DC vs LSG, IPL 2025 Highlights: Ashutosh powers Delhi to improbable win in first thriller of the season

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Is it game over already? Du Plessis slogs the fourth ball of the seventh, can't get the required distance on it. Miller takes a straigtforward catch.

du Plessis c Miller b Ravi Bishnoi 29 (18)

DC 65/5 in 6.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Maiden IPL wicket for Digvesh Rathi and Axar Patel looks livid with himself.

du Plessis c Miller b Ravi Bishnoi 29 (18)

DC 50/4 in 5.3 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Thakur brought back at last, Axar sends the first ball over a flying Miller at cover for four. Single off the next ball, and then Du Plessis clobbers the third ball straight on to the sight screen for a six.

Du Plessis on 21 off 13 at the end of that over, Axar on 18 off nine.

DC 45/3 in 5 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: The question needs to be asked, why on earth has Shardul Thakur been taken off here. Digvesh Rathi was brought in for the third over and Siddharth continues for the fourth. Axar smashes the first ball over mid off for a six. Then a single next ball and then two dot balls. The fifth is sent in on Du Plessis's leg, tonked back over the bowler's head for four. Then Du Plessis hits the last ball just over cover for another four.

Du Plessis on 14 off nine, Axar on 13 off seven.

DC 32/3 in 4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: M Siddharth bowls the second over and he strikes as well! What is going on, here? This is a very good catch by Pant. His movement to the leg side left him wrong footed when Rizvi edged while trying drive the ball but managed to make it stick anywhow.

Rizvi c Pant b Siddharth 4 (4)

DC 7/3 in 1.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Lord Thakur, ignored initially in the auction but showing what he is really worth here. Length delivery fifth ball of that over, angling away from Porel, the batter tries to go over extra cover and sends it into the hands of mid-off. What a start this is for LSG.

Porel c Pooran b Thakur 0 (2)

LSG 2/2 in 0.5 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Fraser-McGurk skies the third ball of that over. It goes really high up in the air indeed, touches the clouds, says hello to the stars, brings down rain... Badoni keeps his eyes on it throughout and takes the catch at long off.

Fraser-McGurk c Badoni b Thakur 1 (2)

DC 2/1 in 0.3 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: All right DC's new opening pair of Jake Fraser-McGurk and Faf du Plessis have walked out. Shardul Thakur to bowl the first over for LSG.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Fielders were increasingly slipping and sliding as that innings went along and so there is a lot of dew there. Has this incredible late squeeze done the job for DC? Mohit Sharma bowls the last over. Miller swings away at everything and finally connects fifth ball, sends it over square leg for six. Then he hits the last one in front of square for another. That has taken LSG past the 200-run mark. They have got to a good score but the fact remains that LSG looked set for something over 250 before these last five overs.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Ravi Bishnoi castled. He tries to make room and play it on the off side, Starc fires in a yorker at the stumps and smashes 'em.

Bishnoi b Starc 0 (2)

LSG 194/8 in 19 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Shahbaz cramped for room by Starc fourth ball of the 19th, the batter tries to pull, only gets a top edge on it and is caught at backward square leg. THis is in an incredible squeeze from DC.

Shahbaz c sub (T Vijay) b Starc 9 (8)

LSG 194/6 in 18.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Ayush Badoni tries to take on Kuldeep Yadav and perishes. Badoni charges out second ball of the 17th, goes for a biggie down the ground but holes out at long off.

Badoni c Stubbs b Kuldeep Yadav 4 (5)

LSG 177/4 in 16.2 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Oh yes, that's a typical Starc dismissal. Full delivery for the fifth ball of the 15th, it may have reversed a little. Pooran swings at it and misses the off stump is splat on the ground.

Pooran b Starc 75 (30)

LSG 169/4 in 14.5 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Kuldeep Yadav is bowling a gem of an over here. A six-ball duck for Pant on LSG debut. Kuldeep bowled three consecutive dots first three balls and so Pant was feeling the pressure. He goes for a big heave fourth ball, it spins away from him and takes the toe end of his bat. Du Plessis takes the catch at long off.

Pant c du Plessis b Kuldeep Yadav 0 (6)

LSG 161/3 in 13.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Oh who wants to be a bowler in this universe. Tristan Stubbs brought in for the 13th over and Pooran gives him a nightmare. The first ball slog swept over square for six. Then he smashes the next ball right down the ground for another six that takes him past 50 in just 24 balls. Pooran hits the fourth on over long on for a third consecutive six. Then he smashes the fifth over extra cover for a fourth six in a row. The last one is drilled along the ground down the ground for a four. Wowza!

Pooran on 70 in 24 balls, Pant yet to get off the mark after two.

LSG 161/2 in 13 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Mukesh Kumar the wickettaker. Back of a length delivery fourth ball of the 12th outside off, Marsh seems to be looking to keep his pull shot down but it takes the toe-end of the bat. Stubbs runs across from long on to take the catch.

This brings out LSG's new skipper Rishabh Pant on his debut for his side, against the side he played for until last season.

