New Delhi.Old Delhi 6 displayed great fighting spirit and defeated North Delhi Strikers by four wickets in a thrilling match late Thursday night in the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2026. Old Delhi 6 won the match by achieving the challenging target of 187 runs in the last over.
Batting first, North Delhi Strikers scored 186 runs in 20 overs thanks to brilliant half-centuries from captain Sarthak Ranjan and Yash Bhatia. The team had a steady start. Ranjan and Vaibhav Kandpal added 45 runs for the first wicket. Kandpal was out after scoring 14 runs on 11 balls, after which Yash Bhatia came to the crease.
Ranjan and Bhatia then took over the innings and made a partnership of 61 runs for the second wicket. Ranjan continued his excellent form and scored 59 runs in 37 balls, while Bhatia also scored 59 runs in 41 balls. In the last overs, Yash Dabas played a useful inning of 36 runs in 22 balls, taking the team’s score to 186/6.
Old Delhi was in trouble after losing four wickets for 53 runs.
Chasing the target of 187 runs, Old Delhi 6 had a very poor start and the team got into trouble after losing four wickets for 53 runs. After this Ashwini Chillar and Lalit Yadav made a brilliant comeback.
Both of them completely changed the course of the match by making an excellent partnership of 105 runs for the fifth wicket. Lalit Yadav played an important inning of 64 runs in 41 balls. Even after his dismissal, Chillar continued to hold the lead.
Pankaj Jaswal created a stir in the last over
Rohan Rathi came to support Chillar and both of them brought the target to seven runs in the last over. However, Chillar was out after playing a fighting inning of 45 runs in 36 balls and the match again became exciting.
After this, Pankaj Jaswal did wonders in pressure-filled moments. He hit a six on the very first ball and on the next ball also took the ball across the boundary line and gave a memorable victory to Old Delhi 6.
In this way, Old Delhi 6 came back from a difficult situation of 53/4 and achieved the target of 187 runs and snatched the victory from the hands of North Delhi Strikers.