West Lions Delhi captain Hrithik Shokeen pulled off a sensational catch to dismiss North Delhi Strikers' batter Vaibhav Rawal in the third match of the ongoing Delhi Premier League at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, August 18.
The dismissal took place in the 16th over of the North Delhi Strikers' batting when Vaibhav Rawal faced Rohit Yadav's off-stump full-length delivery and smashed towards the mid-off area, where Hrithik Shokeem was himself positioned. Shokeen moved to his right and dove to full-stretch in order to take a sensational catch.
Shokeen's blinder left West Lions Delhi's players and the crowd in awe, as they erupted in applause. The video of Hrithik Shokeen's sensational catch went viral on social media.
After skipper Hrithik Shokeen opted to bowl first, West Delhi Lions restricted North Delhi Strikers to 144/8 in 20 overs. Akhil Chaudhary led the bowling attack as he picked 4 wickets while conceding just 20 runs with an economy rate of 5 in his four-over spell. Navdeep Saini, Hrithik Shokeen, Rohit Yadav and Shivank Vashisht picked a wicket each.
For North Delhi Strikers, Yash Bhatia led the batting with an innings of 37 off 28 balls, while Vaibhav Rawal and Vaibhav Kandpal scored 36 and 29, respectively. Only four batters managed to reach double digit figures, including Yash Dabas who scored 10 runs.
North Delhi Strikers were at 122/4 after Vaibhav Rawal's dismissal, but they suffered a collapse in their batting, losing four wickets in 16 runs and reduced to 138/8 in 18.5 overs.
West Delhi Lions defeated North Delhi Strikers by three wickets
West Delhi Lions kicked off their DPL T20 campaign with a three-wicket win over North Delhi Strikers. With a target of 145, West Delhi chased down the target in 18.3 overs i.e. 9 balls to spare.
The opener Ankit Kumar unleashed his firepower as he played a knock of 39 off 24 balls at an impressive strike rate of 260. Ekansh Dobal contributed with an innings of 27 off 24 balls. Deepak Punia remained unbeaten at 19 off 11 balls and helped the WD Lions chase down the target.
For North Delhi Strikers, Yatish Singh registered the figure 3/14 with an economy rate of 4.66 in 3 overs, while Anirudh Choudhary picked two wickets while conceding 25 runs with an economy rate of 8.33.
With the win against North Delhi Strikers, West Delhi Lions moved to second spot with tw0 points and has Net Run Rate (NRR) of +0.908.
