Nitish Rana's West Delhi Lions beat Central Delhi Kings are the Delhi Premier League 2025 champions
Nitish Rana scored an unbeaten 79 to take West Delhi Lions to the trophy
West Delhi took just 18 overs to get to the target of 174
West Delhi Lions (WDL) have beaten Central Delhi Kings (CDK) by six wickets in the 2025 Delhi Premier League final at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday (August 31, 2025). Nitish Rana played a captain's knock for West Delhi and helped his team take the title.
Central Delhi Kings after being put into bat posted 173 for seven in 20 overs. Yugal Saini scored got 65 while Pranshu Vijayran scored 50 off 24 not out in the end to take Central Delhi to 173. Manan Bhardwaj and Shivank Vashisht picked up two wickets each for West Delhi.
West Delhi were jolted early with three wickets in powerplay. Rana smashed 79 off 49 balls to take his team over the line in just 18 overs. Hrithik Shokeen also slammed an unbeaten 42 in the end to help Rana as West Delhi became the champions.
Central Delhi Kings Vs West Delhi Lions Toss Update
West Delhi Lions captain Nitish Rana won the toss and has opted to field against Central Delhi Kings.
Last season, they finished fifth and missed the playoffs. This year marks their first appearance in the final.
West Delhi Lions took the longer route, winning the tense Eliminator against South Delhi Superstarz by seven wickets. The match witnessed Lions' captain Nitish Rana and Superstarz bowler Digvesh Rathi engage in an altercation.
Central Delhi Kings vs West Delhi Lions Playing XIs
Central Delhi Kings Playing XI: Siddharth Joon, Aryan Rana, Yugal Saini, Jonty Sidhu (c), Aditya Bhandari, Jasvir Sehrawat, Kaushal Suman (wk), Simarjeet Singh, Tejas Baroka, Money Grewal, Arun Pundir
West Delhi Lions Playing XI: Krish Yadav (wk), Ankit Kumar, Ayush Doseja, Nitish Rana (c), Mayank Gusain, Hrithik Shokeen, Manan Bhardwaj, Anirudh Chowdhary, Shivank Vashisht, Shubham Dubey, Tishant Dabla
Central Delhi Kings Vs West Delhi Lions Squads
West Delhi Lions Squad: Krish Yadav (wk), Ayush Doseja, Nitish Rana (c), Mayank Gusain, Hrithik Shokeen, Manan Bhardwaj, Anirudh Chowdhary, Ravneet Tanwar, Bhagwan Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tishant Dabla, Naman Tiwari, Laxman, Shantanu Yadav, Vishal Abhua, Vikas Rana, Akshay Kapoor, Kabir Sachdeva, Vedant Sehwag, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Singh Rana, and Shivank Vashisht.
Central Delhi Kings Squad: Aaryavir Sehwag, Aryan Rana, Yugal Saini, Jonty Sidhu (c), Aditya Bhandari, Jasvir Sehrawat, Kaushal Suman (wk), Simarjeet Singh, Tejas Baroka, Money Grewal, Gavinsh Khurana, Arun Pundir, Yamit Sehrawat, Rishi Sharma, Harshit Sethi, Nikhil Malik, Sampooran Tripathi, Siddharth Joon, Vivek Kumar Tiwary, Aarnav Koul, Sumit Chhikara, and Pranshu Vijayran.
