The third match of the (IPL) 2023 season was played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Ekana Stadium of the Lucknow team. In this match, the Lucknow team won the match by 20 runs, showing excellent performance with both bat and ball. Chasing the target of 194 runs, the Delhi Capitals side could only score 143 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. From Lucknow, Mark Wood bowled brilliantly and took 5 wickets on his behalf.
Chasing the 194-run target, Captain David Warner and Prithvi Shaw took responsibility for starting the innings for the Delhi Capitals side, who shared a 41-run partnership for the first wicket. Following this, Mark Wood brought the Delhi team’s running speed to a complete halt by sending Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh into the pavilion on 2 consecutive balls.
After this, with the score of 48, Mark Wood delivered the third blow to the Delhi team at the hands of Sarfaraz Khan, who returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. From here Warner tried to manage the innings along with Riley Rossouw and made a slow partnership of 38 runs off 30 balls for the fourth wicket. Rossu returned to the pavilion after playing a 30-run innings on 20 balls in this match.
Following this, the Delhi team began to lose wickets at frequent intervals, in which with a score of 113, the team took the seventh blow in the form of captain David Warner, who returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 56. runs on 48 balls. . After this, Akshar Patel definitely played some big shots and played a 16-run innings in the lower order, as the Delhi side managed to reach the score of 143 in 20 overs. Bowling for Lucknow, Mark Wood took 5 wickets with 14 runs in his 4 overs. Other than this, Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan also took 2-2 wickets to their names.
In this match, the Delhi team decided to bowl first after winning the toss, after which the Lucknow team lost the first wicket of their innings as captain KL Rahul with a score of just 19. From here, Kyle Meyers he not only handled the innings but also started the process of scoring runs with speed. Meyers hit 7 sixes to go along with 2 fours during his 73-run innings.
Apart from this, Nicholas Pooran played a brilliant innings of 36 runs off 21 balls in the last over, as the Lucknow side managed to hit a score of 193 for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Delhi, Khaleel Ahmed and Chetan Sakaria definitely took 2-2 wickets on their behalf, but neither could slow the pace of the runs.
