Nitish Rana leads West Delhi Lions to DPL 2025 title with victory over Central Delhi Kings

Captain Nitish Rana performed a superb hand as he led West Delhi Lions beat Central Delhi Kings within the ultimate of the Delhi Premier League 2025 on Sunday, August 31. Rana scored an unbeaten 79 from 49 balls to assist his crew chase down 174 within the ultimate to win the primary title within the league.

Central Delhi Kings have been put in to bat first as Rana opted to bowl first within the huge ultimate. The Kings have been in main hassle at 78/6 with the specter of an early all-out looming giant. Nevertheless, Yugal Singh and Pranshu Vijayran enjoying blinder of knocks to bail the crew out of hassle. 

Each of them joined palms when the crew was reeling at 78/6 at 12.2 overs. The 2 manoeuvred their means extraordinarily properly and unleashed their strokes to take their crew forward.

The 2 notched up a 78-run stand for the seventh wicket with Yugal having made 65 from 48 balls, laced with 4 fours and three sixes. The 2 had a selected liking for Hrithik Shokeen within the 18th over as they scored 21 with three sixes in them.

In the meantime, Pranshu ended the innings fairly properly for the Kings as he collected 35 runs within the ultimate two overs. The batter ended on 50 from 24 balls with a six off the ultimate supply of the innings.

It was a decent contest at first of the second innings earlier than Nitish got here to the scene. Simarjeet Singh took out two wickets in his first over, after which Arun Pundir eliminated Ankit Kumar as West Delhi Lions received in a little bit of hassle. 

Nevertheless, Nitish held one find yourself and saved the scoreboard ticking. Whereas Tejas Baroka cleaned Mayank Gusain within the tenth over, Rana and Hrithik Shokeen put up an unbeaten stand of 85 to take the crew house. 

Rana made 79 from 49 balls, laced with 4 fours and 7 sixes, whereas Shokeen scored 42 from 27 deliveries with 5 fours and two sixes as West Delhi clinched the title.

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