Delhi Capitals (DC) vice-captain Faf du Plessis shared that masala tea was the secret to the explosive finish by Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as well. However, DC registered a stunning win in their 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign with a last-over win at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakapatnam on Monday, March 24 as well. Ashutosh Sharma and Vipraj Nigam smashed a combined total of 17 boundaries to help DC chase down the 210-run target with 3 balls to spare, recovering from 65-5 as well.

“A lot of the cricketers, if you ask them, they would complain about the [Impact Player] rule in the IPL, but this is obviously why that rule is there – for games when you think that you’re completely dead and buried, someone comes in and plays like that. I’m definitely going to drink some more masala tea to make sure I can hit the ball like the boys do at the end,” du Plessis said during an interaction with the broadcasters at the end of the contest.

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While Ashutosh Sharma tried his best with his sublime hitting, DC lost too many wickets towards the end. After Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc were dismissed in quick succession, Mohit Sharma came in as the last batter as well.

“Unbelievable, it actually reminded me a little bit of the 438 game against Australia when Makhaya [Ntini] got that important single towards the end. That’s probably the best and most important single that Mohit Sharma has ever taken in his life – beautiful forward defence, just pushing it into the gap. What a story to get the big man back on strike to hit it for six,” Faf du Plessis concluded.