Delhi Premier League T20 | North Delhi Strikers beat West Delhi Lions by 7 wickets

New Delhi, August 29, 2024: In the rain-shortened Adani Delhi Premier League T20 match taking place at Arun Jaitley Stadium this Thursday, North Delhi Strikers defeated West Delhi Lions by 7 wickets.

Vaibhav Kandpal and Sarthak Ranjan opened the innings for North Delhi Strikers, who were chasing a target of 88 runs from 7 overs. After Vaibhav was out for four runs by Rohit Yadav, the West Delhi Lions made their breakthrough. After that, Sarthak and Yajas Sharma put up 73 runs off of 34 balls for the second wicket.

After being put in to lead his team over the West Delhi Lions by seven wickets, captain Pranshu came up with a spectacular innings that included back-to-back boundaries.

The North Delhi Strikers had won the toss and chosen to bowl first earlier in the innings. Because to the weather, the game was shortened to 7 overs. Ankit Kumar and Krish Yadav opened the innings for the West Delhi Lions. Anirudh Chowdhary of North Delhi Strikers removed Ankit Kumar for eight runs in the opening over, despite the fact that both openers had gotten off to a fast start. The West Delhi Lions were struggling as wickets kept falling at regular intervals, and both Krish Yadav and Dev Lakra were sent back right away.

West Delhi Lions were down to 20/3 in 1.5 overs when Ekansh Dobal started to take advantage of the opposition's bowling. Nevertheless, his innings was cut short when Aman Bharti got rid of him for 19 runs off of 12 balls. In just 12 balls, Anmol Sharma and Tishant Dabla quickly put together a 36-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Anmol Shamra's explosive performance, which saw him finish undefeated at 32 runs off 11 balls, enabled the West Delhi Lions to reach 87/7 in their 7 overs.

Anirudh Chowdhary, Suyash Sharma, and Aman Bharti each took two wickets for the North Delhi Strikers.

In brief, North Delhi Strikers defeated West Delhi Lions by a margin of seven wickets.
87/7 in 7 overs (Anmol Sharma 32* off 11 balls; Anirudh 2/27, Suyash 2/25, and Aman 2/15) for West Delhi Lions
The score in seven overs for North Delhi Strikers was 88/3 (Yajas Sharma 41 off 21 balls, Sarthak 27 off 14 balls).
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