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North Delhi Strikers will face Central Delhi Kings in the second match of the Delhi Premier League 2025 on Sunday, August 3, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Delhi Strikers won four out of 10 games and finished in fourth place last season. The Delhi Kings also won four matches and were in fifth position last season.
The Delhi Strikers retained Harshit Rana from their last season’s squad and have named him the captain. The team picked Kuldip Yadav at the Delhi Premier League 2025 auction for a price of INR 10 lakh. He has played for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Vaibhav Kandpal and Sarthak Ranjan were two of the top run-scorers for the team last season and were picked in the auction for a price of INR 13 lakh and INR 12.50 lakh.
The Delhi Kings retained Jonty Sidhu before the auction. They picked Simarjeet Singh in the auction for INR 39 lakh, and he became the most expensive player at this year’s auction. They also managed to pick Yash Dhull in the auction, who captained the side last season. The team spent INR 10.50 lakh on Pranshu Vijayran, who was the captain of the North Delhi Strikers last season. Money Grewal was another top pick for the team, and he was the joint-highest wicket-taker for the team.
Match Information
Delhi Premier League, 3 Aug 2025, Sun, 2:00 PM IST, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Broadcast
Star Sports Network
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Weather Report
Rain
76% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
North Delhi Strikers
S Ranjan, V Kandpal, Y Sharma, Yash Bhatia, A Bugga, P Rajvanshi (wk), A Rapria, H Rana (C), V Dixit, S Bansal, Kuldip Yadav
Bench : Yash Dabas, G Vats, D Gulia, D Khatri, S Solanki, A Sejwal, D Nakra, Noorilahi, S Jain, D Rishit, P Chahal, P Singh
Central Delhi Kings
Yash Dhull, S Joon (wk), Jonty Sidhu (C), A Bhandari, Swastik Chhikara, J Sehrawat, PS Vijayran, Tejas Baroka, Simarjeet Singh, M Grewal, G Khurana
Bench : V Tiwari, H Sethi, R Sharma, A Rana, Y Saini, N Malik, A Koul, A Sehwag, S Tripathi, Y Sehrawat, A Pundir
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Pitch Report
57%
Pace Bowling
43%
Spin Bowling
62%
Batting Pitch
Average Score
38%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Yash Dhull CDK | BAT
Dhull was the second-highest run-scorer for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last season. He made 238 runs in nine games at an average of 34 and a strike rate of 117.24.
Sarthak Ranjan NDS | BAT
Sarthak was the second-highest run-scorer for the North Delhi Strikers last season and scored 252 runs in 10 games at an average of 25.20 and a strike rate of 134.76.
Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team
Yugal Saini
CDK | BAT
He made just 26 runs in three games last season and can be avoided in fantasy teams.
Gagan Vats
NDS | BAT
He has played just a single T20 game in his career so far and can be left out of fantasy teams.
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