Kuldeep Yadav and Jake Fraser-McGurk, who made his IPL debut, shine in the Delhi Capitals’ historic victory against the Lucknow Super Giants

There are a lot of firsts in Tata IPL 2024 match 26. The young Delhi Capitals have broken a record by taking on the fierce Lucknow Super Giants, something no other club has accomplished yet.

The team captained by Rishabh Pant became the first in Indian Premier League history to upset LSG when trailing more than 160 runs. LSG has never lost a match while defending a score higher than 160. With that exception, DC has never before beaten LSG. LSG has won the past three meetings between them. With this victory, DC moved up to position nine in the IPL points standings, from the bottom. With one victory so far, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are now ranked tenth.

Despite choosing to bat first after winning the toss, LSG never really got going. The home team, who had lost two fast wickets in power play, gained some momentum from the knock of captain KL Rahul. Still, tonight’s DC bowlers were amazing. Kuldeep Yadav was the main man in the bowling unit. Yadav, returned from injury to ensure that LSG never really recovered throughout the match.

Three wickets were taken by him. LSG scored 167/7 thanks to a partnership of eight wickets between Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan. Since no team has ever defeated them when pursuing a goal of 160 or more, statistically speaking, they were in the safe zone. However, Ekana was a member of the Delhi Capitals tonight.