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Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals is all set to take on Rishabh Pant's Lucknow Super Giant in match 4 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League which is taking place in Vizag, on March 24 (Monday). This is the first IPL 2025 game for both teams and they will be eyeing a winning start to their campaign. Rishabh Pant who was part of Delhi's team throughout his career will now be leading LSG against them. During the toss, he even talked about the emotional connection with the team.
Rishabh Pant at toss
The LSG captain talked about how he has played for DC all his life and there's an emotional connection. Pant made his IPL debut back in IPL 2016 with Delhi and was with them ever since. However, he was released prior to the mega auction and LSG roped him in for a whopping 27 crores. This even made him the most expensive player in history.
"I wanted to bowl first but It's a good wicket so we can bat well and put up a good score. I have played for DC all my life, so a lot of emotions there. Preparations have been well, everyone is in the right shape and in the right frame of mind. Markram, Marsh, Pooran and Miller are our four overseas players," said Rishabh Pant during the toss
Earlier, Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl first. This is the first time, he will be leading the team as a full-time captain. However, they are playing this game without their star player KL Rahul.
"We are going to bowl first. It's the dew factor, we don't want to take any risk, that's why we are bowling first. I have played with Pant before, he knows me and I know him. We know our tricks. I have played a lot for the Capitals, we have a well balanced side. There's dew sometimes, not always. I have been with DC since three years, I have been with the leadership group. I need to work accordingly. Need to think like a leader. Faf du Plessis, Stubbs, Starc and Fraser-McGurk are our four overseas," said Axar Patel after winning the toss.
DC vs LSG Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi
