DC still hanging in there!
Delhi Capitals signed off from the group stage with a 19-run win against Lucknow Super Giants in Delhi, and kept themselves in contention for a top-four finish, even if it is just mathematically. LSG, with one more game left against Mumbai Indians, aren't knocked out either just yet, but both teams will have to depend on other results going massively their way to make the top four.
From 44 for 4 in a chase of 209, LSG took the contest to the last over thanks to Nicholas Pooran's 61 and Arshad Khan's unbeaten 58 at No.8 . However, Rasikh Salam defended 20 off the final six to hand DC their seventh victory of IPL 2024. On a high-scoring surface, DC had to post 200 or above to have a shot at collecting two points. After being asked to bat, Abishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs shone with fifties to power DC to 208 for 4. With the ball, Ishant Sharma ripped through LSG early with three wickets and even though Pooran and Arshad tried their best, LSG kept losing wickets at the other end to eventually fall short.