The second edition of the Delhi Premier League has been won by West Delhi Lions, captained by Nitish Rana. In the final, the team defeated Central Delhi Kings by 6 wickets. Nitish played the third consecutive dhansu innings, he received the Best Player Award in the title match. Earlier, the couple Saini and Pranshu Vijayran had taken the team to a good score by scoring a half -century for Central Delhi, but the bowlers could not defend it.

West Delhi Lions had a target of 174

Chasing the target, West Delhi Lions did not start well. Simarjit Singh dismissed Krish Yadav (13) and Ayush Dosa (0) off 2 consecutive balls in the second over. After this, the team got the third blow on the score of 48 as Ankit Kumar (20). Nitish Rana also played amazing innings in the final after Eliminator, Qualifier-2. He scored an unbeaten 79 off 49 balls, hit 7 sixes and 4 fours.

Hrithik shokeen finishes it off in style!

West Delhi Lions has been crowned champions of the adani delhi premier league 2025!

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– Delhi Premier League T20 (@delhiiplt20) August 31, 2025

Hrithik Shaukeen scored an important innings of 42 runs in 27 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours. The target of 174 was achieved by West Delhi in 18 overs. For Central Delhi, Pranshu scored 33 runs in 2 overs from an economy of 16.50. Mani Grewal conceded 46 runs in 4 overs, and could not take any wickets.

Nitish Rana’s third consecutive amazing innings

Nitish Rana scored 134 against South Delhi in the Eliminator match of Delhi Premier League 2025. He also had a dispute with Digvesh Rathi in this match. After this, he scored 45 runs in qualifier-2. Now he also gave his team the title by playing an explosive innings in the final.

Nitish Rana delivers when it matters mostly and secures the trophy for his team!

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– Delhi Premier League T20 (@delhiiplt20) August 31, 2025

Couple Saini and Pranshu also affected

This defeat of Central Delhi would have been worse, if the couple Saini and Pranshu do not take the Vijayaran team to a big score. Actually, while batting first, the team’s 6 wickets fell on the score of just 78, then it was also difficult to cross the 100 mark of the team. The couple and Pranshu then shared a brilliant partnership of 78 runs. The couple scored 65 runs in 48 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours. Pranshu scored 50 runs in 24 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours.

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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The Delhi Premier League qualifier-2 match was played between East Delhi Riders and West Delhi Lions on Saturday, in which East Delhi scored 139 runs while batting first. In response, West Delhi won the target in 17.3 overs and won by 8 wickets and made it to the finals. Captain Nitish Rana also batted explosive in the qualifier after the eliminator, with him Ayush Dosa (54) played an important half -century innings.

Chasing a target of 140 runs, West Delhi Lions’ first wicket fell for 16 runs in the second over, Ankit Kumar was dismissed for 2 runs. After this, Krrish Yadav shared a 39 -run partnership with Dosja. Yadav was dismissed for 37 runs in 25 balls. After this, captain Nitish Rana, along with Ayush Dosja, brought the team to victory.

Nitish Rana again played explosive innings

Nitish scored an unbeaten 45 runs in 26 balls in qualifier-2 at a strike rate of 173.08, hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. Ayush scored an unbeaten 54 in 49 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. Earlier, in the eliminator match, Nitish Rana scored 134 runs in 55 balls.

Earlier, Arpit Rana scored the most 50 runs for East Delhi Riders. In this innings played in 38 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 3 fours. Manan Bhardwaj took the most wickets for West Delhi, he took 3 wickets for 22 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Tishant Dabla and Anirudh Chaudhary took 2-2 wickets.

New champion will be available in DPL 2025

The winner of the first edition of the Delhi Premier League is out of the East Delhi Riders. That is, it has been confirmed that this time a team will win its first DPL title. Earlier, Central Delhi Kings confirmed their place in the final by defeating East Delhi in qualifier-1.

The Delhi Premier League will be played between West Delhi Lions and Central Delhi Kings today (31 August) at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The final match will start at 7 pm in the evening.