Who is Mayank Rawat, who hit 5 sixes in the last over of Ayush Badoni and the team became the champion of DPL?

DPL i.e. Delhi Premier League is over. Its final match was played between East Delhi Riders and South Delhi Superstars on 8 September. East Delhi Riders team became champion by winning this match. Mayank Rawat's stormy batting played a big role in making the East Delhi Riders team champion. In the last over of East Delhi Riders' innings, Mayank Rawat hit 5 sixes, in which 4 sixes were hit consecutively. This over was being bowled by South Delhi Superstars captain Ayush Badoni.

In the final match of DPL, East Delhi Riders batted first and scored 183 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Mayank Rawat scored the highest unbeaten 78 runs from the East Delhi team. He scored these runs in just 39 balls at a strike rate of 200. Mayank Rawat's innings included 7 fours and 6 sixes.

Mayank Rawat hit 5 of the 6 sixes in his explosive innings in just one over. He did this against Ayush Badoni, who came to bowl the last over of East Delhi Riders' innings. Ayush Badoni is the captain of South Delhi Superstars and has been in the news for his batting in DPL. But, the way Mayank Rawat unraveled his balls in the final was worth watching.

Not only did captain Ayush Badoni become a victim of Mayank Rawat's explosive batting, but his team South Delhi Superstars also lost the match by 3 runs in a match that went till the last ball. Chasing the target of 184 runs from East Delhi Riders, South Delhi Superstars could only score 180 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. That is, despite all the efforts, they lost the match by 3 runs.

Now the question is who is Mayank Rawat, who made East Delhi Riders the champion of DPL with his tremendous innings in the final? Mayank Rawat is the name of a stormy batsman of Delhi cricket. He was also a part of the Under 19 team with Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw, which won the World Cup in 2018. However, Mayank Rawat did not get a chance to play a single match in that Under 19 World Cup, so that the world could know him. Mayank Rawat has the feat of scoring an unbeaten 408 runs in 139 balls in a single ODI match. And, now that East Delhi Riders have won the first season of DPL, Mayank Rawat's name is in the news. It is expected that this name will make more noise in the coming times.