Jankoji Sindhia led the Marathas after their defeat at Barari Ghat and soon rendezvoused with the retreating families that were heading for Rewari.

They reached Kotputli on January 15, where he met Malhar Rao Holkar and voluntarily handed him the command of the Maratha army on 24 January, Holkar ordered the Marathas to return to Delhi and engage the invading Afghans until the arrival of reinforcements.

Upon learning of their approach, Holkar bypassed the city and entered Ganga Doab by crossing the Yamuna river.

He sacked the town of Sikandrabad on March 1, Holkar spent 3–4 days attempting to find a ford to cross the Ganga river into Rohilkhand for loot and plunder.

[2] With Holkar's defeat, the victorious Afghans marched to Aligarh and encamped there, in order to prepare for another fresh Maratha army coming from Deccan as advised by Najib ad-Dawlah.