IPL 2024: Match 26: Stats Review: Highest partnership for the eight wicket, highest total successfully chased in Lucknow and other stats from LSG vs DC

Lucknow Super Giants succumbed to a six-wicket loss to the Delhi Capitals in Lucknow in match No. 26 of IPL 2024. 

LSG won the toss and batted first. Skipper KL Rahul (39 off 22) came all guns blazing from the get-go. LSG had managed 57/2 in the powerplay, but Player of the Match Kuldeep Yadav (3 for 20) applied the brakes in the middle overs to have LSG reeling at 94/7 at the end of 13 overs. From there, it was Ayush Badoni (55* of 35) and Arshad Khan who pushed LSG beyond what has been a talismanic score of 160 for them, finishing at 167/7.

David Warner struggled in the chase, but Prithvi Shaw (32 off 22) ensured that the match always remained within reach. In the middle overs, it was debutant Jake Fraser-McGurk (55 off 35) and skipper Rishabh Pant (41 off 24) that formally made sure the Capitals had a firm grip over proceedings that enabled them to walk away with a win. 

Here are all the stats from the game

1 - Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan's unbeaten partnership of 73 for the eighth wicket, is the highest partnership for the eighth wicket in IPL history. 

25 - Rishabh Pant became the 25th player to hit 3000 runs in the IPL. He is the joint eighth fastest to the milestone by innings getting there in 103 innings.

3 - In 18 attempts, this is only the third successful chase against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. It is also the highest target successfully chased against LSG.

3 - In just ten matches played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow in IPL, this is the highest successful chase. It is also only the third-ever successful chase in the ten matches in Lucknow.

13 - After a run of 13 matches, LSG's streak of successfully defending every single target above 160 came to an end in their 14th such match.