New Delhi: East Delhi Riders created history by becoming champions in the first edition of the Delhi Premier League T20 played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Mayank Rawat’s bat roared for East Delhi, who helped East Delhi Riders score 183 runs for the loss of 5 wickets with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes.
After this, 3-3 wickets of Simarjit Singh and Raunak Vaghela gave a thrilling 3-run win against South Delhi Superstars.
In fact, in the final match of Delhi Premier League 2024, East Delhi Riders won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first against the team of South Delhi Superstars, East Delhi Riders lost the wickets of both the openers in the powerplay.
Anuj Rawat (10 runs in 15 balls) was dismissed LBW by Raghav Singh, while Sujal Singh (5 runs in 6 balls) became the victim of Kuldeep Yadav. Thus, the score of East Delhi Riders team became 27/2 in 4.5 overs.
Himmat Singh (20 runs in 20 balls) and Hardik Sharma (21 runs in 16 balls) tried to handle the team by sharing 24 runs, but before 10 overs, Raghav Singh dismissed Himmat Singh and Hardik Sharma was sent to the pavilion by Dhruv Rathi.
After this, Mayank Rawat took the responsibility of handling the team’s innings and he played an unbeaten innings of 78 runs with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. His strike rate during this was 200. Apart from him, Harsh played an unbeaten innings of 17 runs. In this way, the team of South Delhi Superstars got a target of 184 runs.
Chasing 184 runs, the team of South Delhi Superstars got off to a bad start. Though their run rate was decent, they lost Priyansh Arya (6 off 2 balls) and Ayush Badoni (7 off 5 balls) early. The impact player was Kunwar Bidhuri (22 off 19 balls).
Sumit Mathur (18 off 15 balls) then shared a 22-run partnership with Tejaswi Dahiya. Tejaswi’s 68 off 42 balls came off his bat, which included 7 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, no other batsman could stay at the crease for long.
After Tejaswi Dahiya hit consecutive boundaries, South Delhi Superstars needed 26 off 12 balls. Dahiya hit a six in Simarjit Singh’s penultimate over but was dismissed two balls later. In the final over, Digvesh Rathi (21 off 16 balls) hit a six and two fours but South Delhi Superstars finished on 180/9 in 20 overs. Thus, South Delhi Superstars managed to score only 180 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 3 runs.
