The fourth match of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League is being played on Monday. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants (DC Vs LSG) will be face to face in this match to be held in Visakhapatnam. Captain Akshar Patel will try to win by taking advantage of domestic conditions. Whereas Rishabh Pant's LSG team would like to give a tough challenge to DC with its strong performance. In such a situation, there will be an exciting battle between the two teams in the match. Before the commencement of the match, Akshar Patel and Rishabh Pant were called on the ground for the toss, which was won by Delhi Capitals/Lucknow Super Giants (DC Vs LSG).

Delhi-Lucknow will be face to face

The fourth match of IPL 2025 is being played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants (DC Vs LSG) on 24 March. Dr. Y.S. of Visakhapatnam Rajasekhar Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium has been entrusted with the responsibility of hosting this clash.

In IPL 2024, both teams missed out on making a place in the playoffs. In such a situation, the goal of Delhi and Lucknow will be to start the IPL 2025 campaign with a win. The captain of both teams was invited on the ground for the toss before the match started.

Delhi elected to win by winning the toss

When Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel came on the ground for the toss, the toss coin was tossed between the two, which fell in favor of Delhi Capitals and the captain selected the bowling and invited Lucknow Super Giants to bat first. Before this match, Delhi has suffered a major setback.

Dhakad batsman KL Rahul has withdrawn his name from the match due to personal reasons. He has returned to his home according to ESPNCricinfo report. He may return to the team before the second match on 30 March.

Lucknow-Delhi's playing XI is seen like this

Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-Macgark, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel (wicket-keeper), Sameer Rizvi, Akshar Patel (captain), Triston Stabs, Vipraj Nigam, Michel Stark, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Lucknow Super Giants: Aden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Puran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi