DC Vs LSG, IPL 2024: Arshad Khan's Late Fightback In Vain As Delhi Capitals Win By 19 Runs - As It Happened

DC Vs LSG, IPL 2024 Highlights: Delhi Capitals ended their season on a high with their seventh win of the tournament. With seven defeats to go with those and a negative net run rate, DC are almost out of the playoff race and so are Lucknow Super Giants who tasted defeat today. They would need to win by unimaginable margin in their last game against Mumbai Indians to have a shy at top-4 finish which looks an impossibility now. In the game, fifties from Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs gave DC a dominating total of 208. In reply, LSG threatened at times with Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan hitting half-centuries but consistent loss of wickets meant they fell 19 runs short. Check out the highlights and scores of this crucial match right here. (Scorecard)

It is 3-1 in favour of Lucknow Super Giants

LSG win toss and opt to bowl

Delhi Capitals: Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed

 Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Kumar Kushagra, Praveen Dubey, Swastik Chikara, Lalit Yadav

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul(w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan

Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham

Graeme Swann: "It is a small and high-scoring ground. To the one side 60 meters and slightly bigger 66 meters on the other. There is a bit of breeze as well blowing across the ground. This pitch no. 6 and it is a high-scoring pitch."

Fraser-McGurk gone on second ball!

Massive wicket for LSG. Arshad Khan strikes on second ball and takes out the dangerman Fraser-McGurk for a Duck.

Abhishek Porel on fire

Despite Fraser-McGurk falling early, DC have made a strong comeback thanks to Abhishek Porel who is batting superbly. He is batting on 43 off just 16 balls.

Pant joins Porel as 100 up for DC

Ravi Bishnoi has dismissed Shai Hope and that has brought Rishabh Pant on the crease. Abhishek Porel is already batting on 54 and DC are set to for another big score at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

LSG fight back

LSG are fighting their way back into the game and have given away just 30 runs in the last five overs. The wicket of Abhishek Porel has definitely slowed down the DC innings. But the two big men Tristan Stubbs and Rishabh Pant are in the middle and the run rate can go up anytime.

Ayush Badoni replaces Mohsin Khan on field for LSG

Stubbs take DC above 200

A 21-run 19th over with most of the runs coming from the bat of Tristan Stubbs has taken DC above 200. They finish with 208/4 in their 20 overs.

Abhishek Porel is out and Ishant Sharma is in

KL Rahul falls!

Mukesh Kumar takes a good catch and KL Rahul is gone in the first over. Full ball from Ishant and KL mistimes his uppish drive and the ball goes straight up in the air. Mukesh fumbles once but the ends up in his hands and Lucknow are one down.

Pooran on song

Nicholas Pooran is batting on 32 off just 11 and has kept LSG's run rate up despite wickets falling from other hand.

Earlier, Ishant Sharma dismissed three LSG players and Axar Patel got one wicket to reduce Lucknow to 44/4.

Mukesh gets Pooran!

That could be the end of LSG's hopes in this game and the tournament. A big loss looks imminent now. Just four wickets left and no big hitters remaining, LSG are all but out of the match.

LSG need 42 runs in 18 balls

Arshad Khan has brought the game alive from the dead and is currently batting on 40 from 21 balls to keep LSG in the match. Just two wickets remaining though. It could go any way from here.

LSG need 23 runs in 6 balls!

Rasikh Salam to bowl final over

Delhi Capitals win by 19 runs

"...200 was a par total, we should have chased it down. This has been a problem right through the season - we keep losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay, we never get a solid start to get the likes of Stoinis and Pooran in, that is the big reason why we are in this position."

"We had a better chance of qualifying if I would have had a chance to play in the last game. Personally, it was fantastic to come back. Was heartening to see the support from entire India. Was a long time to wait after one-and-a-half years. I want to be on the field all the time. Don't want to miss any action."

"I don't think much. I take it as it comes everyday. If my body is alright, I should thank Patrick [Farhart]. I had some injuries."

So, DC finish with 7 wins and 7 losses and their negative net run rate means they are almost out of the tournament and so are LSG who have now seven defeats and six wins and a net run rate even worse then Delhi's.

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