West Delhi Lions captain Nitish Rana got into a heated altercation with South Delhi Superstarz Digvesh Rathi during the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 Eliminator match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday. A female umpire intervened to stop the situation from escalating as a video of the same surfaced on social media.
The moment occurred when Rathi was bowling as the leg-spinner was seemingly aggravated when the left-hander connected a powerful reverse sweep to hammer it for a six. Tensions escalated between the two as Rathi responded with some words, provoking Rana to get into a verbal altercation.
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Nitish Rana flattens South Delhi Superstarz with an unbeaten 134 as half-centuries from Tejasvi Dahiya and Anmol Sharma go in vain
Rana, nevertheless, had the last laugh as his stunning 55-ball 134 helped the West Lions register a massive seven-wicket victory with more than two overs to spare. Chasing a daunting 202 off 20 overs, West Delhi Lions hardly broke a sweat. Anmol Sharma (55), Tejasvi Dahiya (60) and Sumit Mathur (48*) propelled the South Delhi Superstarz to 201/5 in 20 overs.
For South Delhi, Sumit Kumar Beniwal picked up a couple of scalps, while Aman Bharti took one. Nevertheless, it was the Nitish Rana show that ruled the roost. Krish Yadav was another standout batter for West Delhi Lions with a 22-ball 31, laced with one four and three sixes. As far as the Lions' bowling unit goes, Hrithik Shokeen was their standout bowler with figures of 4-0-28-2.
In the process, the West Delhi Lions have qualified for Qualifier 2 and will face East Delhi Riders on August 30, Saturday. The winner will face Central Delhi Kings on Sunday.
