In the 24th match of the second edition of the Delhi Premier League, Arjun Rapadia created history by taking a hat -trick against Central Delhi Kings. In this match played on Saturday, North Delhi Strikers player Arjun took 3 wickets in 2 overs, he proved to be quite expensive in the first over. In his spell, he conceded a total of 30 runs. In DPL 2025, it is the second hat -trick in 5 days, before Rahul Chaudhary took a hat -trick.

Harshit Rana, captain of North Delhi Strikers, won the toss and decided to bowl first. Central Delhi Kings opener Yash Dhul played a brilliant century, he scored 105 runs in 51 balls at a strike rate of more than 205. Couple Saini then played an explosive innings of 63 runs in 28 balls, in the 15th over, Arjun Rapadia took a hat -trick and managed to stop Central Delhi’s score at less than 200.

Arjun Rapadia gave 25 runs in the first over

Arjun was bowled in the 9th over of the match, when he proved to be very expensive. He ate 3 fours and 2 sixes in this over, in this over, he scored a total of 25 runs. After this, he was given his second over in the 15th over, on its fourth, fifth and sixth balls, he dismissed Aditya Bhandari, Pranshu Vijayan and Simarjit Singh respectively. This is the second hat -trick of Delhi Premier League season 2.

Hat-Trick Hero! Arjun Rapria Wreaks Havoc on Central Delhi Kings!

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Central Delhi Kings won the match

This match affected by rain was 16–16 overs, in which Central Delhi Kings scored 197 runs while batting first. Yash Dhul (105) and couple Saini (63) played a brilliant innings. North Delhi strikers could only manage 182 runs in 16 overs and Central Delhi won this match by 15 runs. However, North Delhi’s openers Sarthak Ranjan (52) and Arnav Bagga (43) got a good start.

Retained players new rules: After the Indian Premier League (IPL), League Cricket (SA20) is going to start in South Africa. According to the information received on Tuesday, June 24 about this league, its player auction will be held in Johannesburg on 9 September. Six teams will participate in this league cricket. At least 72 players can be taken in all these teams. In this league, players will get salary up to US $ 2.3 million, which is close to Rs 19.75 crore in Indian currency.

Changes in the rules of league cricket

In this league cricket of South Africa, the rules regarding the auction have been changed. In this league, franchisees can now retain 6 players, who will be retained through pre-sign players. More than three foreign players cannot be included in these six players.

In the South Africa League, only seven foreign players can keep at most seven foreign players in the squad of 18 players. At the same time, a rule has been made to reserve 11 slots in the squad of the team. In this league, six teams will also have a wild card signing option, so that the team can include a South African player or a foreign player as a ‘wild card player’ in the team. The condition will be that the player can be brought into the team within the prescribed fee structure.

RTM card starts

For the first time in the auction of South Africa League cricket, the Right to Match (RTM) card is going to start. In this, the franchise will have a chance to buy the player for the team playing for that team in the last season, so that he can retain the player in this season as well. The number of RTM cards may vary depending on the number of retaining South African players.

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