KL Rahul helps Delhi Capitals stabilise hold on 2nd spot

IPL 2025 Points Table, Top Batters, Top Bowlers, Team Rankings & Standing After IPL Today Match Update: Delhi Capitals defeated the Lucknow Super Giants eight wickets in an Indian Premier League encounter to strengthen their grip on second position in the IPL 2025 standings. Delhi racked up their sixth win in eight games so far. Meanwhile, the defeat saw Lucknow stay at fifth spot in the standings with five wins from nine games.
Chasing a target of 160 runs, KL Rahul guided the team to victory with an unbeaten 57-run knock against his former team. Abishek Porel also scored a half century in a winning cause for Delhi.
KL Rahul reached 5000 runs in the IPL during the game, there becoming the fastest batter to reach 139 innings to reach there. He beat David Warner five innings as the Australian got there in 130 games. Virat Kohli was third in the standings, as he took 157 IPL games to reach 5000-run mark.
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IPL 2025 points table after Delhi’s win over Lucknow
 

Rank
Team
P
W
L
NR
NRR
POINTS

1
GT
8
6
2
0
1.104
12

2
DC
8
6
2
0
0.657
12

3
RCB
8
5
3
0
0.472
10

4
PBKS
8
5
3
0
0.177
10

5
LSG
9
5
4
0
-0.054
10

6
MI
8
4
4
0
0.483
8

7
KKR
8
3
5
0
0.212
8

8
RR
8
2
6
0
-0.633
4

9
SRH
7
2
5
0
-1.217
4

10
CSK
8
2
6
0
-1.392
4

 
 Orange Cap standings after LSG vs DC
With just nine runs in the game against Delhi Capitals, Nicholas Pooran was unable to wrest back the top spot in the IPL 2025 Orange Cap standings.

Rank
Player Name
Team
Runs
Mat
Inn
NO
HS
AVG
SR

1
Sai Sudharsan
GT
417
8
8
0
82
52.13
152.18

2
Nicholas Pooran
LSG
377
9
9
1
87*
47.13
204.89

3
Jos Buttler
GT
356
8
8
3
97*
71.2
165.58

4
Mitchell Marsh
LSG
344
8
8
0
81
43
160.74

5
Surya Kumar Yadav
MI
333
8
8
2
68*
55.5
162.43