Delhi Capitals 143 for 9 (Warner 56, Wood 5-14) were defeated by Lucknow Super Giants 193 (Mayers 73, Pooran 36, Khaleel 2-30) by a margin of 50 runs.
The Delhi Capitals were destroyed in Lucknow by an explosive 38-ball 73 from Kyle Mayers, making his IPL debut, and a furious fast bowling performance from Mark Wood, playing in just his second IPL game.
If Quinton de Kock had been available for the Lucknow Super Giants, Mayers might not have even taken the field in this match. Khaleel Ahmed dropped him at 14, and during the power play, he only managed a run-a-ball 17. The Capitals' left-arm spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav were then lined up by the left-handed batter to finish with nearly two runs per ball, and the Super Giants finished with a better-than-average 193 for 6 on a difficult pitch.
Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh were then struck by 147 kph thunderbolts from Wood after he removed the pitch from the equation. He later went on to surpass Dimitri Mascarenhas as the second English player to claim a five-wicket haul in the IPL. David Warner, the Capitals' new captain, reached 50 runs, but he was unable to keep up with the rising demand. Capitals ultimately fell 51 runs short of their goal.
Aman Khan and K Gowtham are significant players.
Khaleel was replaced by Aman Khan after he had completed his four overs with the ball for the Capitals. In the final over of the Super Giants' inning, Aman, who is arguably a better fielder than Khaleel, patrolled the boundary. Then, as he entered the batter's box at No. When the Capitals scored 7, their pursuit had already gotten out of hand.
Ayush Badoni, who had just holed out for 18 off seven balls, was replaced by all-rounder K Gowtham as an impact player with one ball remaining in the Super Giants' innings. Gowtham scored six runs off his first ball, which also happened to be the last ball of the innings, and only allowed 23 runs to be scored off his subsequent four overs. With only seven off eight balls from Gowtham, Warner in particular struggled to remove him.
Unusual was the Ekana pitch. The dry areas helped turn, while the green patch provided some extra bounce. Warner felt that they were playing on two different surfaces from either end during the post-game presentation. In the powerplay, Super Giants stumbled to a 30 for 1 score because Mayers didn't take many chances.
He then started hitting boundaries against Kuldeep and Axar, though. He totaled 42 off 17 balls by smashing them. Axar had to bowl Mayers in the 12th over with a monster blow. Mayers' early IPL success will give Super Giants' management a happy headache once de Kock joins the team following the final ODI against the Netherlands on April 2.
Super Giants paid Nicholas Pooran INR 16 crore (approximately USD 1.95 million) for him. ) at the auction also made a good impression, hitting 36 off 21 balls. Pooran made a six on his fourth ball and added two more sixes. Ayush Badoni, who finished for Super Giants last season at age 23, contributed 18 off seven balls as they amassed a massive total.
Then Wood took the stage and harried the Capitals with his high pace and trampoline bounce. Wood went fuller and broke through his defenses with a seemingly unplayable inducker after softening Prithvi Shaw with the bouncer. When Marsh received the next ball, he went even fuller and bowled him in a similar way by getting the ball to zip back in off the seam. Sarfaraz Khan missed out on the hat-trick, but in his subsequent over, Wood rammed one down his throat and forced him to ramp a catch to deep fine leg instead of going deep third. After five years away, Wood made a triumphant return to the IPL to decimate the lower order as well. He did this by winning Player of the Match.
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