Rizvi stars as Delhi Capitals down Lucknow Super Giants to make winning start in IPL

[p]South Africa seamer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ngidi-lungi/fZWl9EcE/"]Lungi Ngidi[/a] took three wickets as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/delhi-capitals/tv8Qjdkq/"]Delhi[/a] bowled out hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lucknow-super-giants/juEriKhI/"]Lucknow[/a] for 141, a total [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/delhi-capitals-tv8Qjdkq/lucknow-super-giants-juEriKhI/?mid=0tJywVvC"]the Capitals overhauled with 17 balls to spare.[/a][/p][p]Delhi slipped to 26-4 before impact substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rizvi-sameer/GEBkQ5Yc/"]Rizvi[/a], who struck 70 not out, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stubbs-tristan/OG4HXfC2/"]Tristan Stubbs[/a], who made 39, put on an unbeaten stand of 119 to steer the team home.[/p][p][b]"I think the way Sameer plays naturally just against the spin, takes it on, so it made my job a bit easier,"[/b] Stubbs said.[/p][p][b]"Just knock it around, get him on strike. And we always knew it was one over, and then it was down to run a ball, and then take the game away, the shots you need, and fortunately we got it there."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shami-mohammed/KrcDlD7e/"]Mohammed Shami[/a], in his debut season for Lucknow, dismissed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rahul-lokesh/lY19PeDI/"]KL Rahul[/a] for a duck with the first ball of the chase.[/p][p]Fellow quick [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yadav-prince/MRG7anj2/"]Prince Yadav[/a] struck twice in one over to send back Pathum Nissanka (1) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patel-akshar/nkmFJGY8/"]Axar Patel[/a] (0) to leave Delhi in trouble 4.3 overs into their chase.[/p][p]But Rizvi, who hit five fours and four sixes in his 47-ball knock, and Stubbs steadied the ship before unleashing as the target came into view.[/p][p]The 22-year-old Rizvi, who was named player of the match, raised his fifty with a four off part-time spinner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/markram-aiden/t2HJVWpB/"]Aiden Markram[/a] and later hit the winning six.[/p][embed guid="a8b95817-1695-4a60-bee3-f058fb37f37c" url="https://x.com/IPL/status/2039399028149084558" social-type="twitter" /][p]"You know, one positive (is) that boys fought hard," said Lucknow skipper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pant-rishabh/KKYC7ObS/"]Rishabh Pant[/a]. "The way we bowled, especially the way we started, definitely some good signs going ahead in the season."[/p][p]Pant opened the Lucknow innings with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marsh-mitchell/UovVueNf/"]Mitchell Marsh[/a] but was run out for seven after a hit from his fellow batter grazed the bowler's arm to hit the stumps at the non-striker's end.[/p][p]Delhi skipper Patel bowled Markram for 11 and wickets fell at regular intervals.[/p][p]Ngidi sent back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pooran-nicolas/AR46XyCI/"]Nicholas Pooran[/a] for eight with a well-disguised slower delivery that rattled the stumps.[/p][p]Marsh attempted to pull things back with his 35 but fell in his attempt to attack left-arm wrist spinner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yadav-kuldeep/QuQQCaL1/"]Kuldeep Yadav[/a] and the batting then collapsed.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/samad-abdul/rwHAwcK6/"]Abdul Samad[/a]'s 25-ball 36 boosted the total but the Lucknow innings lasted for just 18.4 overs after Ngidi struck with successful balls.[/p][p]Left-arm quick [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/natarajan-thangarasu/6cMO8LoQ/"]T Natarajan[/a] also took three wickets.[/p]