Nitish Rana has become the captain of Delhi team. Nitish will be seen captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy starting from 26th November. Delhi has been placed in Elite Group D along with Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Saurashta and Tripura. All the matches of Delhi will be played in Ahmedabad. Delhi has become the winner of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy only once so far. It won the title of 2017-18 season under the captaincy of Pradeep Sangwan.

Nitish Rana was playing for Uttar Pradesh for some time, but now he is going to make a comeback in the Delhi team. This will be the first time that Nitish will be captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has captained the Delhi team in Ranji Trophy. Let us tell you that he could not play any match in the first phase of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. Let us tell you that Nitish Rana has also joined Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Delhi has included him in their squad by trading with Rajasthan Royals.

He had earlier captained West Delhi Lions in Delhi Premier League 2025. Under his captaincy, he made the West Delhi Lions team the champion. It is also worth noting that spin bowler Digvesh Rathi has been kept out of the Delhi squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Rathi also had an argument with Nitish Rana during the qualifier match of DPL 2025.

Ishant Sharma is also not in this team, his playing will depend on how quickly he is able to recover from the injury. India A has been eliminated from the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, hence Suyyash Sharma and Priyansh Arya have also become available for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Delhi Squad: Nitish Rana (captain), Priyansh Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Ayush Badoni, Arpit Rana, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Rawat, Tejashwi (wicketkeeper), Himmat Singh, Yash Dhull, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Dagar, Yash Bhatia, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Harsh Tyagi, Suyash Sharma, Prince Yadav, Mani Grewal, Rohan Rana, Dhruv Kaushik, Aryan Rana and Vaibhav Kandpal.

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Rinku singh on honeymoon before marriage: Indian cricketer Rinku Singh is part of Team India in the Asia Cup. Today India will play its first match in the Asia Cup against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Whether or not Rinku Singh will be part of Team India in this match, it will be decided only during the match, but before that a podcast of Rinku Singh has come out, whose Rinku has told the matter of honeymoon.

Rinku Singh went on honeymoon

Indian cricketer Rinku Singh is going to be married to Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj. Earlier, Rinku Singh made a shocking disclosure. Rinku told in an interview to Raj Shamani that he had gone with his friend Nitish Rana on a honeymoon. Rinku Singh said the whole thing and said that ‘I had never gone out of India before. It was my dream to go abroad to know how people live outside India, what they eat.

Rinku Singh said that ‘When Nitish Rana was married in 2019, he took me and Rahul Tewatia to Europe on his honeymoon. Nitisha wanted me to talk to foreigners, I should also order food there and I was thinking there how to make a folding frame in English. But when I went to a shop, I used to gesture and order there ‘.

When will Rinku Singh get married?

Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj got engaged on June 8, 2025 at the Sentrum 5-Star Hotel in Lucknow. Many veteran celebrities from cricketers to leaders attended this wedding. The couple was scheduled to be married on 18 November at the 5-Star Hotel in Varanasi, but due to Rinku’s busy schedule, the marriage was postponed. Rinku and Priya can get married in February 2026 next year, but the wedding date has not been revealed yet.

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Nitish Rana Won Delhi Premier League 2025: The final match of Delhi Premier League 2025 (DPL 2025) has been held. Under the captaincy of Nitish Rana, West Delhi Lions have won the title of DPL. West Delhi won this T20 final two overs before Nitish’s unbeaten 79 runs. Nitish Rana has a big hold till cricket as well as Bollywood. Nitish belongs to Bollywood actor Govinda. Nitish seems to be Govinda’s son -in -law in the relationship. Let’s know some special things about this player.

1- Nitish’s relationship with Govinda

Nitish Rana’s wife Sachi Marwah is a niece of Bollywood actor Govinda. Sachi’s mother Sangeeta Marwah is Govinda’s sister. Nitish Rana seems to be the son -in -law of Govinda with this relationship.

2- played only one match in ODI

Nitish Rana has made her debut in ODI and T20 for India. This player was included in the series against Sri Lanka in 2021. Nitish played only one ODI in that series, in which he was dismissed by scoring 7 runs in 14 balls and since then this player has not been selected in India’s ODI team. Nitish has scored 15 runs in two T20 matches for India.

3- DPL won title

In DPL 2025, Nitish Rana took the command of West Delhi Lions and also won the title by taking the team to the final. Central Delhi Kings scored 173 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 7 wickets, in response to which Nitish’s team won the match by 6 wickets two overs before.

