Porel-Stubbs fifties, Ishant’s 3-34 help DC beat LSG by 19 runs

Sublime halfcenturies from Abishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs along with veteran pacer Ishant Sharmarsquos 334 helped Delhi Capitals survive a late scare from Arshad Khan to beat Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs in Match 64 of Indian Premier League IPL 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on TuesdayAfter sublime halfcenturies from Porel and Stubbs propelled DC to reach a massive 2084 Ishant starred to reduce LSG to 444 in the fifth over After Nicholas Pooran made a hardhitting 61 Arshad threatened to take the game away with an unbeaten 58But it wasnrsquot enough as LSG ended up at 1899 as DC now in fifth place ended their group stage with a win and awaited results of other games to know if they can enter the playoffs The result also means Rajasthan Royals have qualified for the playoffsOn a highscoring pitch with short boundaries Porel impressed yet again with a 33ball 58 laced with five fours and four sixes while sharing a 92run stand with Shai Hope After taking his time Stubbs produced a stunning late onslaught to be unbeaten on 57 off 25 balls hitting three fours and four sixes to lift DC past 200 as the hosts amassed 72 runs off the last five oversPushed into batting first DC were dealt a huge blow on the second ball when Jake FraserMcGurk mistimed a loft to be caught at longon off Arshad for a twoball duck Porel continued to impress by uppercutting Mohsin Khan for six followed by hitting three fours and a six in Arshads second over yielding 21 runsHope opened up by hitting Yudhvir Singh for two fours and a six in a 16run fourth over as DC reached its fifty Porel took the attack to legstump deliveries from NaveenulHaq by pulling and swinging hard to hit two sixes and a four as DC ended the powerplay at 731Porel greeted Krunal Pandya with a superb late cut going for four before reaching his fifty in 21 balls But spinners Krunal Deepak Hooda and Ravi Bishnoi created pressure which resulted in Hope slapping straight to cover who took the catch on rebound off the legspinner as the batter fell for 27ball 38Three overs later Porel couldnrsquot get enough elevation on a slower ball off NaveenulHaq and holed out to deep midwicket Despite falling on the crease while trying to pull once Pant was able to keep a stable base on his pulls off Bishnoi and Hooda for boundariesWhen Krunal gave him width Pant was quick to pull wide of midwicket and cut past the backward point to collect consecutive boundaries Stubbs got going when he lofted Arshad for six and four respectively before bringing out a reverse ramp to send the ball between the keeper and slip for four more in an 18run 16th overNaveen got LSG back when Pant failed to get the timing on a onehanded loft against a wide slower ball and holed out to longon Stubbs lofted Mohsin for six before pulling and lofting Naveen for four and six respectively and got his fifty in 22 balls by lofting the pacer for another maximum DC had luck on his side when Bishnoi dropped two tough catches of Stubbs and Axar in the final over as the hosts went past 200In defence of 208 Impact Player Ishant scythed through the LSG toporder in the powerplay KL Rahul was undone by lack of timing in lofting an Ishant outswinger and gave a catch to coverpoint Quinton de Kock was next to fall to Ishant ndash mistiming a loft to midonMarcus Stoinis danced down the pitch on Axar Patelrsquos first ball to loft but missed the delivery which turned enough and was stumped easily Pooran injected some momentum into LSGrsquos innings by hitting Axar for two fours and as many sixes over the shorter boundary areaThough Pooran hit two more sixes and a four including a reversesweep off Kuldeep Yadav he wasnrsquot getting support from the other end as Ishant trapped Hooda lbw while Ayush Badoni toeended a loft to longoff against StubbsPooran continued to wage a lone battle by clipping Gulbadin Naib for consecutive boundaries and reached his fifty in 20 balls But his counterattacking knock ended in the 12th over when Axar dived forward to take a superb catch at cover off Mukesh Kumar Once Krunal was stumped off Kuldeep it felt that DC would coast home to victoryBut Arshad had other ideas striking Kuldeep for a four and six each before giving the same treatment to Ishant Arshad used the long handle well to put DC under more pressure by hitting Khaleel for two sixes and a four Yudhvir Singh also gave him support by taking a four and six off Rasikh Salam before holing out to longoff against KhaleelArshad then muscled Rasikh down the ground for six before getting his fifty in 25 balls to keep LSG in the hunt by bringing the equation to 29 runs off 12 ballsRavi Bishnoi was run out by a throw from Jake FraserMcGurk in the deep as Mukesh gave only six runs in the 19th over Rasikh nailed his fuller and slower balls to defend 23 runs in the final over to give DC a narrow winBrief scoresDelhi Capitals 2084 in 20 overs Abishek Porel 58 Tristan Stubbs 57 not out NaveenulHaq 251 Ravi Bishnoi 126 beat Lucknow Super Giants 1899 in 20 overs Nicholas Pooran 61 Arshad Khan 58 not out Ishant Sharma 334 Tristan Stubbs 14 by 19 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever