Rizvi Gamble Pays Off Big for DC's Early Surge
Sameer Rizvi's bat lit up Lucknow. Seventy off 38 balls against LSG—pure payback for CSK picking him over Samson in that trade talk.
Delhi Capitals stuck with Sameer Rizvi over Sanju Samson in that gutsy retention move. And boy, IPL 2026's paying off big. The UP kid's smashed an unbeaten 70 chasing down Lucknow Super Giants. Then came 90 off 51 to beat Mumbai Indians. Back-to-back Player-of-the-Match nods. Fire.
Rizvi's holding up those dodgy chases with real guts and muscle—key wins for DC. Sure, he bagged a duck in that 1-run heartbreak against GT, where they posted 209/8 chasing 210. Didn't matter. His runs have fixed the middle order. Axar Patel's skippering the machine just fine.
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