Nitish Rana takes LB Shastri to six-wicket win

A day after he powered LB Shastri to an eight-wicket win over Tilak Nagar Colts in the 50th Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial Cricket Tournament, batsman Nitish Rana continued his great form and smashed an unbeaten 98 off 47 balls (16x4s, 4x6s) to help his team score a six-wicket win over Dwarka Warriors, a team made up of Bal Bhavan Cricket Academy players who had just a day before won the Lala Raghubir Memorial Cricket Tournament.

Rana, an India international and part of Rajasthan Royals team in IPL 2025,  had made unbeaten 84 against Tilak Nagar on Saturday. He followed it up with an equally strong knock that took his team to 195/4 in 17 overs at the St Stephen's College Ground.

Dwarka Warriors had made 192 for six wickets in 20 overs with Yajas Sharma making 109 off 63 balls (11x4s, 5x6s). Dev Lakra, who scored a 52-ball 137 a day before at the Modern school ground, scored 23-ball 40 in the effort.

LB Shastri skipper Arnav Bugga opened with Hiten Dalal as Priyansh Arya, who had played the first two games after returning from IPL, sat out. Dalal made 58 off 23 balls and shared a 78-run partnership with Rana. That set the platform for the chase and even after Dalal's dismissal they reached the target with three overs to spare.

In the other match of the day, Collage scored a seven-wicket win over Ravi Brothers. Ravi Brothers made 187/8 in 20 overs with Ankit Kumar scoring 61 off 26 balls (6x4s, 5x6s). Collage chased the target in 15.5 overs with seven wickets in hand.

Arun Chaprana made unbeaten 84 off 38 balls (5x4s, 8x6s). Samarth Seth hit 56 off 34 balls.

Tags : Nitish Rana, LB Shastri, Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2025, Priyansh Arya