Tejasvi Dahiya hit 70 not out and South Delhi Superstarz stole a last-ball win in a cut-short DPL game in Delhi.
The South Delhi Superstarz started nervous and finished relieved at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The outfield was wet, so it became a 16-over game for each side. A chase of 140 looked tricky after three wickets fell inside five overs. Friday night in Delhi felt sticky under the lights. Tejasvi Dahiya, unbeaten on 70 from 30, changed the mood by the end.
Anmol Sharma steadied things for a while with 23. He was out in the 10th over and the South Delhi Superstarz still needed more than seventy with only six overs left. Crowd noise dipped. The game leaned toward the Warriors.
Then Dahiya went after everything.
Six fours, six sixes, most of them sailing over the smaller square boundaries. He came in at No. 5 and shifted the chase one clean hit at a time. With seven needed from the last two balls, he cleared long-off and then cleared it again. The place woke up. Sumit Kumar Beniwal’s 19 off seven mattered too.
Outer Delhi Warriors had earlier posted 139 for 8 after being sent in. Dhruv Singh made 42 from 31 with four fours and two sixes; Sanat Sangwan cracked 26 from 14; Shivam Sharma added 21 down the order. The rest did not stick around long enough. South Delhi’s bowlers kept a lid on it, Beniwal taking 3 for 28 and Aman Bharti keeping things tight with an economical spell.
The Warriors’ reply with the ball had teeth for a while. Suyash Sharma took two, Anshuman Hooda took two, and Harsh Tyagi gave up only 15 in three overs. Fielders ringed the rope, then shuffled in, then out again. And yet once Dahiya found his range, plans frayed.
South Delhi Superstarz leave with the points. Not pretty. Good enough.
