Hello and welcome back to our blog, SlogVlog! In today’s post, we’ll be previewing Match 5 of the Tata IPL 2026, featuring Lucknow Super Giants taking on Delhi Capitals.
And yes, there’s no dramatic intro this time—because the post Rishabh Pant shared on Instagram already set the tone perfectly for this clash.
If you all haven’t seen it yet, then here it is-
Expected Playing 11:
LSG:
- Mitchell Marsh
- Aiden Markram
- Rishabh Pant (C & WK)
- Nicholas Pooran
- Ayush Badoni
- Abdul Samad
- Akshat Raghuwanshi
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Mohammed Shami
- Mayank Yadav
- Digvesh Rathi
Impact Player- Anrich Nortje
DC:
- KL Rahul (WK)
- Pathum Nissanka
- Nitish Rana
- Tristan Stubbs
- Axar Patel (C)
- David Miller
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Vipraj Nigam
- Auqib Nabi
- Lungi Ngidi
- Kuldeep Yadav
Impact Player- T. Natarajan
Head to Head:
| Matches- | 7 |
| LSG Won- | 3 |
| DC Won- | 4 |
| No Result- | 0 |
Pitch and Weather Conditions:
Pitch no. 4 will be used for Wednesday’s fixture at the Ekana Stadium. The average first innings score here last IPL was 187, a slight fall from the 203 in 2024. The temperature in Lucknow is expected to be 28°C in the evening, with no chance of rain.
-ESPN CricInfo
Prediction:
We’re backing LSG for this match for a few key reasons. First, they have the home advantage, which is always an important factor. Second, their squad looks very well balanced, with both a strong bowling attack and a solid batting lineup. While DC’s batting is quite good, their bowling doesn’t look as strong as LSG’s. On top of that, DC are missing that extra edge in their bowling with Mitchell Starc unavailable.
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Until Next Time!
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