In UP T-20 League Season 4, Kanpur Superstars made a spectacular comeback and defeated Lucknow Falcons by 7 wickets. In the match played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Kanpur registered a thrilling victory in the last over.
Bowling first, Kanpur Superstars fast bowler Ajay Kumar performed brilliantly and broke the back of Lucknow's batting by taking 4 wickets. After this, half-century innings of captain Sameer Razvi and Adarsh Singh took the team to victory.
Lucknow scored 146 runs, Ajay Kumar wreaked havoc
Due to rain the match was played in 18-18 overs. Batting first, Lucknow Falcons scored 146 runs for 7 wickets.
For Lucknow, Mohammad Saif scored 33 runs and Prayam Gag scored 19 runs. In the last overs, Vipraj Nigam scored unbeaten 21 runs in 10 balls and took the team to a respectable score.
For Kanpur, Ajay Kumar took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs.
Rajvi and Adarsh's partnership changed the match
Kanpur Superstars had a great start to chase the target of 147 runs. The team scored 48 runs without losing any wicket in the powerplay.
Adarsh Singh played a brilliant inning of 51 runs in 44 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas captain Sameer Rajvi scored 58 runs in 40 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Both the batsmen made an important partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket and took the team closer to victory.
The excitement increased in the last over
Kanpur needed 6 runs to win in the last over of the match. Navneet Kumar increased the excitement in the match by dismissing Adarsh Singh on the first ball.
After this, Satyam Sangu batted brilliantly under pressure and hit a four and then took one run to give Kanpur Superstars a thrilling win by 7 wickets.
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