Kuldeep Yadav made a surprising return from his damage throughout Delhi Capitals’ ongoing recreation towards Lucknow Super Giants within the twenty sixth match of the IPL 2024. Kuldeep took three large wickets to prohibit Lucknow to 167 and stole the limelight for his supply to dismiss in-form Nicholas Pooran.
After being pressured to bowl first, Delhi loved an excellent begin with the pacer Khaleel Ahmed eradicating Quinton de Kock and Devdutt Padikkal early within the powerplay. Then Kuldeep dismissed in-form batters Marcus Stoinis, KL Rahul and Pooran in his first two overs and completed his spells with 3/20 figures.
He produced an excellent googly supply to dismiss the left-handed batter Pooran within the eighth over which flattened the off stump. Kuldeep then produced one other distinctive supply to take away KL Rahul within the tenth over.
Kuldeep’s heroics stumble Lucknow to 94/7 within the first 13 overs. But the hosts made a surprising comeback with Ayush Badoni and debutant Arshad Khan including unbeaten 73 runs for the eighth wicket with the previous smashing essential 55* off simply 35 balls. Kuldeep emerged as the most effective bowler for Delhi with three wickets whereas Khaleel picked two for 41.
The 29-year-old left-arm spinner missed Delhi’s final three video games due to a groin damage and has picked six wickets in three innings within the IPL 2024 to date. Shai Hope and Mukesh Kumar additionally made their return from their accidents whereas younger Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk made his IPL debut for Delhi.
Lucknow Super Giants enjoying XI: Quinton de Kock (substituted by Deepak Hooda), KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur.
Delhi Capitals enjoying XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.
