Lucknow beat Delhi by 50 runs – Hero of the match Mark Wood took 5 wickets

DC VS LSG: In the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday, Lucknow Supergiants defeated Delhi Capitals by 50 runs. This is Lucknow's third consecutive win over Delhi in IPL. Team's fast bowler Mark Wood took 5 wickets. In the first innings, Kyle Meyers played an explosive inning of 73 runs in 38 balls. Batting first after losing the toss at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, LSG scored 193 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, DC's team could only score 143 runs in 20 overs.

Warner lying alone, batting slow

Electing to bat after losing the toss, host team opener Kyle Mayer played an innings of 73 runs off 38 balls studded with 7 sixes. While Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs in the middle order by hitting three sixes in 21 balls. In the last over of the innings, Ayush Badoni hit two sixes to reach the score of 190. Khaleel Ahmed and Chetan Sakaria took 2-2 wickets for Delhi.

In response, David Warner and Prithvi Shaw got Delhi off to a great start. The team lost the wicket of Prithvi Shaw for 41 runs. Shaw was bowled by Mark Wood. After bowling Prithvi, Wood also sent Mitchell Marsh to the pavilion at zero. The team could recover from these setbacks on 41 runs when Wood broke the back of the team by walking Sarfaraz in the very next side of his spell. Then finally dismissed Akshar Patel and Chetan Sakaria and completed his 5 wickets. After Mark Wood, the remaining work was done by Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi. Both took 2-2 wickets.

Delhi's wickets fell like this...

First: Prithvi Shaw was bowled by Mark Wood on the fourth ball of the 5th over.

Second: Mitchell Marsh was bowled by Mark Wood on the fifth ball of the 5th over.

Third: On the last ball of the 7th over, Mark Wood got Sarfaraz Khan caught by Krishnappa Gautam.

Fourth: On the last ball of the 12th over, Ravi Bishnoi got Riley Russo caught by Kyle Meyers.

Fifth: Ravi Bishnoi made Powell LBW on the fourth ball of the 14th over.

Sixth: On the third ball of the 16th over, Avesh Khan got Aman Khan caught by Puran.

Seventh: Avesh Khan got David Warner caught by Krishnappa Gautam on the last ball of the 16th over.

Mark Wood destroyed Delhi's top order

Fast bowler Mark Wood got the team 2 successes in his first over. He bowled the first 3 balls of the 5th over as a bouncer. Then by throwing the fourth ball fuller length, Prithvi Shaw was bowled. He also bowled Mitchell Marsh on the very next ball. In the very next over, he also made Sarfaraz Khan walk on the bouncer.

Meyers played an inning of 73 off 38 balls, Lucknow scored 193 runs

Batting after losing the toss, Lucknow, captained by KL Rahul, scored a challenging score of 193 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Caribbean batsman Kyle Mayers played an inning of 73 runs in 38 balls adorned with 7 sixes. In the middle, Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs in 21 balls including three sixes. Khaleel Ahmed got two wickets.

Explosive innings of Kyle Mayers

Caribbean batsman Kyle Meyers, who came to open, played an explosive innings. He scored 73 runs off 38 balls. His innings included 7 sixes.

Delhi's sharp bowling in powerplay

Bowling first after winning the toss, Delhi Capitals got a good start by the bowlers. In the beginning, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed created pressure. In the fourth over itself, Chetan Sakaria got KL Rahul caught out. Rahul could only score 8 runs and his team scored 30 runs in 6 overs for the loss of one wicket.

Lucknow's wickets fell like this...

First: On the last ball of the fourth over, KL Rahul was caught by Chetan Sakaria at the hands of Akshar Patel.

Second: On the last ball of the 11th over, Kuldeep Yadav got Deepak Hooda caught by Warner.

Third: On the third ball of the 12th over, Akshar Patel bowled Kyle Meyers who had scored a half-century.

Fourth: On the first ball of the 15th over, Khaleel Ahmed got Marcus Stoinis caught by Sarfaraz.

Fifth: On the third ball of the 19th over, Khaleel Ahmed got Nicholas Pooran caught by Prithvi Shaw.

Sixth: On the 5th ball of the 20th over, Chetan Sakaria got Ayush Badoni caught by Sarfaraz Khan.

See the playing-11 of both the teams...

Lucknow Supergiants: KL Rahul (Captain), Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Jaydev Unadkat.

Impact Players: Krishnappa Gautam, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Daniel Symes, Prerak Mankad.

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Riley Russo, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan (wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakaria, Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar.

Impact Players: Lalit Yadav, Manish Pandey, Abhishek Porel, Praveen Dubey and Yash Dhull.