AI Simulation, EDR vs SDS | Anuj Rawat and Rohit Yadav’s brilliance helps EDR clinch thrilling win

ByUmesh Sharma,SportsCafe Editor

08/08/2025

As per Artificial Intelligence, EDR will bag a narrow three-run win against the South Delhi Superstarz in the 15th DPL 2025 game. Anuj Rawat played a match-defining knock of 49 runs, followed by Rohit Yadav’s outstanding bowling performance (3/22), which helped the Riders claim thrilling win.

Pitch and Weather

It was a typical Arun Jaitley surface, flat and hard with an even bounce. A high-scoring game is on the cards with some assistance for the spinners in the middle overs.

The weather was clear in Delhi, with the temperature around 30 degrees Celsius and minimal dew. The conditions were ideal for a tough contest between bat and ball.

Toss

South Delhi Superstarz won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Lineups

EDR XI: Sujal Singh, Arpit Rana, Hardik Sharma, Anuj Rawat (c/wk), Mayank Rawat, Rohan Rathi, Rounak Waghela, Navdeep Saini, Akhil Chaudhary, Ashish Meena, and Rohit Yadav.

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

Match Report

SDS skipper Ayush Badoni opted to field first, and Himanshu Chauhan gave his skipper a reason to smile by dismissing Arpit Rana (5) cheaply at EDR’s score of just 13 runs in 2.4 overs. However, Sujal Singh and Hardik Sharma made a joint effort to recover the early loss with a 25-run partnership for the second wicket before Singh’s 21-run knock off 15 balls, with three fours and a six, was ended by Digvesh Rathi. But Hardik carried the charge forward with skipper Anuj Rawat to make a 49-run stand for the third wicket. In this partnership, Hardik contributed with 34 runs off 24 balls, smashing four fours and two sixes. He was accompanied by Anuj, who ended up playing a 49-run knock. After losing Hardik in the 11th over, Rawat also stitched a much-needed 34-run partnership with Mayank Rawat (13) for the fifth wicket. These knocks and late contributions of Rounak Waghela (18) and Akhil Chaudhary (10) helped SDS score 171/8.

While chasing the target, the Superstarz had a decent opening start of 39 runs in 4.1 overs, executed by their opening pair of Kunwar Bidhuri and Ayush Badoni. Bidhuri initiated an early attack on the Riders’ bowling attack. Navdeep Saini provided the first breakthrough to the Riders in the fifth over. Bidhuri’s 27-run knock also came to an end in the sixth over when he was caught by Akhil Chaudhary off Ashish Meena’s bowling. Badoni took charge from Bidhuri and scored a crucial 39 (29), with five fours. SDS lost Badoni in the 13th over when they had scored 108. Dahiya tried to take his team home with 23 runs off just 15 balls, hitting three fours and a six, followed by some gritty efforts from Sumit Mathur (10), Vision Panchal (17), and Sumit Beniwal (13). But these contributions went in vain as the Superstarz fell just four runs short of the target, losing the game by a narrow margin of three runs, getting restricted to 168/9 in the entire 20 overs. Rohit Yadav ended up with the match-winning bowling figures of 3/22 in his four overs, with an economy rate of 5.50. He was accompanied by Navdeep Saini (2/28) and Akhil Chaudhary (1/24).

Player of the Match

East Delhi Riders’ Anuj Rawat won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his brilliant 49-run knock off 33 balls to set a brilliant tone with the bat and brilliant leadership under pressure while defending the target.