NEW DELHI: Central Delhi Kings held their nerves in a high-scoring contest to beat West Delhi Lions by 21 runs in the Delhi Premier League.

Batting first, Central Delhi Kings posted a mammoth 232/8 with their top and middle order producing some excellent strokeplay. Their bowlers then restricted West Delhi to 211 for 8 on Saturday.

For the Kings, opener Siddharth Joon continued his impressive run of form, smashing 33 off just 17 balls. Samarth Seth then added further momentum with a quickfire 37 off 14 deliveries.

However, it was Money Grewal who provided the biggest push towards the end of the innings. Grewal played a blistering knock of 42 off just 16 balls, helping Central Delhi Kings finish with a huge total.

For West Delhi Lions, Manan Bhardwaj was the standout bowler, picking up three wickets for 37 runs.

Chasing 233, West Delhi Lions made a flying start to reach 71/2 in just 4.5 overs. The Lions then suffered another setback with the dismissal of Aaryavir Sehwag.

Krish Yadav and Ankit Kumar steadied the innings and launched a counter-attack, putting together a valuable 59-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Their partnership gave West Delhi Lions a hope of pulling off a challenging chase.

However, Tejas Baroka broke the stand by dismissing Krish Yadav for 46 off 26 balls. Yadav's dismissal put the Lions under pressure, but Ankit continued to keep his team in the hunt with some aggressive batting.

Ankit eventually fell for a brilliant 61 off 30 balls, leaving West Delhi Lions in a difficult position with the required run rate climbing.