4- UP League last year, Delhi League this year

Nitish Rana returned to the Delhi Premier League after two years. Last year was seen playing in Uttar Pradesh League. Rana used to play domestic cricket for Delhi till 2022. From 2023, this player started playing Gheelu cricket for UP, but due to continuous poor performance, this player had to drop from first class cricket. But this time Nitish did not go to the UP T20 League auction and joined the DPL and returned after two years and won the title to his team.

5-KKR captain made in IPL

Nitish Rana also got a chance to captain the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL in 2023. This season, when Shreyas Iyer was out of the team due to injury, Nitish Rana was given the command of KKR.

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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!

West Delhi Lions | Nitish Rana | Delhi Premier League 2025 | #DANIDPL2025 #DPL2025 #DPL #Delhi #Cricket pic.twitter.com/3gsm58a8kd

– 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!

Nitish Rana | West Delhi Lions | Adani Delhi Premier League 2025 | #DANIDPL2025 #DPL2025 #DPL #Cricket pic.twitter.com/wh5dlxyh3h

– 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.

(Full video available on pti videos – https://t.co/n147tvrpg7, pic.twitter.com/0ph2r5pjhm

– 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.

In the Delhi Premier League 2025, a heavy penalty has been imposed on Nitish Rana and Digvesh Rathi. The case is of the Eliminator match of the Delhi Premier League played on Friday, which was played between West Delhi Lions and South Delhi Superstars. Nitish Rana and Digvesh Rathi, both were seen making gestures for each other on the field and a fine has been imposed on them for useless behavior.

After the match, DPL issued a press release stating that Digvesh Rathi has been fined 80 percent of the match fee due to a quarrel with Nitish Rana. In fact, in the eighth over, Nitish hit 3 consecutive sixes in Digvesh’s over, after which there was an argument between the two. At the same time, when Nitish reverse sweep and applied six, the atmosphere was hot. This is not the first time that Digvesh Rathi is in trouble, before he was fined three times in IPL 2025.

In the press release issued by DPL, it was told that Digvesh Rathi is being fined 80 percent of the match fee for violating the spirit of the game under Article 2.2. At the same time, Nitish Rana will have to pay 50 percent penalty of match fees to violate Article 2.6.

It’s all happy!

Nitish Rana | Digvesh Singh Rathi | West Delhi Lions | South Delhi Superstarz | #DPL #DPL2025 #DANIDPL2025 #Delhi pic.twitter.com/ofdzqgholr

– Delhi Premier League T20 (@delhiiplt20) August 29, 2025

Nitish Rana also celebrated the famous notebook after hitting a six on the reverse sweep. Nitish Rana made a big contribution in winning an unbeaten 134 -run innings in 55 balls in the eliminator match to win West Delhi Lions by 7 wickets. With this victory, West Delhi Lions made it to the qualifier 2, in which he will face East Delhi Riders on 30 August. Let us tell you that the final will be played on 31 August, in which Central Delhi Kings have already entered.

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DPL 2025: Delhi Premier League (DPL) In the Eliminator match of 2025, West Delhi Lions captain Nitish Rana’s bat thundered fiercely. He hit a century in just 42 balls against South Delhi Superstar and brought his team to qualifier-2. During this, he beat the bowlers fiercely and scored an unbeaten 134 runs (55 balls) with the help of 15 sixes and 8 fours.

In the midst of Rana’s stormy innings, the second view of summer was also seen on the ground. He had a fight with South Delhi superstar spinner Digvesh Rathi, who gradually reached the fight. This video is now becoming increasingly viral on social media.

South Delhi’s power in first batting

In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, South Delhi Superstar won the toss and chose the first batting. The team started well. Opener Ankur Kaushik (16 runs) and Anmol Sharma added 67 runs for the first wicket.

After Ankur’s dismissal, Kunwar Bidhuri soon returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs. After this, Anmol Sharma played a brilliant innings of 55 runs (7 fours, 2 sixes) off 39 balls.

Then captain Tejashwi Dahiya (60 runs, 33 balls, 2 fours, 6 sixes) and Sumit Mathur (48 not out, 26 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes) together pushed the innings forward. Thanks to his batting, South Delhi Superstar scored a strong score of 201/5 in 20 overs.

In bowling, Hrithik Shaukin from West Delhi took 2 wickets, while Shubham Dubey, Shivank Vashistha and Anirudh Chaudhary took one wicket each.

Rana made the match unilateral

West Delhi Lions, chasing a target of 202 runs, did aggressive batting from the beginning. Captain Nitish Rana’s bat was blowing fire. He took fierce news of every bowler and completed his century in just 42 balls.

Rana hit 134 not out by the end of the innings (55 balls, 8 fours, 15 sixes). Apart from him, wicketkeeper Chris Yadav scored 31 runs (22 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) and Mayank Gosain scored an unbeaten 15 runs.

