The 4th match of the IPL 2025 will be played between 2020 finalists Delhi Capitals and three-seasons old Lucknow SuperGiants. Both teams finished outside of the playoffs last year (Capitals finished sixth and SuperGiants finished seventh). Apart from a few players, both teams have rejigged their squads for the upcoming 18th season.
Both teams are aiming for their maiden title, after the subsidiary of Delhi Capitals, Dubai Capitals having won their maiden ILT20 title this year. Talking about the Head to Head record of both teams, they have played five matches. The 2020 finalists have won two while Lucknow have won three.
DC vs LSG: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the first match of the tournament. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Delhi Capitals | Lucknow SuperGiants |
|---|---|
| Jake Fraser-McGurk ✈️ | Aiden Markram ✈️ |
| KL Rahul | Mitchell Marsh ✈️ |
| Abhishek Porel (wk) | Rishabh Pant (c & wk) |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ | Nicholas Pooran ✈️ |
| Axar Patel (c) | Ayush Badoni |
| Ashutosh Sharma | David Miller ✈️ |
| Sameer Rizvi | Abdul Samad |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Shahbaz Ahmed |
| Mitchell Starc ✈️ | Mohsin Khan |
| Mukesh Kumar | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ | Akash Deep |
Read Also:- DC vs LSG: Head-to-Head Stats
DC vs LSG Squad
Lucknow SuperGiants: Rishabh Pant (c, wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Aryan Juyal (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Akash Deep, Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, Shamar Joseph, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Yadav
Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis (vc), Abishek Porel (wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Madhav Tiwari, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, T Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Tripurana Vijay.
DC vs LSG: Injury Updates
Delhi Capitals: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Lucknow SuperGiants: Mayank Yadav is recovering from an injury while Mohsin Khan is also doubtful. At this point, Shardul Thakur is reported to be his replacement if Khan gets ruled out. Mitchell Marsh is cleared to play only as a batter.
