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IPL 2025 Updated Points Table After LSG vs DC: Delhi Capitals slowly but surely inched closer towards play-off qualification, annihilating Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in an IPL match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

The win was powered by a near-perfect performance from their pace unit, aided by inexplicable tactics from rival captain Rishabh Pant.
The trio of Mukesh Kumar (4/33), Mitchell Starc (1/25) and Dushmantha Chameera (1/25 in 3 overs) used slower deliveries smartly as LSG could only manage a below-par 159/6 after being 87/1 at the halfway mark.

In the back-10, LSG could manage only 72 runs, recording their lowest team total of the tournament so far. It made matters only worse that Pant, with his bandaged right palm, came in at No. 7 and was dismissed for a two-ball duck, while Abdul Samad wasted deliveries like a millionaire up the order. The match as a contest was over at half-time only.

Young opener Abhishek Porel (51 off 36) set the tone before KL Rahul (57 not out off 42) and Axar Patel (34 not out off 20) saw DC home with 13 balls to spare, sealing their sixth win in eight games.

The ball was coming nicely onto the bat during the first 10 overs, and the bounce was even as Aiden Markram (52 off 33 balls) attacked well and Mitchell Marsh (45 off 36 balls), for once, played second fiddle, allowing the South African to dominate. Sensing the nature of the track, the DC bowlers changed their tactic effortlessly and started taking pace off the deliveries while altering the length.

Chameera got Markram with a fuller delivery, which he tried to slash but found the only fielder stationed at deep cover.

But it was Starc, who dealt a telling blow when he got the dangerous-looking Nicholas Pooran (9), who started with a couple of sweeps off Kuldeep Yadav.

Samad (2 off 8 balls) and Marsh were out in quick succession as Mukesh Kumar varied the speed of his deliveries to get two wickets in a single over. He also got the prized wicket of Pant with the final ball of the LSG innings.

While Badoni played some cheeky strokes, LSG always looked like the team that would come second best in this encounter. Now, DC have beaten LSG twice in this game.

 

IPL 2025 POINTS TABLE

Team Mat Won Lost NRR Points
1. Gujarat Titans 8 6 2 1.104 12
2. Delhi Capitals 8 6 2 0.657 12
3. Royal Challengers Bengaluru 8 5 3 0.472 10
4. Punjab Kings  8 5 3 0.177 10
5. Lucknow Super Giants 9 5 4 -0.054 10
6. Mumbai Indians 8 4 4 0.483 8
7. Kolkata Knight Riders 8 3 5 0.212 6
8. Rajasthan Royals 8 2 6 -0.633 4
9. Sunrisers Hyderabad 7 2 5 -1.217 4
10. Chennai Super Kings 8 2 6 -1.392 4

 

Top 5 highest run-scorers in IPL 2025 (Orange Cap):

1. Sai Sudharsan (GT): 417 runs in 8 matches

2. Nicholas Pooran (LSG) - 377 runs in 9 matches

3. Jos Buttler (GT) - 356 runs in 8 matches

4. Mitchell Marsh (LSG) - 344 runs in 8 matches

5. Suryakumar Yadav (MI) - 333 runs in 8 matches

 

Top 5 highest wicket-takers in IPL 2025 (Purple Cap):

1. Prasidh Krishna (GT) - 16 wickets in 8 matches

2. R Sai Kishore (GT) - 12 wickets in 8 matches

3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) - 12 wickets in 8 matches

4. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) - 12 wickets in 8 matches

5. Josh Hazlewood (RCB): 12 wickets in 8 matches