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

Who won today’s IPL match?: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) locked horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) in match 15 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. In what was a low-scoring thriller, the KL Rahul-led side held their nerves in the end and registered their third consecutive win of the season. They defeated the Rishabh Pant-led side by 6 wickets to claim the second spot on the points table.

Today’s IPL match result

Invited to bat first, Prithvi Shaw took Delhi Capitals off the flyer with his blistering 34-ball 61 runs. However, after that Delhi batsmen struggled with their timing and lost David Warner (4) and Rovman Powell (3) early after the first blow. Skipper Rishabh Pant (39*) and Sarfaraz Khan (36) played fighting knocks and helped their side post a total of 149 runs after quite middle-overs. For LSG, Ravi Bishnoi starred with the ball and returned with the figures of 2/22.

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Chasing the target, LSG had a great opening partnership as skipper KL Rahul (24) and Quinton de Kock scored 73 runs for the opening partnership, that was broken by Kuldeep Yadav. Evin Lewis then struggled to time the ball well and was removed by Lalit Yadav for 5 runs off 13 balls. While others struggle with their timing De Kock scored a masterful 80-run knock to keep his side in the hunt. Delhi the kept things tight with the ball and took the match to the last over. With 5 runs needed off the last 6 balls, Shardul Thakur removed Deepak Hooda on the first ball. But Ayush Badoni then smashed four on the third ball to ease the pressure and the closed the game by hitting six on the next ball. His 3-ball 10 run knock helped LSG defeat DC by 6 wickets.

Man of the match today IPL

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) keeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was awarded Player of the Match in today’s match against Delhi Capitals. The southpaw played a sensational knock of 80 runs and kept his side in the hut in a match, where almost every other batsman struggled with his timing. His knock was laced with 9 fours and two maximums and helped his side win their third game of the season by 6 wickets.

Today IPL highlights

You can catch the highlights of today’s IPL encounter between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals on the official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same.

IPL schedule

The next match of the IPL 2022 is scheduled to take place between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai at 7:30 PM.

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	6	+1.102
Lucknow Super Giants	4	3	1	6	+0.256
Rajasthan Royals	3	2	1	4	+1.218
Gujarat Titans	2	2	0	4	+0.495
Punjab Kings	3	2	1	4	+0.238
Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	2	1	4	+0.159
Delhi Capitals	3	1	2	2	-0.116
Chennai Super Kings	3	0	3	0	-1.251
Mumbai Indians	3	0	3	0	-1.362
Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	0	2	0	-1.825

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

S.NO	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	3	3	1	205	100	102.50	143.35	1	1
2	Quinton de Kock	4	4	0	149	80	37.25	135.45	0	2
3	Ishan Kishan	3	3	1	149	81*	74.50	133.03	0	2
4	KL Rahul	4	4	0	132	68	33.00	129.41	0	1
5	Deepak Hooda	4	4	0	130	55	32.50	136.84	0	2

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

S.NO	Player	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Umesh Yadav	4	4	16.0	84	9	23/4	9.33	5.25	10.66
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	3	12.0	63	7	22/3	9.00	5.25	10.28
3	Avesh Khan	4	4	14.4	127	7	24/4	18.14	8.65	12.57
4	Rahul Chahar	3	3	12.0	60	6	25/3	10.00	5.00	12.00
5	Kuldeep Yadav	3	3	11.4	81	6	18/3	13.50	6.94	11.66