Lucknow vs Delhi Match Stats

Back of a length, hitting the deck hard and around off, KL Rahul hangs back and slaps it away through point for a single.

Just a bit shorter now, hammering it around middle and leg, Axar Patel hops and angles it away straight to short third.

A quick bumper now, bowling it around the leg stump line, Axar Patel sways away from the line of the ball. Patel then takes the review for a wide not called for height. The third umpire is called in. Ball tracker comes into the play and shows that the ball is just fractionally lower than Axar's actual head height. Fair delivery and a review lost for DC!

Goes short again and that's a third dot ball in a row now! Heavy delivery this time, banging it in over middle, Axar Patel looks to pull it away but misses.

Back of a length, angling it across off, Patel stands tall and punches it through cover-point for a single.

Goes full and straight now, gets a hint of reverse, Rahul clips it to deep square leg for one more. Just 3 off that over!

Nagging length on off, strightening down the line, Rahul punches it off the middle of the bat but straight to mid off.

Fractionally short and outside off, Rahul taps it away just in front of cover-point.

Nicely floated up, not all that full and outside off, KL Rahul looks to loft it away but is beaten in flight and gets it over the vacant cover-point region fo a single.

SIX! Breaks the shackles, does Axar Patel! A juicy half volley around the pads, Axar picks it up early, clears the front leg and swings it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Over the wicklet now, bowled short and around off, Axar punches it off the back foot but straight to extra cover.

SIX! Even bigger! Tossed up, right in the slot and around off, Axar Patel swings through the line this time and whacks it on the front foot, over the sightscreen for a biggie. 13 off the over!

Beaten! Hard-length delivery, in the channel and just nibbling away. KL Rahul waits back to cut but is beaten past the outside edge.

Excellent bowling! Nails the straight yorker at the base of off and middle, KL Rahul can only jam it back to the bowler. Avesh picks the ball back up and just threatens to throw it back at the batter.

Takes pace off this time and bowls it on a hard length outside off, hit away square through the off side for a single.

Swing and a miss! Hits the deck hard again and just slants the ball across the off stump, Axar Patel steys leg side and looks to swing across the line but misses.

FOUR! Great execution from the DC skipper! Slightly fuller in length, darted back in towards the batter. Axar Patel backs quite a fair bit and forces the lofted shot just over a leaping David Miller at mid off for a boundary.

Wide! Goes for the slower bouncer now, over the stumps but this one lobs up over Axar's head. Wided.

Gets that one spot-on and just 6 off the over even with the boundary. Slightly pace off and bowled well short over middle, Axar Patel looks to wait back and ramp but is beaten by the lack of pace. 33 needed now off 30 balls.

FOUR! Not the kind of start Shardul Thakur had hoped for on his return to the attack. HE drops it way too short and angles it into the left shoulder of the batter with pace off. KL Rahul is early on the pull but manages to get just enough bat on the ball to glide it past the keeper to his left for a boundary. 

Fuller and on middle, KL Rahul drives it to long on for a single.

SIX! Muscled away! Shardul Thakur rolls his fingers over the ball and keeps it on a back of a length, over middle, Axar Patel stays rooted, deep in the crease and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 

Bangs it short and over middle, Axar Patel indecisive of whether to play or leave, drops his wrists at the last moment and lets it pass. 

Fired in full, on middle, Axar Patel shovels it to mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller in length, on off, KL Rahul drives it to deep cover. A wayward throw helps the batters sneak in the second run. Delhi Capitals need 19 runs off 24 balls.

Tossed up, on the pads, Axar Patel tucks it to long on for a single.

Drops it very short and on off, KL cuts it to deep point for a single.

DROPPED by Prince Yadav! Just sums up this game for LSG! Short and outside off, Axar Patel looks to power it through the off side with a slice but gets an outside edge that goes to the left of short third. Prince settles under it and tries to take a reverse cup, but the ball just pops out of his hand. Single taken. 

Full, on off, KL Rahul cuts it square on the off side for a single.

SIX! BANG! Slightly overpitched by Digvesh Singh, on middle and leg, Axar Patel clubs it way over cow corner for a biggie. 

The wrong'un, outside off, Axar Patel looks to cut but misses. Delhi Capitals need 9 more runs off 18 balls.

 FIFTY for KL Rahul! This reinvented version of Rahul is turning into a massive asset for the Delhi Capitals. Another top-notch knock, anchoring the chase with maturity and precision. His third this season and 40th in the IPL. Fuller than a length, on middle, KL Rahul tucks it to mid-wicket and scampers through for a quick run.

Back of a length, over middle, Axar Patel nails the pull but straight to deep mid-wicket for one. 

Very full, on off, KL Rahul drills it to long on for a single. Gets to 5000 runs in the IPL. And becomes the fastest to reach there, beating David Warner's previous record. 

Full and on middle and leg, Axar Patel drives it dead stright to the right of long on for a single. 

SIX! A fitting way to wrap the game. Delhi Capitals win by 8 wickets and 13 balls to spare! Prince Yadav bangs it into the deck, on a back of a length, over middle. It sits up nicely for KL who pulls it over mid-wicket for six run.