In Tuesday’s Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL) Match No. 40 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, Axar Patel’s Delhi Capitals (DC) held the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to 159/6 and were set to chase down a target of 160.

The visiting team chose to bowl first due to the dew factor after winning the toss. Rishabh Pant, who is captaining LSG against his old team, acknowledged that he would have bowled first as well. DC replaced Mohit Sharma with Dushmantha Chameera, however LSG stayed the same and Mayank Yadav was added to their Impact list.

Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram’s opening partnership took the hosts off to a great start. In just 30 balls, Markram reached his fourth fifty of the season, as Marsh held the other end strongly. By the half, the pair had led LSG to 87/0, increasing the likelihood of a 180+ total.

But in his first match of the season, Chameera ended the opening stand by dismissing Markram for 52 off 33 balls. Before losing to Mitchell Starc, Nicholas Pooran, who had come in at number three, had only scored nine runs off of five balls. Mukesh Kumar caught and bowled power-hitter Abdul Samad for two after he was moved to No. 4, and Marsh was yorked for 45 in the same over.

There was conjecture that captain Pant was injured because he unexpectedly did not bat and was observed with his right hand firmly strapped. Ayush Badoni and David Miller steady the innings in his absence. Miller served as the anchor, and Badoni, who had been introduced as an Impact Player, settled into the role. Notably, on three, Tristan Stubbs dropped Badoni. LSG reached 159/6 after the pair’s stand contributed vital runs in the final overs. Pant entered the game with two balls remaining in the innings, but he still had another season-long zero-figure.

Meanwhile, here are the funniest mid-innings memes from LSG vs DC, Match 40 of IPL 2025: