AI Simulation, SDS vs NDT | Himmat Singh leads New Delhi Tigers' successful run chase against South Delhi Superstarz

ByUmesh Sharma,SportsCafe Editor

Yesterday at 10:40 PM

As per Artificial Intelligence, the New Delhi Tigers will beat the South Delhi Superstarz by five wickets to secure their second win in the ongoing Delhi Premier League 2025. Himmat Singh’s brilliant unbeaten half-century will easily take the Tigers over the line to secure this much-needed win.

Pitch and Weather

It was a slightly dry surface with some cracks, and a good help for the spinners as the game progressed to the middle overs. The shorter boundaries made it quite easy for the batters in the powerplay.

The weather in Delhi on Monday was clear with a gentle breeze, with a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, setting the stage for the perfect evening game.

Toss

The New Delhi Tigers won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Lineups

SDS XI: Kunwar Bidhuri, Ayush Badoni (c), Anmol Sharma, Tejasvi Dahiya (w), Sumit Mathur, Vision Panchal, Sumit Kumar Beniwal, Manish Sehrawat, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Abhishek Khandelwal, Himanshu Chauhan.

NDT XI: Shivam Gupta, Dhruv Kaushik, Himmat Singh (c), Aryan Dalal, Keshav Dalal (w), Deepak Punia, Parth Bali, Pankaj Jaswal, Aatrey Tripathi, Ajay Rana, Prince Yadav.

Match Report

While batting first, South Delhi Superstarz’s opening pair of Kunwar Bidhuri and skipper Ayush Badoni started with an aggressive approach, hitting valuable boundaries in the initial overs. The duo stitched a quick opening partnership of 36 runs in just 4.5 overs. Bidhuri scored 28 runs off 17 balls, with four fours and a six before failing in an attempt to flick Pankaj Jaswal’s yorker on the fifth ball of the fifth over. Anmol Sharma joined Bidhuri, and they added another important 28-run partnership for the second wicket. Sharma (15) fell cheaply in the seventh over when he mistimed a lofted shot to deep cover, getting caught by Aryan Dalal off Ajay Rana’s bowling. Badoni stayed there in the middle to play a crucial knock of 46 runs off 34 balls, with five fours and a six, before losing his wicket to Deepak Punia after a 43-run partnership with Tejasvi Dahiya (25) for the third wicket. Later in the innings, Vision Panchal also contributed with 20 runs off 15 balls to help SDS post 172/7.

The Tigers faced an early blow, losing Dhruv Kaushik (14) at the team score of just 27 runs in 3.4 overs. Following his departure, Shivam Gupta and Himmat Singh added 38 runs for the second wicket. Gupta’s power-hitting played a big role in this partnership, as he scored 42 runs off just 28 balls, with five fours and a six, registering a brilliant strike rate of 150.00. Himmat Singh carried the responsibility and stitched another important, game-defining partnership of 39 runs for the third wicket with Aryan Dalal (23). Singh went unbeaten, playing a match-winning knock of 55 runs off 39 balls, with six fours and a six. His knock anchored and held the pace of the run chase to successfully cross the line in 19.2 overs, scoring 175/5

Player of the Match

Himmat Singh of the New Delhi Tigers won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his match-winning and unbeaten 55-run knock to help his side execute a successful run chase.