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  1. Ashutosh guides Capitals to thrilling winpublished at 20 overs

    Ashutosh Sharma salutes the crowd after hitting the winning runsImage source, Getty Images

    Ashutosh Sharma's unbeaten 66 helped Delhi Capitals clinch a dramatic one-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

    The Capitals had been in trouble at 7-3 then 65-5 in pursuit of a target of Lucknow's 209-8.

    However, a superb innings from Ashutosh secured victory for the Capitals with just three balls to spare.

    With six runs required off the final over - bowled by Shahbaz Ahmed - Delhi number 11 Mohit Sharma survived a nervy lbw review and then managed to scramble a single of the next ball.

    Ashutosh then whacked a towering straight six off Shahbaz down the ground to send the crowd in Visakhapatnam delirious.

    Delhi's chase was their highest in IPL history - eclipsing the 209 they made to beat Gujarat Lions in May 2017.

  2. Delhi struggling in tough chasepublished at 10 overs

    Lucknow Super Giants celebrate the wicket of Faf du PlessisImage source, Getty Images
    • Delhi Capitals are five wickets down at the halfway point in their innings as they look to chase down 210 for victory against Lucknow Super Giants.
    • The Capitals have never chased down more than a target of 209 in the history of the IPL and were in big trouble at 7-3 after Shardul Thakur struck twice early on, including the wicket of opener Jake Fraser-McGurk for a single.
    • McGurk's fellow opener Faf du Plessis made an 18-ball 29 before he miscued Ravi Bishnoi into the hands of David Miller.
    • Capitals skipper Axar Patel managed 22 off 11 balls only to be caught by Nicholas Pooran at square leg off the bowling of Digvesh Rathi.
    • Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma are both unbeaten on 13 with the run-rate climbing.
  3. Capitals set target of 210 by LSGpublished at 20 overs

    Nicholas Pooran hits out for LSGImage source, Getty Images
    • Nicholas Pooran top scored for Lucknow Super Giants after hammering 75 off just 30 balls as they made 209-8 from their allotted 20 overs against Delhi Capitals.
    • Pooran's innings featured six fours and seven sixes and came at a strike-rate of 250.00.
    • Australia left-arm quick Mitchell Starc knocked over the stumps of West Indies batter Pooran in the 15th over with a full swinging delivery.
    • Mitch Marsh had finished up with 72 off 36 balls before he hit Mukesh Kumar into the hands of Tristan Stubbs at long on.
    • LSG skipper Rishabh Pant made a six-ball duck against his old team, caught by Faf du Plessis after attempting to hit Kuldeep Yadav down the ground.
    • Starc took two wickets in the penultimate over as he finished with 3-42 for the Capitals while Kuldeep claimed an impressive 2-20 at an economy of 5.00.
    • David Miller hit final two balls of the last over - bowled by Mohit Sharma - for six in his unbeaten cameo of 27 off 19 balls.
  4. Marsh & Pooran get Giants off to flyerpublished at 10 overs

    Mitch Marsh salutes the crowd for his half-centuryImage source, Getty Images
    • Mitch Marsh and Nicholas Pooran have got Lucknow Super Giants off to a blistering start against Delhi Capitals in the fourth IPL match of the season in Visakhapatnam.
    • Australia all-rounder Marsh has made a brutal half-century off just 21 balls while West Indies batter Pooran has smoked 35 off 16 to help Lucknow to 117-1 at the midway point in their innings.
    • Capitals spinner Vipraj Nigam has come in for some tap - Pooran and Marsh hammered a combined 25 runs off one of his overs, with the only dot ball a costly dropped catch by Sameer Rizvi which would have dismissed the former.
    • Giants opener Aiden Markram (15) became Nigam's first wicket in the IPL when the South Africa batter miscued a biff down the ground into the hands of Mitchell Starc.
    • Delhi won the toss and captain Axar Patel decided to bowl first.
    • LSG are captained by former Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant.

  5. Follow the IPL across the BBCpublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

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