DC vs LSG IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: In what was the 45th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Delhi Capitals (DC) squared off with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The game went down the wire and saw both the teams fighting till the very end. But in the end it was yet agains LSG bowlers who stood tall for their side and defended a target after almost being put on the backfoot. They thumped DC by 6 runs to go second on the points table.

Today’s IPL match result

Batting first, after winning the toss, Lucknow Super Giants had a decent outing with the bat. They rode on half centuries by skipper KL Rahul (77) and Deepak Hooda (52) and posted a target of 195 runs on the board. For DC, Shardul Thakur was the pick of the bowlers as he took all the three wickets and returned with the figures of 3/40.

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Chasing the target, DC lost both openers Prithvi Shaw (5) and David Warner (3) early, but that was a blessing in disguise for them as then Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant counter attacked LSG bowlers for their 60 runs partnership in just 25 balls. DC after that were in a spot of bother as they lost Marsh (37) and Lalit (3) in quick succession. Pant perished after that for 44 as they found themselves tumbling at 120/5. Mohsin Khan then turned the game in his side’s favour with four-wicket haul. With 21 runs needed off the last over, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel gave LSG a scare but Marcus Stoinis held his nerves well to close the match for his side by 6 runs.

Man of the Match today IPL

Lucknow Super Giants pacer Mohsin Khan was awarded Player of the Match in today’s encounter against Delhi Capitals. The left-arm bowled a terrific spell of fast bowling and turned the game in his side’s favour with his four wicket haul. He removed the likes of David Warner, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell and Shardul Thakur to put Delhi under pressure and subsequently win the match.

Today IPL highlights

You can catch highlights of today’s IPL 2022 encounter between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) that took place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same:

IPL schedule

The next match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is slated to take place between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at MCA Stadium in Pune.

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Gujarat Titans	9	8	1	16	+0.377
Lucknow Super Giants	10	7	3	14	+0.397
Rajasthan Royals	9	6	3	12	+0.450
Sunrisers Hyderabad	8	5	3	10	+0.600
Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	5	5	10	-0.558
Delhi Capitals	9	4	5	8	+0.587
Punjab Kings	9	4	5	8	-0.470
Kolkata Knight Riders	9	3	6	6	-0.006
Chennai Super Kings	8	2	6	4	-0.538
Mumbai Indians	9	1	8	2	-0.83

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	9	9	566	116	70.75	155.06	3	3
2	KL Rahul	10	10	451	103*	56.38	145.01	2	2
3	Hardik Pandya	8	8	308	87*	51.33	135.68	0	3
4	Tilak Varma	9	9	307	61	43.86	137.05	0	2
5	Shikhar Dhawan	9	9	307	88*	38.38	126.33	0	0

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

POS	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Yuzvendra Chahal	9	9	260	19	40/5	13.68	7.22	11.36
2	Kuldeep Yadav	9	9	269	17	14/4	15.82	8.23	11.52
3	Umran Malik	9	8	239	15	25/5	15.93	7.96	12.00
4	Wanindu Hasaranga	10	10	273	15	20/4	18.20	8.02	13.60
5	T Natarajan	9	8	261	15	10/3	17.40	8.41	12.4