By Admin 
DPL 2025: In an exciting match of the Delhi Premier League, West Delhi Lions opener Ankit Kumar surprised everyone with his aggressive batting. In this match played against South Delhi Superstars, Ankit played an explosive innings of 96 runs in just 46 balls and won his team in 15.4 overs.
46 balls, 17 boundary and one -sided win
Ankit Kumar’s brilliant innings included 11 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. His strike rate remained above 208 and he put pressure on the bowlers of South Delhi from the beginning. West Delhi had a target of 186 runs, which the team easily achieved in 94 balls. This batting of Ankit made the match completely unilateral.
Pose on the field
Ankit’s innings remained as aggressive, the more in the discussion, the debate on the ground. He faced IPL player Digvesh Rathi during the match. There was also a tussle between the two players for some time, although the matter soon became calm. Rathi proved to be very expensive in this match and spent 29 runs in his two overs, he did not even take any wicket.
Krish Yadav’s brilliant half -century innings
Another important contribution in West Delhi’s victory was that of wicketkeeper batsman Krish Yadav. He scored 67 runs off 42 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. Ankit and Krish shared a 158 -run partnership for the first wicket, which almost decided the defeat of South Delhi.
South Delhi’s innings faded
Earlier, South Delhi Superstars, batting first, scored 185 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs. For the team, Kunwar Bidhuri and captain Ayush Badoni could perform better and impress to some extent, but the rest of the batsmen could have performed average, due to which the team could not cross 200 and finally faced a crushing defeat.