EDR vs PD6, Review । Arpit Rana's swashbuckling knock guides East Delhi Riders to win by five wickets against PD6

East Delhi Riders’ opening pair of Arpit Rana and Sujal Singh approached the run chase in a blistering style, smashing 55 runs for no loss in the powerplay. Furthermore, the duo ran through the PD6’s bowling attack and stitched an outstanding opening partnership of 149 runs in 16.2 overs. In this partnership, it was Rana who played with an explosive intent throughout his entire knock of 87 runs off just 52 balls, smashing nine fours and four sixes. He was accompanied by Sujal Singh’s steady knock of 59 runs off 46 balls, with six fours. However, this partnership’s end was followed by a horrific and unbelievable collapse of the Riders’ top order. At one point, Riders scored 149/0 in 16.1 overs, but then an unexpected collapse occurred as they lost three wickets in the next three balls, including a run-out, and the score came to 150/3 in 16.4 overs. In the same wave of collapse, EDR lost two more wickets in quick succession in the very next 18th over, losing Anuj Rawat and Rohan Seth off Lalit Yadav on the fourth and sixth balls of the over. In a sigh of relief for the East Delhi Riders, this collapse of the 16th and 17th overs was neutralized by Mayank Rawat’s unbeaten 22-run knock off just 10 balls, with three fours and a six. Rawat’s knock helped the Riders chase down the target in 19.5 overs, scoring 186/5 and moving to the top spot in the tournament’s points table, with their fifth win in the tournament’s current edition.

Arpit Rana won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his match-winning 87-run knock off just 52 balls, with nine fours and four sixes. Apart from this, he also scalped the big wicket of PD6’s Samarth Seth in the first innings.