Mohsin Khan delivered a brilliant wicket-maiden to dismiss Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, with Digvesh Rathi pulling off a sharp catch. The early breakthroughs left RR under pressure before a small rebuild in the middle overs.
As can be seen in a video, a batter was going towards the pavilion after completing his batting but it wasn’t an easy route for him as a young kid with a horn in his hand kept poking him on his way.
The moment took place as Nitish Rana-led West Delhi Lions were chasing the 202 total to seal a berth in the Qualifier 2 of DPL 2025.
Nitish Rana’s West Delhi Lions will now lock horns with East Delhi Riders on Saturday, August 30 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi in Qualifier 2.
In the match, Digvesh struggled to be among the wickets as he splurged 33 runs in his three-over spell, failing to do any damage to his opponent side.
Digvesh Rathi rose to fame in the IPL 2025 while playing for Lucknow Super Giants.
R. Ashwin, who grabbed the headlines several times for his mankading acts on the cricketing field several times, wasn’t happy with Rishabh Pant after he cancelled Digvesh Rathi’s appeal.
Jitesh stepped out of the crease in the 17th over of the second innings. Noting him, LSG spinner Digvesh Rathi strove to mankad him but the umpire intervened and delivered the verdict ‘not out’ as the spinner completed the bowling action before dislodging the bails.
After surviving, RCB’s stand-in skipper, Jitesh Sharma went onto guide his side home with his unbeaten 85 off 33 deliveries.
Jitesh Sharma, who almost lost his wicket, got another chance and smashed Rathi for a huge six on a free hit.
Due to injury, Tim David will not be seen playing in the last league game for RCB.
Recently, Rathi also revealed the reason for his celebration.
Rathi has been seen taking out an invisible notebook and writing something on it after taking the rival team’s batter’s wicket.
While GT have already made the IPL 2025 playoffs, they still need to win this match against LSG, to give themselves the best chance to finish in the top two.
Digvesh will now be suspended for LSG’s next game – against Gujarat Titans on May 22, 2025 in Ahmedabad.
Abhishek Sharma departed after having scored 59 off 20 balls.
With a solitary wicket to his bag in the match against GT, Digvesh Rathi finished with the figures of 1/30, whereas Shardul Thakur ended with figures of 2/34.
It is to be noted that Rathi was signed by the Lucknow-based franchise for INR 30 Lakh.
Speaking of the match, after Sunil Narine’s departure, the KKR scoreboard read 91/2 with Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle.
A couple of days after the match-winning performance against MI, Rathi got to meet his idol Narine at the Eden Gardens.
Following the game, Digvesh expressed glee at the post-match conference and revealed his source of inspiration for the magnificent bowling against Mumbai.
Rishabh Pant, Lucknow Super Giants captain, has been fined INR 12 Lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during Match 16 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Mumbai Indians.
The incident unfolded in the third over of Punjab Kings’ innings, after the LSG bowler dismissed Priyansh Arya in IPL 2025.
During the contest in Lucknow, Gavaskar also praised Shreyas Iyer’s effort in Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) title success in 2024.
Speaking of the match, after three overs, the PBKS scorecard read 27/1 with skipper Shreyas Iyer joining Prabhsimran Singh in the middle.