The 40th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC). This match will be played at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow on April 22 at 7:30 PM IST. Both teams played each other early in the tournament and Capitals won that game by one wicket. Both teams have played each other six times and they have three matches each since 2022.
LSG vs DC: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. 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 |
|---|---|
| Abishek Porel | Aiden Markram ✈️ |
| Karun Nair | Mitchell Marsh ✈️ |
| KL Rahul (w) | Nicholas Pooran ✈️ |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ | Rishabh Pant (w/c) |
| Axar Patel (c) | David Miller ✈️ |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Abdul Samad |
| Vipraj Nigam | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Mitchell Starc ✈️ | Shardul Thakur |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Prince Yadav |
| Mohit Sharma | Digvesh Singh Rathi |
| T. Natarajan | Avesh Khan |
LSG vs DC Squad
| Delhi Capitals | Lucknow SuperGiants |
|---|---|
| Faf du Plessis (VC) ✈️ – Middle Order Batter | Rishabh Pant – Wicketkeeper Batter (c) |
| Abishek Porel (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Abdul Samad – Batter |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk ✈️ – Batter | Ayush Badoni – Batter |
| Karun Nair – Top Order Batter | Matthew Breetzke ✈️ – Batter |
| KL Rahul (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Himmat Singh – Batter |
| Sameer Rizvi – Batter | Aryan Juyal – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ – Batter | David Miller ✈️ – Middle order Batter |
| Harry Brook (Withdrawn) ✈️ – Batter | Nicholas Pooran ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Axar Patel (C) – Allrounder | Yuvraj Chaudhary – Batting Allrounder |
| Donovan Ferreira ✈️ – Allrounder | Rajvardhan Hangargekar – Bowling Allrounder |
| Ajay Mandal – Allrounder | Arshin Kulkarni – Allrounder |
| Manvanth Kumar – Allrounder | Aiden Markram ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Ashutosh Sharma – Batting Allrounder | Mitchell Marsh ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Madhav Tiwari – Allrounder | Shahbaz Ahmed – Allrounder |
| Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ – Bowler | Akash Deep – Bowler |
| Kuldeep Yadav – Bowler | Akash Singh – Bowler |
| Mukesh Kumar – Bowler | Avesh Khan – Bowler |
| Darshan Nalkande – Bowler | Shamar Joseph ✈️ – Bowler |
| T Natarajan – Bowler | Prince Yadav – Bowler |
| Vipraj Nigam – Bowler | Digvesh Rathi – Bowler |
| Mohit Sharma – Bowler | Ravi Bishnoi – Bowler |
| Mitchell Starc ✈️ – Bowler | Manimaran Siddharth – Bowler |
| Tripurana Vijay – Bowler | Shardul Thakur – Bowler |
LSG vs DC 2025: Injury Updates
Delhi Capitals: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Lucknow SuperGiants: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
