Live: Lucknow batsmen kneel in front of Delhi bowlers, half the team gathered in the pavilion.

• Today's match between Lucknow and Delhi Capitals
• Match at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
• Both the teams have clashed 5 times so far in IPL

The 26th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. In the points table, Lucknow Super Giants are at third position with 3 wins and 6 points from 4 matches and Delhi Capitals are at tenth position with one win and 2 points from 5 matches.

Lucknow's innings

Deepak Hooda out: The sixth wicket of Lucknow Super Giants fell. Deepak Hooda was out after scoring 10 runs in 13 balls. Ishant Sharma showed him the way to the pavilion. Lucknow has scored 89 runs in 11.5 overs. Ayush is playing after scoring 5 runs.

Over 11: Lucknow's score is 84 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Akshar Patel gave only 4 runs in the 11th over.

Rahul out: Kuldeep's magic was once again seen in the 10th over. The Chinaman trapped the Lucknow captain in his trap. Rahul, who played a brilliant innings for Lucknow, scored 39 runs in 22 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six and was caught out by Pant behind the wicket. Currently, Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni are at the crease for Lucknow.

9 overs over: Akshar Patel bowled the 9th over. 10 runs were scored in this over. Lucknow's score is 76 runs at the loss of 4 wickets.

Kuldeep Kehar

Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled the first over of the innings and the team's 8th over, has performed well. After giving singles on the first two balls, Mark Stoinis on the third ball and Nicholas Pooran on the fourth ball showed the way to the pavilion. Mark Stoinis got caught out on the ball of Ishaat Sharma while trying to play a big shot. Then Nicholas Puran became bold. Stoinis scored 8 runs in 10 balls and Puran became the victim of a golden duck. At present, KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda are at the crease for Lucknow.

7 overs over: Rishabh Pant gave the 7th over to Akshar Patel. Akshar gave only 7 runs in this over. Lucknow's score is 64 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.

6 overs over: By the end of the power play, 57 runs were scored at the loss of 2 wickets. Even after losing two wickets in Lucknow, the captain is playing explosive innings from one end. Rahul is at the crease after scoring 30 runs on 14 balls and Stoinis has scored 2 runs on 3 balls.

Pikkal out: Khalil Ahmed has created a sensation in Lucknow. After Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal was shown the way to the pavilion. Padikkal was out LBW after scoring just 3 runs in 6 balls. After 5 overs, Lucknow's score is 47 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. At present, Mark Stoinis and captain Rahul are at the crease.

4 overs ended: Ishant Sharma gave 12 runs in this over. Lucknow's score is 40 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.

D cock out: Khalil Ahmed gave the first success to Delhi. Quinton de Kock became aggressive and was out LBW on the fourth ball of the over. Quinton de Kock returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs in 13 balls with the help of 4 fours. After 3 overs, Lucknow's score is 28 runs at the loss of one wicket. Currently Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul are at the crease.

2 overs ended: Ishant Sharma came to bowl the second over for Delhi. In this over, Ishaat Sharma gave only three runs on the first five balls. But De Kock hit a four on the last ball. After 2 overs, Lucknow's score is 17 runs without any wicket.

1 over ends: Quinton de Kock made a great start in the first over. Khalil hit a four on the first and last ball of Ahmed's over.

Lucknow won the toss and decided to bat first, Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul came to the crease. Khalil Ahmed started the first over for Delhi.

Lucknow won the toss

Today a match is being played between LSG and DC at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, Lucknow won the toss and decided to bat. In this match, Lucknow has given a chance to Arshad Khan in the playing-11 in place of Mayank Yadav. Talking about Delhi Capitals, Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar have returned.

pitch report

The pitch at Ekana is usually quite dry. This helps the spin bowlers and makes chasing the target difficult. The batsmen will get help in the initial overs but later the pitch will help the spinners. Here the captain can decide to bat first after winning the toss. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 152 runs.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Lucknow Super Giants:Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul ((w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur

Influential players: Krishnappa Gautam, Deepak Hooda, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra, Matt Henry

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Tristan Stubbs, Jack Fraser-McGurk, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed

Influential players: Jai Richardson, Abhishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Sumit Kumar, Praveen Dubey