The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, match no.5, between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) have just concluded. It was a thrilling LSG vs DC game, as DC beat LSG by 6 wickets. It was a one-way traffic from the start of the game, at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow, as the home side lost wickets at regular intervals and never came back in the game.
Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to field first. DC were all over the Super Giants, as Rishabh Pant came in as a surprise to everyone opening the innings for the franchise and was the first wicket to fall as he was unluckily dismissed at the non-striker end after Mitchell Marsh’s straight drive hit Mukesh Kumar’s hand and ended up on the stumps.
IPL 2026: LSG vs DC Match Result
From there, LSG never recovered as they kept on losing wickets at every over, and their best batter, Nicholas Pooran, was also dismissed cheaply by Lungi Ngidi’s slower ball, for just 8 runs. The Capitals were all over the Super Giants, as Abdul Samad scored the highest run for the side with 36 runs.
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Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed tried to stitch a small partnership of 33 runs. The latter scored 15 runs at the end of the innings; however, the Super Giants could only get to the score of 141/10 in their 20 overs. T Natarajan and Lungi Ngidi were the pick of the bowlers as they both picked three wickets each.
Coming out to chase the target of 142 runs, the Capitals opener KL Rahul was dismissed for a ‘Golden Duck’ as Mohammed Shami picked up the India batter on the very first ball of the second innings. DC were struggling at 30/4 at one stage, as another opener Pathum Nissanka also was dismissed scoring one run, and the captain Axar was also back in the pavilion scoring a golden duck.
Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi then stitched a partnership between them from 26/4, then Rizvi and Stubbs stitched a partnership of 119 runs for the 5th wicket, as the two batters looked in complete control, and were unbeaten with the score of 70 and 39 runs respectively, and helped DC get through the total of 142 runs in the LSG vs DC game.
LSG vs DC team totals:
First innings: LSG: 142/10 (19.4 overs)
Second innings: DC: 145/4 (17.1 overs)
Updated IPL Points Table After LSG vs DC Match 5
| POS | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | For | Against | PTS | Recent Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.171 | 128/12.1 | 127/20.0 | 2 | W |
| 2 | RCB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.907 | 203/15.4 | 201/20.0 | 2 | W |
| 3 | DC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.397 | 145/17.1 | 141/20.0 | 2 | W |
| 4 | MI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.687 | 224/19.1 | 220/20.0 | 2 | W |
| 5 | PBKS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.509 | 165/19.1 | 162/20.0 | 2 | W |
| 6 | GT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.509 | 162/20.0 | 165/19.1 | 0 | L |
| 7 | KKR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.687 | 220/20.0 | 224/19.1 | 0 | L |
| 8 | LSG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.397 | 141/20.0 | 145/17.1 | 0 | L |
| 9 | SRH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.907 | 201/20.0 | 203/15.4 | 0 | L |
| 10 | CSK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4.171 | 127/20.0 | 128/12.1 | 0 | L |
IPL 2026: Updated Orange Cap List After LSG vs DC Match 5
| POS | Player | Team | Runs | Mat | Inns | NO | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Rickelton | MI | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 81.00 | 43 | 188.37 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Ishan Kishan | SRH | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 80.00 | 38 | 210.52 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | MI | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 78.00 | 38 | 205.26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Cooper Connolly | PBKS | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72* | — | 44 | 163.63 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Sameer Rizvi | DC | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70* | — | 47 | 148.93 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
IPL 2026: Updated Purple Cap List After LSG vs DC Match 5
| POS | Player | Team | Wkts | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Duffy | RCB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 22 | 22/3 | 7.33 | 5.50 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | T Natarajan | DC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 29 | 29/3 | 9.66 | 7.25 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 29 | 29/3 | 9.66 | 7.25 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lungisani Ngidi | DC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.4 | 27 | 27/3 | 9.00 | 7.36 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Vyshak Vijaykumar | PBKS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 34 | 34/3 | 11.33 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
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