capable of making a decisive impact with the bat, the bowling is a massive concern from their point of view. To have almost an entire fast bowling arsenal ruled out tips the scales massively in Delhi Capitals’ favour and they are likely to capitalise on that.
This looks like the perfect opportunity to face the Super Giants when taking that into account and Delhi will be expected to cash in as appropriate. In the battle between these two new captains, back Axar Patel’s Capitals to pick up the two points.
Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants Top Tip: Delhi Capitals to win
