AI Simulation, CDK vs SDS | Ayush Badoni's captaincy knock helps South Delhi Superstarz register first win in DPL 2025

As per Artificial Intelligence, South Delhi Superstarz will register their first win in DPL 2025 with a five-wicket success against the Central Delhi Kings. Ayush Badoni will lead his team to the win with an exemplary and unbeaten knock of 54 runs off 36 balls to chase the target comfortably.

As per Artificial Intelligence, South Delhi Superstarz will register their first win in DPL 2025 with a five-wicket success against the Central Delhi Kings. Ayush Badoni will lead his team to the win with an exemplary and unbeaten knock of 54 runs off 36 balls to chase the target comfortably, with 10 balls to spare.
Pitch and Weather
The surface at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi was quite easy for stroke play, with spinners playing a crucial role in the middle overs.
The weather in Delhi was hot and dry, with the temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, with a slight breeze; there was no rain throughout the entire game.
Toss
Central Delhi Kings won the toss and decided to bat first.
Lineups
SDS XI: Siddharth Joon (WK), Yash Dhull, Aditya Bhandari, Jasvir Sehrawat, Jonty Sidhu (C), Pranshu Vijayran, Sumit Chhikara, Simarjeet Singh, Tejas Baroka, Money Grewal, Gavnish Khurana, and Yugal Saini.
CDK XI: Tejaswi Dahiya (WK), Kunwar Bidhuri, Ayush Badoni (C), Vision Panchal, Abhishek Khandelwal, Sumit Kumar Beniwal, Digvesh Rathi, Sumit Mathur, Anmol Sharma, Manish Sehrawat, Sagar Tanwar, and Divansh Rawat.
Match Report
Central Delhi Kings won the toss and decided to bat first, but it seemed to backfire on them as they lost two wickets at the team score of just 38 runs in 5.1 overs. Rathi and Dahiya picked two big wickets of Siddharth Joon (12) and Aditya Bhandari (9). Meanwhile, Yash Dhull kept the scoring rate going with important boundaries and a six to score 36 runs off 27 balls before falling prey to Sumit Mathur in the ninth over at the team score of 67 runs. Following this, Jasvir Sehrawat and skipper Jonty Sidhu stabilized the innings with a 34-run partnership, which came to an end when Sehrawat (18) was caught by Ayush Badoni off Panchal’s bowling in the 13th over. Sidhu kept smashing crucial runs, stitching crucial partnerships with the lower middle order and lower order batters. He contributed 42 runs off 30 balls, with four fours and two sixes. The late contributions of 15 and 10* by Pranshu Vijayran and Money Grewal took Central Delhi’s score to 157/7.
Tejaswi Dahiya and Kunwar Bidhuri were off to a quick start with an initial attack against CDK’s bowling attack. The duo scored 31 runs in just 3.4 overs before Simarjeet Singh eliminated the danger by dismissing Kunwar Bidhuri (11) in the fourth over. Dahiya (23) also failed to understand Joon’s delivery and handed an easy catch to Gavnish Khurana in the sixth over. After losing both the openers, Badoni took charge of the chase with a 38-run partnership with Vision Panchal before the latter was trapped in an LBW by Tejas Baroka. By the 15th over, the SDS had lost Khandelwal and Mathur, for the score of 119 in 14.3 overs. But then came a match-winning partnership of 40 runs for the sixth wicket between Badoni and Sumit Beniwal. Badoni ended up with a decisive and unbeaten half-century, scoring 54 runs off 36 balls, with four fours and three sixes. This partnership also included Beniwal’s unbeaten knock of 25 (16). These knocks helped the South Delhi Superstarz to chase the target comfortably in 18.2 overs, scoring 159/5 to register their first win in the tournament.
Player of the Match
South Delhi Superstarz’s star middle-order batter Ayush Badoni was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant 54-run knock, which he played under immense pressure to take his team out of danger.
Scorecard
AI Simulation, CDK vs SDS । South Delhi Superstarz register first win in DPL 2025, beat Central Delhi Kings by five wickets
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