South Delhi Superstarz defeated New Delhi Tigers in high-scoring thriller despite Rahul Chaudhary’s final-over hattrick in DPL Season 2
Delhi [India], August 11, 2025: The South Delhi Superstarz on Monday registered their first win in the ongoing Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025. They defeated New Delhi Tigers on a Monday afternoon at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium.
The South Delhi Superstarz captain Ayush Badoni won the toss and chose to bowl first on a grassy surface and trying exploit the conditions. The decision went towards the Superstarz as Aman Bharti, the left-arm pacer took two early wickets including the opponent captain Himmat Singh in the third over of the match giving an early advantage in the game. Aman also became the highest wicket taker for the Superstarz as he took 3 wickets for just 31 runs. The Tigers scored 196 runs in their respective 20 overs.
The Superstarz were chasing the target of 197 and start was shaky as they lost 2 wickets in the powerplay including the captain for just 42 runs. The chase started to look like an impossible task for the Superstarz as they required run-rate was increasing with every over passing but the opening batter Anmol Sharma and wicketkeeper batter Tejasvi Dahiya kept their nerves throughout the chase and made huge partnership of 114 runs of just 65 deliveries where Tejasvi Dahiya played a major part by scoring 72 runs of just 38 deliveries including 3 boundaries and 5 huge maximums.
On the other hand, Anmol Sharma was who was playing the anchoring role as he was at the crease till the last over but couldn’t finish the game and he scored 79 runs of 52 deliveries with the help of 7 boundaries and 4 maximums. The drama went till the last over as the Superstarz required 12 of the last 6 deliveries and they lost the batter Anmol Sharma on the first ball of the decisive over as the opponent bowler Rahul Chaudhary went on to take a hattrick in the next two deliveries.
As the game was going out of the hands of the Superstarz, the bowler gave 5 extras on the next delivery and the situation was even for both the teams and Abhishek Khandelwal became the hero for the Superstarz by finishing the game for his team with a straight six for the fifth delivery of the final over and sealed the game for the men in red and gold.
Tejasvi Dahiya received the player of the match award for his outstanding performance in the game. The South Delhi Superstarz will play their next game on 15th of August against the new side in this year’s tournament the Outer Delhi Warriors in the evening. It will be another must win game for the Superstarz to stay in the race for the knockouts.
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