Delhi Capitals secured a hard-fought 6-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the fifth league match of IPL 2026 on Wednesday (April 1), starting their campaign in the ongoing season of the cash-rich league with a victory. In the match played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Delhi Capitals bowled LSG out for just 141 runs in 18.4 overs after opting to field first and then chased down the 142-run target in 17.1 overs.
The national capital-based franchise suffered a top-order collapse (reduced to 4 for 26 in 4.3 overs), but Sameer Rizvi, who came in as an impact player, then joined hands with South African batter Tristan Stubbs (39 runs from 32 balls) and added 119 runs for the fifth wicket to take
the game away from Lucknow.
The win over Super Giants in their first match of the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) helped DC move to the No. 3 position in the points table. The Axar Patel-led side has 2 points from one match played so far.
Four more teams — Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings — also have 2 points each to their credit, but due to net run rate (NRR), Rajasthan Royals and RCB occupy the top two positions, while MI and PBKS are placed fourth and fifth respectively.
IPL 2026 Points Table after LSG vs DC match on April 1
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | NO RESULT | POINTS | NRR |
| 1. | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.171 |
| 2. | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.907 |
| 3. | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.397 |
| 4. | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.687 |
| 5. | Punjab Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.509 |
| 6. | Gujarat Titans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.509 |
| 7. | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.687 |
| 8. | Lucknow Super Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.397 |
| 9. | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2.907 |
| 10. | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4.171 |
Orange Cap
Uncapped Indian batter Sameer Rizvi scored an unbeaten half-century for Delhi Capitals in the 142-run chase, and his 70-run knock off 47 balls against Lucknow Super Giants helped him take fifth position in the Orange Cap leaderboard.
Only Mumbai Indians’ Ryan Rickelton, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma of MI and PBKS’ Cooper Connolly have scored more runs than Rizvi so far in the ongoing edition of the IPL.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap leaderboard after LSG vs DC match on April 1
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS |
| 1. | Ryan Rickelton | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 81 |
| 2. | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 | 80 |
| 3. | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 78 |
| 4. | Cooper Connolly | Punjab Kings | 1 | 72 |
| 5. | Sameer Rizvi | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 70 |
| 6. | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 69 |
| 7. | Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 67 |
| 8. | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 61 |
| 9. | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 52 |
| 10. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 51 |
Purple Cap
Fast bowlers T Natarajan and Lungi Ngidi picked up 3 wickets each for Delhi Capitals in their first match of the IPL 2026. Natarajan finished with figures of 3 for 29 in four overs, and Ngidi conceded 27 runs in 3.4 overs to dismiss three LSG batters. The super show with the ball by Natarajan helped him take 2nd position in the list of bowlers with most wickets in IPL 2026, and Ngidi is now fourth in the Purple Cap leaderboard.
Apart from them, DC’s Kuldeep Yadav and LSG’s Prince Yadav also dismissed two batters each on Wednesday at Ekana Stadium.
IPL 2026 Purple Cap leaderboard after LSG vs DC match on April 1
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES | ECONOMY |
| 1. | Jacob Duffy | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 3 | 3/22 | 5.50 |
| 2. | T Natarajan | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 3 | 3/29 | 7.25 |
| 3. | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 1 | 3 | 3/29 | 7.25 |
| 4. | Lungi Ngidi | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 3 | 3/27 | 7.36 |
| 5. | Vijaykumar Vyshak | Punjab Kings | 1 | 3 | 3/34 | 8.50 |
| 6. | Shardul Thakur | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 3 | 3/39 | 9.75 |
| 7. | Romario Shepherd | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 3 | 3/54 | 13.50 |
| 8. | Jofra Archer | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 2 | 2/19 | 4.75 |
| 9. | Ravindra Jadeja | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 2 | 2/18 | 6.00 |
| 10. | Nandre Burger | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 2 | 2/26 | 6.50 |
Delhi Capitals will face Mumbai Indians in their second match of IPL 2026 on Saturday afternoon at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on April 4, and LSG’s next match is scheduled against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday (April 5) in Hyderabad.
