Delhi fast bowler Simarjeet Singh bowled amazingly in the Ranji Trophy match.Image Credit source: PTI
The excitement before the new season of IPL has intensified because the retention deadline will end in a few days. Before the auction for the new season, all 10 franchises will release the list of their retained and released players in November. But before the announcement of retention, some players are attracting the attention of the franchise owners by showing their magic on the field and Delhi fast bowler Simarjeet Singh has also been included in this, who demonstrated lethal bowling in Ranji Trophy.
The last season was not good for fast bowler Simarjeet Singh, who was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025 and he did not get many opportunities. In such a situation, whether Kavya Maran’s team will retain this Delhi pacer in this season, this question must be arising in Simarjeet’s mind also. But before taking this decision, Simarjeet himself strengthened his claim with his bowling on the field and also helped the team.
In its fourth match of Ranji Trophy 2025, Delhi’s innings collapsed for just 211 runs. But then Jammu and Kashmir also lost 4 wickets for 46 runs. The reason for such a bad start for J&K was Simarjit Singh, who himself took 3 out of these 4 wickets. However, after this, Jammu and Kashmir captain Paras Dogra scored his 33rd first class century and took control of the team.
But once again Simarjeet came back and prevented this innings from becoming too big and got bundled out for 310 runs. This 27 year old Delhi pacer spent 52 runs in his best spell of 16.2 overs and took maximum 6 wickets. This is only the second time that Simarjeet has taken more than 5 wickets in an innings of a first class match.
With his bowling, Simarjeet did not allow Delhi to take a big lead but it will be worth seeing whether it will affect their IPL retention. SRH had bought this bowler for Rs 1.50 crore in the last auction but he could play only 4 matches in the entire season and got 2 wickets. During this, he was beaten badly and gave away runs at an economy rate of 14. In such a situation, whether he will get a chance in SRH in the next season also, it will be worth seeing.