IPL23 Match No 3 DC vs LSG this match LSG won by 50 runs. A comprehensive win for Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) and they initiate the season witha win of50 runs margin. Delhi Capitals will try to regroupand assess the areas of improvement. t's just thestart of the tournament though.Mark Wood (Player of the Match): "Definitely. therun ups were a problem due to the dew but gotinto a rhytm slowly. We practised with the wetball. Last time I was here was for CSK and didn'tgo well. Happy to improve fromn that. ball anddid not go into the match. I slipped in the match.But KL was patientand Morne helped me as well.Today I was trying to keep it short and come froma longer run up. It does affect you, if you haveto constantly think about the landing area. So,happy to have sorted it out and getting the jobdone for the team. Happy to help the team win inthe end."KL Rahul(Lucknow Super Giants captain):" Yeah, itwas a great start I think. At the initial stage, I saidthat we were clueless about the pitch as well. Weweren't familiar with the conditions. We will takea lot of confidence with this one. Again, the tossis not in our hands, but with the new rule, you getto choose what team you want to go with. It hascome in handy.I felt that we were 25-30 runs above par. Theway Kyle batted, took the approach against thespinners, and got us to a good start, was superb.But the way they started in the first three over,they were about 30-odd runs I think.The whole group I think. It was Woody's day. hetook six [five actually] wickets, which was reallywell. He made an impact there. It was Woody'sday but I think in the end, it was the overall groupwho did the job.Obviously, we will take a lot of confidence fromit. We will try to take as much off it. This is T20cricket, and we will try not to overdo it. But yes, wewill take the confidence from it"Active Catch of the Match: Prithvi ShawLongest Six of the Match: Kyle Mayers (99m)Most Fours of the Match: David WarnerMost Valuable Asset of the Match: Kyle MayersGame Changer of the Match: Mark WoodElectric Striker of the Match: Kyle MayersMarcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants):"A greatstart by the boys and we are happy that we haveWon in the manner we did. Yes, nice to havethose problems Iike that. The coaches say goodproblem to have. It was soaking wet out there.We practise under lights. It's a sandy surface, theguys slipped up here and there. It happens. Thepitch looked different at each ends. One end spunwhile the others helped the pacers. So, we had toadjust to the conditions and we did that. Yes, I amhappy that I was not needed to bowl. But if calledfor, I am ready to bowl and good to go."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "It wasdifficult to bat during the chase as it was made bythe LSG bowlers. They bowled really well in thepowerplay and put us under pressure. During thetoss, I thought 175 should be par. But they addeda few more runs. Not to take anything awayfrom their bowlers, who bowled with good intentand putus in trouble. They did an outstandingjob. Momentum is important in this game. Wetalk about forming alliances, but you can't takeWood's place. He's a fantastic bowler, and hedemonstrated his true talent and experiencetonight. See, you can't dropa catch and that tof Kyle Mayers. In fact, you shouldn't be droppingcatches. Once you give life to a big guy will makeyou pay for it. From either end, it appeared as ifyou were bowling on two different surfaces. It'sa case ofgoing back to the drawing board for us.We go back to Delhi infront of our home crowdfor the next game. I think I have been back inDelhi around 2010-11. Now the pitch there mighthave changed a bit. Haha.. I would like to forthat(Cheekily smiles when asked aboutplayiny..Delhi in the BGT Test match vs India last month)."Arriving for a hefty chase Delhi Capitals falteredwith every wicket inside the powerplay. It wasMark Wood who rushed the batters with pace andenforced cracks in the wall of the Capitals. Warnerwas the lone warrior for them and lost partnerswho could succor him at the right time. PrithviShaw and the skipper looked in good touch untilthe inception of Wood. The Englishman wentthrough the gates of Shaw and Mitchell Marshon back-to-back deliveries, pushing Delhi on theback foot.Sarfaraz Khan was promoted second down butfailed to gleam. He got some wood on a seriousbumper, losing his poise and falling bizarrely.Rilee Rossouw (30) glued 38 runs with Warner inthe middle but was removed by Ravi Bishnoi. Thiswas yet another awkward dismissal where theProteas batter got the swell of the blade on thefollow-through of the shot, ending up in a caught-Out.Rovman Powell and Aman Khan looked likewalking wickets and Warner (56 off 48 balls)succumbed under the pressure. The tail draggedon with some runs but it didn't add much value.Mark Wood arrived for the ultimate over andenforced two wickets, bringing up the first fifer ofIPL 2023. Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi baggedtwo wickets each.Earlier, David Warner of DC had won the toss andelected to field first. In the absence of Quinton deKock, Kyle Mayers came to open the innings withKL Rahul. They initiated the innings watchfullagainst the left-arm pacers of Delhi Capitals. luwas a matter of time before Mayers switchedEarlier, David Warner of DC had won the toss andelected to field first. In the absence of Quinton deKock, Kyle Mayers came to open the innings withKL Rahul. They initiated the innings watchfullyagainst the left-arm pacers of Delhi Capitals. Itwas a matter of time before Mayers switchedgears and brought his stormy side. AlthoughKL Rahul was dismissed early today it was theCaribbean all-rounder who steered the inningsdeep.Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, and MarcusStoinis could only touch the double-digit markbut failed to convert to a healthy score. KhaleelAhmed and Kuldeep Yadav were taken to thecleaners but struck with scalps in the middlephases. After the dismissal of Mayers (73 off38 balls), Nicholas Pooran took the charge andhelped LSG reach a commendable total. A quickcameo from Ayush Badoni and a last-ball sixoff impact player sub, Krishnappa Gowthampropelled the total to 193.