Nitish Rana’s bat in Delhi Premier League is spewing fire. In the Eliminator match of DPL 2025, he scored a stormy innings of 134 runs in 55 balls. Now in Qualifier 2, he has again made headlines against East Delhi Riders. West Delhi Lions has reached the final, which will face Central Delhi Kings in the final today. Nitish has scored more than 300 runs in this tournament and he has credited Hanuman Chalisa for his good performance.
Hanuman Chalisa keeps Nitish Rana in pocket
After West Delhi Lions won by 8 wickets in the second qualifier of DPL 2025, Nitish Rana took Hanuman Chalisa from the pocket during the post-match interview and said, “I keep it in my pocket.” His innings of 45 runs in 26 balls made a big contribution in taking West Delhi Lions to the finals. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. “
Nitish Rana has performed strongly in batting since the beginning of DPL 2025. He has scored 314 runs in 10 innings at an average of 52.33. So far, the player who scored the highest score in one innings in the season is also Nitish Rana, he scored 134 runs against South Delhi Superstars. Nitish DPL is second in 2025 in terms of most sixes. He has hit 27 sixes so far.
VIDEO | DPL 2025: West Delhi Lions Skipper Nitish Rana Showed The Hanuman Chalisa That He Carries in His Pocket While Batting and Said That He Gets the Energy from there.
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– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) August 31, 2025
Today will be final
Today the final of DPL 2025 will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This match will start at 7 pm Indian time. West Delhi Lions and Central Delhi Kings will compete in the title collision. The King’s team has topped the table, which defeated East Delhi Riders by 6 wickets in the first qualifier match to enter the final. On the other hand, the West Delhi has reached the title match by crossing the challenge of Lions Eliminator and then the qualifier 2.
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