India, April 2 -- Delhi Capitals did not spend big on Sameer Rizvi. They bought him for Rs.95 lakh in the IPL 2025 mega auction. On Wednesday night in Lucknow, he played an innings that looked nothing like a Rs.95 lakh insurance policy and everything like a premium rescue act. Delhi were chasing 142 and were reeling at 26/4, but still won by six wickets with 17 balls left. Rizvi finished unbeaten on 70 off 47, was named Player of the Match, and turned what should have been a grind into a chasing masterclass.

This was not a decorative fifty in a chase already under control. Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs added an unbeaten 119 after the collapse, with Rizvi contributing the larger share of the stand and the finishing blow. The knock deserves to ...