LSG vs DC Head-To-Head In IPL (2026): Records, Stats & Results

The LSG vs DC head-to-head in the IPL may still be a short rivalry on paper, but it already has enough drama to feel much bigger. The two teams met on April 1, 2026, in Lucknow, where Delhi Capitals continued their strong run and secured a convincing 6-wicket win. With that result, DC now extend their lead in the rivalry and further strengthen their recent dominance.

There is enough off-field spice, too. KL Rahul faced Lucknow again after his exit from the franchise, while Rathi and Nitish Rana have already had their own on-field friction before.

For fans watching, the match was available live on Star Sports and JioHotstar, and it turned out to be another memorable chapter in this growing rivalry.

LSG vs DC Overall Record in IPL

The rivalry is still close, but not level.

Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Tied	No Result
Lucknow Super Giants	8	3	5	0	0
Delhi Capitals	8	5	3	0	0

Delhi Capitals currently lead the head-to-head 4-3. That sounds close, and it is, but the path to that scoreline tells a better story. Lucknow won the first three matches between the teams. Delhi has won the next four. That is a complete flip in control.

This is why the rivalry feels more interesting now than it did in 2022 or 2023. It is no longer about one team having the upper hand from the start. It is now about whether LSG can stop the swing before Delhi stretches the gap further.

Complete LSG vs DC Match-by-Match Results

If you want the rivalry from start to finish in one section, this is the cleanest way to read it.

Season	Venue	Winner	Result
2022	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai	LSG	won by 6 wickets
2022	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	LSG	won by 6 runs
2023	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	LSG	won by 50 runs
2024	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	DC	won by 6 wickets
2024	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	DC	won by 19 runs
2025	ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam	DC	won by 1 wicket
2025	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	DC	won by 8 wickets
2026	Ekana Stadium, Lucknow	DC	won by 6 wickets

For a while, it looked like Delhi just did not match up well against Lucknow. LSG beat them while chasing, beat them in a close one, and then smashed them by 50 runs in 2023. 

But once Delhi finally got through in Lucknow in 2024, the tone changed. They started handling the pressure better and looked much more sorted in the middle and back end of games.

Players Who Have Dominated LSG vs DC Matches

A short rivalry can still have its regular troublemakers, and this one already does.

Run-scoring leaders

Batter	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Best
KL Rahul	210	42.00	135.48	77
Nicholas Pooran	181	36.20	215.47	75
Rishabh Pant	157	31.40	129.75	44
Mitchell Marsh	154	38.50	165.59	72
Quinton de Kock	134	33.50	155.81	80

KL Rahul leads the run chart with 210, which makes his return against Lucknow a little more fun than usual. But if you are talking about who has looked the most dangerous, it is Nicholas Pooran. A strike rate of 215.47 in a head-to-head is ridiculous, and it tells you how quickly he has changed games in this fixture.

Leading wicket-takers

Bowler	Wickets	Average	Economy	Best
Ravi Bishnoi	10	22.10	8.18	2/22
Kuldeep Yadav	9	22.33	7.53	3/20
Mukesh Kumar	7	23.28	9.05	4/33
Shardul Thakur	6	19.33	9.94	3/40
Mark Wood	5	2.80	3.50	5/14

Ravi Bishnoi has been Lucknow’s biggest bowling factor in this rivalry with 10 wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav has almost matched him and been slightly tighter. Then there is Mark Wood’s 5/14, which still stands as the most destructive spell anyone has produced in this matchup.

Quick Records Snapshot

Instead of scattering these around the article, here is the full quick-glance version.

Record	Stat
Highest Team Total	LSG – 211/9
Lowest Team Total	DC – 143/9
Biggest Win by Runs	LSG by 50 runs
Biggest Win by Wickets	DC by 8 wickets
Highest Individual Score	Quinton de Kock – 80
Best Bowling Figures	Mark Wood – 5/14
Most Sixes	Nicholas Pooran – 14
Most 50+ Scores	Nicholas Pooran, Abishek Porel – 2 each

This is where the rivalry gets interesting. Lucknow has had some of the bigger individual performances, but Delhi has taken the bigger recent results.

Best Match in LSG vs DC Head-to-Head History

If one game gave this rivalry its first real classic, it was that ridiculous night in Visakhapatnam in 2025.

Lucknow looked in control for most of the night. They made 209/8 and then hit Delhi early. Shardul Thakur removed Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel in the first over, M Siddharth made it 7/3, and later Rathi and Bishnoi kept the squeeze on. When Stubbs got out for 34 off 22 at 113/6, Delhi still needed 97 off 45, and it looked done.

Then the game slowly flipped. Vipraj Nigam smashed 39 off 15 with 5 fours and 2 sixes, and his 55-run stand in 22 balls with Ashutosh brought Delhi back. 

Ashutosh was only 16 off 16 at one stage, so he did not go too hard too early. He just stayed there, kept the chase alive, and then exploded at the right time, turning it into 66* off 31 with 5 fours and 5 sixes.

He took 16 off Bishnoi in the 18th, kept it going in the 19th, and suddenly it was down to 6 needed in the last over with 1 wicket left. 

The over started with a big LBW shout and a missed stumping chance, so the tension was unreal. Then Mohit Sharma got the single, Shahbaz missed once, and Ashutosh smashed it straight back over the bowler’s head for six. 

Delhi won by 1 wicket with 3 balls left, in what became their highest successful IPL chase and the first 200-plus chase against Lucknow.

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Conclusion: DC vs LSG Rivalry Is Still Young, But Delhi Holds the Advantage

Right now, Delhi Capitals are ahead in this rivalry by the smallest possible useful margin, 4-3 overall, but the recent pattern says more than the total does. They have won 4 of the last 5, and that is why Lucknow needs a response more urgently in this matchup.

At the same time, this still does not feel settled. LSG still has enough match-winners to swing a game quickly, and Delhi still has enough unpredictability in them to make even winning positions messy.

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