Lucknow looks under par and atleast 30 runs short here.
Good comeback by Delhi, Marsh and Pooran were spanking everyone and 240-250 was on the card but after 13 overs bowlers did the job for Bapu. Tristan Stubbs over came out of nowhere tho, Axar should've bowled that over, for some mental gymnastic the skipper underbowled himself.
Lucknow has given a target of 210 runs. A big target. Even then, I thought the match would be competitive. Because no team in IPL is weak. Delhi's squad is also strong enough. But it seems that our idea was wrong.
Delhi has lost wickets very quickly. The team is batting at a big target. The top order players needed to bat very responsibly. Delhi Capitals have lost three wickets for just 7 runs in 1.4 overs. Shardul Thakur has taken 2 wickets and Manimaran Siddharth has taken 1 wicket. Faf du Plessis and Axar Patel are batting quite well now. Delhi have scored 45 runs in 5 overs. If Axar Patel, Faf du Plessis and Tristan Stubbs can bat well, then Delhi can probably score a big one. If these three batsmen also fail to play well, then Delhi is going to lose by a big margin in the first match.