Delhi Capitals Won by 6 Wkts Bishnoi dismisses Shaw to keep LSG in the hunt-DC vs LSG

Delhi Capitals ended Lucknow Super Giants’ stranglehold on 160-plus chases and lifted themselves off the bottom of the IPL table with a six-wicket win in Lucknow. Kuldeep Yadav provided the inspiration on his return from injury before a sparkling half-century on IPL debut from Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk saw them reel in their target with 11 balls to spare.

After winning the toss and choosing to bat, LSG produced a stuttering innings that nevertheless still finished above the 160-mark – from which they had never lost when batting first. KL Rahul gave them a fast start with 39 off 22 before Kuldeep’s ripped out the guts of the top order in the space of his first nine balls. Rahul’s dismissal by Kuldeep left LSG 77 for 5 and their position got worse before it got better.

With the score 94 for 7 after 13 overs, Capitals appeared to be on course for a walkover. But Ayush Badoni’s 31-ball fifty and an unbroken stand of 73 with Arshad Khan – an IPL record for the eighth wicket – at least gave their vaunted spin attack something to bowl at.

Capitals, on a run of four defeats in five, might have wondered if their chance had gone. Prithvi Shaw gave the chase a punchy start to settle some of the nerves and then it was over to Fraser-McGurk, the 22-year-old from Melbourne, to provide the fireworks. His first scoring shot was a wallop for six over deep midwicket and he cleared the ropes four more times to raise his half-century from 31 balls. He and Rishabh Pant both departed after a stand of 77 off 46 but by then Capitals were well on track.