East Delhi beat South Delhi To Win Inaugural Delhi Premier League 2024
To win the inaugural Delhi Premier League T20 in New Delhi East Delhi Riders clinched a thrilling three-run win over South Delhi Superstarz. A late assault from MayankRawat (78 not out off 39) including seven fours and six sixes powered East Delhi Riders to 183 for 5 before three wicket hauls from Simarjeet Singh and RaunakWaghela sealed their intense win on Sunday night. The South Delhi Superstarz faltered early in the run chase. Despite being on course with their run rate, they lost the dangerous duo of Priyansh Arya (6 off 2) and Ayush Badoni (7 off 5) to Bhagwan Singh and Simarjeet Singh respectively.
Impact player KunwarBidhuri (22 off 19) was also caught and bowled by MayankRawat to finish the powerplay at 57/3.Rawat steered East Delhi Riders through the death overs bringing up a 34-ball half century.
At the other end supported by Harsh Tyagi (17 off 12), Rawat tore into Ayush Badoni in the final over smashing five sixes (6,0,6,6,6,6) to prop their total.