LSG’s batter Nicholas Pooran survived a close call after Sameer Rizvi dropped a simple catch in the seventh over.

The unfortunate incident took place on the fifth delivery of the seventh over bowled by Vipraj Nigam.

Vipraj bowled a short ball outside off which Pooran goes for a cut and gets a top edge towards backward point but Rizvi puts down an easy chance. In the very next delivery, Pooran goes for a maximum and ends the over with 25 runs.

Speaking of the match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh opened the innings for LSG while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack.

Though Markram made a steady start his opening partner Mitchell Marsh kick-started his inning with a maximum of the final delivery of the first over.

Axar Patel in the next over gave only five runs but Mitchell Starc who bowled the third over gave a whopping 21 runs. DC lost a review in the next over as Axar Patel decided to take a review against the umpire’s decision but the hosts lost a review as Mitchell Marsh survived the LBW dismissal.

But Vipraj Nigam in the next over bagged his maiden IPL wicket by dismissing Markram for 15 runs. At the end of five overs, LSG scored 50 runs for a wicket loss. Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh started to execute an aggressive performance which pushed LSG’s score to 98 runs for one wicket loss at the end of 8 overs.

In the seventh over, Sameer Rizvi dropped an easy catch of Nicholas Pooran and made a massive blunter.