The West Delhi team won the match by 7 wickets with 17 balls remaining.

When Rana and Rathi landed on the field

The most controversial moment of the match came during the innings of West Delhi. Nitish Rana was continuously collecting sixes and in one over of Digvesh Rathi, he also hit three sixes. Rathi was shocked by this.

While putting the next ball, Rana retreated from the crease and the debate started between the two. For some time, you kept walking on the field. Rana even picked up the bat in anger. The matter was about to deteriorate that the umpire and the players handled the situation by intervening.

Rathi’s performance in bowling was very poor and proved to be very expensive. He looted 39 runs in just 2 overs and then he did not get a chance to bowl again.

In the 17th match of the second edition of the Delhi Premier League, East Delhi Riders defeated West Delhi Lions by 2 runs in a thrilling match. After 19 overs chasing the target of 159 runs, West Delhi’s score was 152/5, 7 runs were needed to win in the last over. Mayank Gusain and Naman Tiwari were at the crease, Nitish Rana gave the last over in the hands of Ashish Meena.

Ashish Meena caught Mayank out of the first ball at the hands of Arpit Rana. After this, gave 1-1 runs on the second and third balls, the fourth ball was run out on the dot and the fifth ball. On the last ball, 4 runs were needed for the draw, but Bhagwan Singh could take 2 runs on it and thus East Delhi Riders won by 2 runs in an exciting match.

Earlier, chasing 159 runs, the openers of West Delhi Lions had given explosive start. Krish Yadav (44) and Ankit Kumar (42) scored 63 runs in 4.3 overs for the first wicket. After this, Ayush Dosa (26) and Mayank Gusain (27) played a good innings, but they could not reach the team to victory.

Arpit Rana became the player of the match

Earlier, East Delhi Riders scored 158 runs while batting first. Opener Arpit Rana had scorched 71 runs in 47 balls, in which he hit 3 sixes and 7 fours. After this, Hardik Sharma also played a brilliant century, he scored 50 runs in 37 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours. Arpit Rana was adjudged the Player of the Match.

The winning moment of East Delhi Riders!

Arpit Rana | West Delhi Lions | East Delhi Riders | Nitish Rana | Anuj Rawat | #DANIDPL2025 #DPL #Delhi #Cricket pic.twitter.com/dugpi2h65h

– Delhi Premier League T20 (@delhiiplt20) August 10, 2025

East Delhi topped DPL 2025 points table

The East Delhi Riders are at number one after the matches on Sunday, August 10 in the Delhi Premier League. The team has won 4 out of 6 matches and 1 has lost, they have 9 points. This was the second defeat of West Delhi Lions, he has won 2 out of 4 matches and has 4 points. With 7 points, Central Delhi Kings ranks second and North Delhi Strikers are fourth with 4 points.

Old Delhi 6 with 4 points at number 5 and Outer Delhi Warriors is at number six with 3 points. New Delhi Tigers with 2 points at number 7 and South Delhi Superstar at number 8 in the last. South Delhi has not won any match yet, they have lost 3 out of 4 matches.

Delhi Premier League 2025: In the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025, West Delhi Lions captain Nitish Rana gave a befitting reply to the punishment during the match played a day earlier in the second match. He won the team at a strike rate of 320 by scoring 16 runs in just 5 balls against South Delhi Superstar.

Why was the punishment done?

On August 4, East Delhi Riders had a match with West Delhi Lions. West Delhi Lions had won in this match, but in that match, Nitish Rana was found guilty of slow over rate. Due to this, 10 percent of his match fees was deducted. However, Rana also scored 39 runs in 15 balls in that match and his strike rate was 260.

Rana became more aggressive after sentence

On August 5, when Nitish Rana entered the field, his batting was more aggressive. While being unbeaten, he scored 16 runs in just 5 balls and completed the formalities of victory. His strike rate was 320 this time. This was the second consecutive consecutive victory of captain Nitish Rana’s team West Delhi Lions in this season of DPL.

Match condition

South Delhi Superstar, batting first, scored 185 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target in response, West Delhi Lions scored 186 runs losing 2 wickets in just 15.4 overs and took the match by 8 wickets.

Opening pair’s great performance

His opening pair played an important role in West Delhi’s victory. Opener Krrish scored 67 runs from 42 balls, while Ankit scored a stormy innings of 96 runs off 46 balls, including 6 sixes. Both shared a 156 -run partnership for the first wicket and gave the team a strong start.

When the team needed the last runs, then captain Nitish Rana came on the field and scored runs in a rage and won the team. Nitish Rana, who played Rajasthan Royals in IPL, also showed in DPL that he is strong in both form and captaincy.