Marsh c Stubbs b Mukesh Kumar 72 (36)

LSG 133/2 in 11.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: We saw SRH rip the opposition bowlers a new one yesterday. Is that what we are going to see now from LSG? Mohit continues for his second over in the 11th. Pooran swats away the first ball along square leg for four. Four more runs in that over. Pooran on 41 in 20, Marsh on 65 in 33.

LSG 125/1 in 11 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Kuldeep Yadav brought on for the eighth over. Marsh takes a single second ball and then Pooran sweeps the third away for four. He goes for the same shot fourth ball but it turns sharpy away from him, missed. Pooran sweeps the fifth ball as well, Starc runs across from deep square leg but can't stop it from reaching the boundary. That takes this partnership past 50 in just 19 balls. Dot ball to finish it off.

Pooran on 31 off 12, Marsh on 51 off 23.

LSG 98/1 in 8 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Nigam got a wicket in his very first over in the IPL and then got a hiding in the next. Pooran hits the third ball of that over, smashing it straight back over the bowler's head. Then he powers the fourth over deep midwicket. And then, to add salt and Lucknowi kali mirch on Delhi wounds, Rizvi drops an absolute sitter off Pooran fifth ball at backward point. And then more salt and spices as Pooran hits the last ball back over the bowler's head again for the fourth six of that over.

Marsh on 50 off 21 balls, Pooran on 23 off eight.

LSG 89/1 in 7 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: The Bison is here! Nigam returns for the seventh over, his first ball sent over deep midwicket for a six by Marsh. In fact, that has exited the stadium! He takes a single next ball to get to 50 in 21 balls.

LSG 71/1 in 6.2 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Mitchell Marsh you monster. Mukesh bowls the last over of the powerplay, his first ball is wide down leg. Two singles after that and then Marsh pulls the third over deep backward square for a six. The next ball is dug in as well, Marsh pulls it to deep backward square again, this time it is a four. Yorker on off which is dug out for a single fifth ball and then Pooran defends the last ball.

Marsh on 43 in 19 balls, Pooran on five off four

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Markram picks out long off and there is the breakthrough for DC. It has taken just four balls in his IPL debut for Vipraj Nigam to strike. Tossed up on off, Markram tries to hit it over long off but ends up giving that man some catching practice.

Well, well, well, it is Nicholas Pooran who walks out at No.3.

Markram c Starc b Nigam 15 (13)

LSG 46/1 in 4.4 overs

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Mitchell Starc's life in DC colours has not been good thus far.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Markram gets off the mark with a single off the fifth ball. Marsh then swings for the horizon and sends the first ball he faces this IPL right there. It goes sailing over deep midwicket for a six.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: All right then, Mitchell Starc has the ball in his hands. Aiden Markram facing up with Jake Fraser-McGurk at the non-striker's end. Here we go!

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: “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.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: "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 Pant at his first toss as LSG captain.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi

Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Akash Singh, RS Hangargekar

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: 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

Impact Subs: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Axar Patel has won the toss and DC are bowling first in Vizag.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: All right here is Rishabh Pant, the LSG captain, and Axar Patel, the DC captain. Murali Kartik conducting the whole affair.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Rahul did train with the team yeterday. He is not at the ground today though, it was a hub of a activity until a couple of minutes ago with players and coaching staff of both sides going throug the motions.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Well, he is not to be seen anywhere on the ground and so it is confirmed. KL Rahul's DC debut is delayed. A good chance that Karun Nair will be making it to the squad then. Rishabh Pant is there though. It will take some time to get used to seeing him in non-DC colours.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: DC are here for the entire week and will make their first appearance in Delhi only in April. After this, they host Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, which will be interesting because the latter have local hero Nitish Kumar Reddy in their ranks.

DC vs LSG, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: This is the venue where KKR set the record for highest IPL score last season, before SRH made a mockery of that multiple times after that. In all T20s in Visakhapatnam, runs have been scored at 9.2 an over, the third-highest among all Indian venues behind Hyderabad (9.7) and Bengaluru (9.2).

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: LSG could be pondering something along those lines. First of all, Pant has looked to be much more comfortable while batting in the top order. Secondly, LSG have two bona fide spin bashes in Pooran and David Miller whom they can unleash in the middle overs.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Since 2024, no one has hit as many sixes in T20s as Nicholas Pooran. In fact, it's not even close. Pooran has hit 187 sixes in this period. The second highest number is that of Heinrich Klaasen, who has hit 117.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Jake Fraser-McGurk was a revelation in IPL 2024 but has had lean returns ever since. He scored 330 runs last season in nine appearances at a mind-boggling strike rate of 234.04. However, Fraser-McGurk recently managed just 188 runs in ten BBL innings for Melbourne Renegades, with 95 of them in one innings.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: Rahul did join DC on the eve of this game in Vizag. However, he may still be unavailable for the matches itself. If he doesn't play today his replacement is most likely to be Karun Nair, who had the kind of domestic season that cricketers can only dream of, although most of that success came in 50-over cricket.

DC vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2025: LSG had to bring in Shardul Thakur as replacement for Mohsin Khan and while that may not be too bad a situation, their pace department generally is a bit of a mess. Mayank Yadav, Akash Deep and Avesh Khan are all likely to be unavailable for the opening game.