IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals registered a spectacular victory in the fourth match of IPL 2025, in which the team's young batsman Ashutosh Sharma played an important role. He played a brilliant innings against Lucknow Super Giants and gave his team a seemingly impossible victory. For this performance, he was adjudged the Player of the Match, which he dedicated to his Guru Shikhar Dhawan.

Exciting equation of the match

In this match played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, Lucknow batted first and scored a big score of 210 runs. Delhi had a bad start and the team lost its 5 important wickets at a score of 65 runs. When it seemed that Delhi's defeat was certain, Ashutosh Sharma took charge.

He played an explosive innings of 66 not out off 31 balls at a strike rate of 212.90. His innings included 5 fours and 5 sixes. He along with Vipraraj Arora made a great partnership for the sixth wicket and led the team to victory before the last over. For this excellent performance, he was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Dedicated the award to Shikhar Dhawan

After the match, Ashutosh Sharma expressed happiness over his performance and said, "I have learned a lot from last year. Many times I missed finishing the match, but this time I worked hard throughout the year and believed in myself. I believed that if I stayed at the crease till the end, victory is possible."

He further said, "I want to dedicate this award to my guru Shikhar paaji (Shikhar Dhawan). He has always encouraged me and helped me improve my batting." Ashutosh shared the joy of this victory by video calling Shikhar Dhawan, the video of which was shared by Delhi Capitals on their social media account.

Who is Ashutosh Sharma's guru Shikhar Dhawan?

Shikhar Dhawan is an experienced batsman of Indian cricket and has played many brilliant innings in international and domestic cricket. He has scored more than 10,000 runs so far and has played the role of a great opener for the Indian team for a long time.

Shikhar Dhawan has been a part of many teams in the IPL and currently plays for Punjab Kings. Last season, Ashutosh Sharma made his IPL debut under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan in the Punjab Kings team. Since then, he considers Shikhar Dhawan as his idol and mentor.

New star for Delhi Capitals

This young batsman of Delhi Capitals has impressed everyone with his brilliant batting. After his performance, he is being discussed a lot in the cricket world. Cricket experts and fans believe that he can play a big role for Indian cricket in the future too.

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting also praised Ashutosh and said, "He is a great player and has amazing ability to play under pressure. The way he finished the match shows that he can prove to be a big match winner in the times to come." Fans' reaction on social media

After this brilliant innings of Ashutosh Sharma, he is being praised a lot on social media. Fans praised his batting and called him a future superstar. Delhi Capitals has also shared a clip of Ashutosh and Shikhar Dhawan's video call on its official social media handle, which is going viral rapidly.

Challenges ahead

Delhi Capitals have made a great start to their campaign with this win, but they will have to face even tougher challenges ahead. The team now has to be ready for their next match and it will be interesting to see whether Ashutosh Sharma is able to repeat his performance or not.

This memorable performance of Ashutosh Sharma proved that if cricket is played with hard work and confidence, any goal can be achieved. The way his mentor Shikhar Dhawan has guided him is a great example for Indian cricket of how experienced players can help young talents move forward.