MP Pappu Yadav’s Son Creates DPL Buzz With Fifth Straight Half-Century

Sa thak
Ra ja
DPL:
No th
Delhi
St ike s
captai
Sa thak
Ra ja
co ti ued
his
ema kable
u
i
the
Delhi
P emie
League,
p oduci g
yet
a othe
half-ce tu y
to
exte d
his
ext ao di a y
st eak
i
the
2026
seaso .
The
21-yea -old
ope e
st uck
59
f om
37
delive ies
agai st
Old
Delhi
o
Thu sday,
August
13,
with
his
agg essive
i i gs
featu i g
seve
fou s
a d
th ee
sixes.
It
ma ked
his
fifth
co secutive
fifty
i
the
competitio ,
u de li i g
his
co siste cy
at
the
top
of
the
o de .

Sa thak
is
the
so
of
Pu ia
Lok
Sabha
MP
Pappu
Yadav,
while
his
mothe ,
Ra jit
Ra ja ,
is
a
Rajya
Sabha
MP.

Sa thak& squo;s
Stu i g
DPL
Numbe s

Sa thak
has
mai tai ed
a
st ike
ate
of
170.85,
while
smashi g
32
fou s
a d
21
sixes
du i g
his
se satio al
sta t
to
the
seaso ,
eco di g
sco es
i
the
o goi g
tou ame t
eads
64,
95,
65,
57
a d
59.

Those
five
i i gs
have
take
his
tally
to
340
u s
f om
five
matches,
at
a
outsta di g
ave age
of
68.00.
His
sco i g
ate
has
bee
equally
imp essive.

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His
co siste cy
has
also
put
him
fi mly
amo g
the
leadi g
u -gette s
i
the
competitio .

Ce t al
Delhi
Ki gs
captai
Yash
Dhull
cu e tly
has
the
edge,
havi g
accumulated
341
u s
i
seve
games.

Dhull’s
ave age
sta ds
at
56.83,
but
he
has
had
two
additio al
matches
to
build
his
tally.

Sa thak& squo;s
Fifty
Comes
I
Losi g
Cause

Despite
a othe
explosive
co t ibutio
f om
thei
captai ,
No th
Delhi
St ike s
could
ot
tu
his
i i gs
i to
victo y
agai st
Old
Delhi.

Afte
bei g
asked
to
bat
fi st
at
the
A u
Jaitley
Stadium,
No th
Delhi
posted
186/6.

Sa thak
a d
Yash
Bhatia
we e
the
sta dout
pe fo me s,
with
both
batte s
co t ibuti g
59
u s.

Yash
Dabas
p ovided
fu the
mome tum
with
a
quick
36
off
just
22
balls,
givi g
No th
Delhi
a
competitive
total
to
defe d.
Old
Delhi’s
bowle s
Ajay
Ahlawat
a d
Pa kaj
Jaswal
claimed
two
wickets
apiece.

Howeve ,
the
ta get
p oved
i sufficie t
as
Old
Delhi
completed
a
fou -wicket
victo y.
The
defeat
mea t
Sa thak’s
i dividual
b illia ce
o ce
agai
came
without
the
desi ed
team
esult.

Neve theless,
his
ext ao di a y
co siste cy
has
made
him
o e
of
the
biggest
talki g
poi ts
of
the
DPL
2026
seaso ,
with
five
successive
half-ce tu ies
establishi g
him
as
o e
of
the
tou ame t’s
most
da ge ous
ope i g
batte s.

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