Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|26-04-2026
Nitish Rana's stormy half-century. (Photo- PTI)
Nitish Rana vs PBKS: In the 35th match of the Indian Premier League 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings faced each other.
At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first and played aggressively from the beginning. Delhi's opening pair KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka added 28 runs for the first wicket. After this, Nitish Rana came to the crease and immediately changed the course of the match. As soon as Rana arrived, he adopted an explosive style and started hitting fours and sixes.Nitish Rana's stormy half-century
Nitish Rana completed his half-century in just 29 balls. This innings was special for him because he created a ruckus in the 12th over of the innings.
This over was bowled by Xavier Bartlett and Nitish Rana took full advantage of every ball of this over. He started the over with a brilliant six. Then he hit four consecutive fours and ended the over with another six. In this one over, Nitish Rana scored a total of 28 runs, which proved to be very costly for the Punjab Kings bowler.Home is where the MAXIMUMS are! 🚀
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Due to this stormy innings, the run pace of Delhi Capitals increased and they continued to score runs even after the power play. Nitish Rana proved with his batting that he has returned to form. He had also played a brilliant inning of 57 runs in the last match. However, the Delhi team had to face defeat in that match.
During this innings played against Punjab, he also completed his 3000 runs in IPL.Nitish Rana missed scoring a century
Nitish Rana faced a total of 44 balls in this match and scored 91 runs, but he remained 9 runs away from his century. His innings included 11 fours and 4 sixes. He scored these runs at a strike rate of 206.81. The special thing was that his wicket was taken by Xavier Bartlett, against whom he scored the most runs.
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