In this Adani Delhi Premier League T20 event, Purani Dilli 6 defeated West Delhi Lions by seven wickets after suffering two straight losses.
On Wednesday night, Purani Dilli 6 was able to limit the West Delhi Lions to 141/9 in 20 overs with to the contributions of Laxman (3/31) and Aayush Singh Thakur 2/27.
Arpit Rana then led Purani Dilli 6 to chase down the goal in 17.1 overs with an undefeated 56 off 43 balls.
Purani Dilli 6 proceeded with great aggression in their run chase after establishing the tone with the ball.
With fluid strokes, Rana took the lead, and Manjeet gave constant assistance. Up until Manjeet was removed in the fourth over, the two were scoring at a rate of more than ten runs per over. At 56/1 at the end of the powerplay, Purani Dilli 6 had established a commanding lead.
Rana maintained one end intact as he reached his fifty in 42 balls in the 16th over, despite two quick wickets of Sanat Sangwan (22 off 25) and Lalit Yadav (7 off 9). Purani Dilli 6 reduced the target to 16 from 24 balls.
Purani Dilli 6 secured a convincing seven-wicket victory because to the easy chase down of the mark by Rana and Vansh Bedi, who amassed an undefeated thirty from eighteen.
Earlier, after being put in to bat, the West Delhi Lions were unable to get off to a strong start as Ankit Kumar was removed by Lalit Yadav in the opening over for a duck. The next batsman to be removed for a single run was Anmol Sharma (1 off 2), who was bowled by Aayush Singh Thakur, but Keshav Dalal made an excellent catch to end the over.
Purani Dili 6 took advantage of the team’s inability to score runs to put the West Delhi Lions on the defensive.
With West Delhi Lions struggling at 7/3 at 2.2 overs, Aryan Dalal (1 off 4) was sent back to the pavilion after he was run out in the third over.
Following a 27-run partnership off 33 balls between Shivam Gupta (13 off 20) and Hrithik Shokeen, the former was removed by Laxman in the eighth over.
While forming a valuable relationship with Dev Lakra, Captain Hrithik Shokeen ensured that the scoreboard was maintained ticking from the other end. For the fifth wicket, the pair quickly put up 31 runs in just 25 balls together. In the twelfth over, Hrithik was removed after scoring 28 runs from 32 balls, including three boundaries.
With Ekansh scoring 34 off of just 14 balls and Lakra scoring 26 off of 24 balls, West Delhi Lions amassed a score of 141/9 in the 20 overs that were allocated to them.
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