On March 24, the fourth match of IPL 2025 was played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, the Lucknow team came to bat first. Batting first, Lucknow gave a target of 209 runs to Delhi Capitals after losing 8 wickets. Delhi Capitals’ initial innings faltered while chasing the target. At one time, Delhi Capitals had lost five wickets for 65 runs. With the falling wickets, victory seemed impossible. Then Ashutosh Sharma (Ashutosh Sharma IPL 2025) came to the crease to bat. Sharma, along with Vipraaj Nigam, raised hopes of victory for the Delhi team. On one hand, Vipraaj Nigam played an innings of 39 runs in 15 balls, while on the other hand, Ashutosh played an explosive innings of 66 runs not out in 31 balls and gave Delhi the victory. In this innings, he hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. It was due to Sharma’s stormy innings that the Delhi Capitals team won the match on the third ball of the 20th over. Ashutosh gave Delhi a great victory by hitting a six on the third ball of the last over. He was awarded the Player of the Match title for his brilliant innings. Ashutosh, while playing for Punjab, proved last season itself that he still has a long way to go. In the 18th season of IPL, he has created a sensation by playing a match-winning innings in the very first match for Delhi. Needless to say, it was because of Ashutosh Sharma’s stormy innings that the Delhi team managed to defeat Lucknow by 1 wicket in a thrilling match. In this way, Ashutosh stole the show as an impact player. He wreaked such havoc with his bat that the bowlers of the Lucknow team were left in a state of disarray.
Ashutosh Sharma (IPL 2025) had to face financial crisis in childhood
Ashutosh Sharma (IPL 2025), born on 15 September 1998 in Ratlam, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, had to face financial crisis in childhood. The shortage of money was such that he had to struggle a lot to even buy a cricket kit. But his passion for cricket took him to the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Academy. There he learned the tricks of cricket as well as the nuances of cricket. Due to his hard work, sacrifice and dedication, he was successful in playing domestic cricket for Madhya Pradesh in the year 2018. After playing for Madhya Pradesh for a few years, he joined the Railways team. Meanwhile, while playing for Railways in domestic cricket, Ashutosh continued to show his batting prowess. But he first came into the limelight when he scored a half-century in just 11 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The big thing is that this was the fastest half-century in Indian cricket history. This was the century that also broke Yuvraj Singh’s record of 12 balls. This innings caught the attention of IPL scouts. Meanwhile, in the 2024 auction, Punjab Kings included him in their team for Rs 20 lakh. By playing an explosive innings of 31 runs against Gujarat Titans in his debut match, he showed that he has the passion to play a big innings.
When Ashutosh entered the mega auction of IPL 2025 with a base price of 30 lakhs
It is worth noting that after performing brilliantly in IPL 2024, Ashutosh entered the mega auction of IPL 2025 with a base price of 30 lakhs. There was a fierce competition between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad to buy him. Ultimately, Delhi Capitals bought him for Rs 3.80 crore and included him in their team. Let us tell you that Ashutosh is one of those select players of IPL, who has the ability to make his team win in any situation. Of course, Ashutosh, who has made his mark in the IPL, will now try to make a place in the Indian team. If he maintains this brilliant performance, then it would not be wrong to say that the Indian team can get a new finisher in the coming years.
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Talking about the playing eleven of both the teams,
Delhi Capitals’ playing eleven: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Lucknow Super Giants’ playing eleven: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper/captain), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi.
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