Nitish Rana’s explosive batting (photo: Instagram)
A person breaks down after being punished. But the case of that fellow player of Vaibhav Suryavanshi remained different. He did not break, but came to the cricket field with his bat further. Being the captain of his team, he played such an innings in DPL 2025, which was more deadly than his last match inning. He died by winning his team. We are talking about Nitish Rana, who is a companion of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the IPL. Both play with the same team Rajasthan Royals.
Nitish Rana was punished for this mistake
In the Delhi Premier League, there was a competition between South Delhi Superstar and West Delhi Lions on 5 August. We will come to what happened in this match. But, before that, know what Nitish Rana had punished and why? Nitish Rana is the captain of West Delhi Lions. On August 4, West Delhi Lions won against the East Delhi Riders. But after that victory, his captain i.e. Nitish Rana was convicted of slow over rate. Due to this, his match fees were reduced by 10 percent as a punishment.
260 strike rate before sentence, 320 strike rate after sentence
In the match played against East Delhi Riders, Nitish Rana contributed to his team win by scoring 39 runs in 15 balls at a strike rate of 260. However, after facing the punishment of slow over rate, when he went to play the next match on August 5, he scored not 260 but scored at a strike rate of 320, raising loudly. Nitish Rana remained unbeaten till the end and won 16 runs in 5 balls and won his team.
Nitish Rana’s team won the second consecutive match
West Delhi Lions defeated South Delhi Superstar by 8 wickets, which is his second consecutive win in DPL 2025. South Delhi Superstar had done the first batting in the match. He scored 185 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, West Delhi Lions achieved the target of 186 runs in 15.4 overs losing 2 wickets.
On behalf of West Delhi Lions, Nitish Rana finished the game, then the team’s opening pair did the work of making it to reach the end. Krish and Ankit’s opening pair had partnered 156 runs. Krish scored 67 runs in 42 balls while Ankit scored 96 runs in 46 balls with the help of 6 sixes.
