The first 3 matches of Uttar Pradesh T20 League 2026 were low-scoring but now the shower of runs has started. The batsmen had a lot of fun in both the matches played on Sunday (16 August). Kanpur Superstars had made a big score of 163/4 against Kashi Rudras. Kashi Rudras achieved the target of 164 runs in just 18.1 overs. After this, Meerut Mavericks scored the first 200 plus score of the season, in response to which Gorakhpur Lions team could score only 170 runs after losing 9 wickets.
Kashi Rudras captain Sameer Rizvi played an inning of 71 runs in 47 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. However, their hard work went in vain in front of the innings of Kashi Rudras captain Karan Sharma and Abhishek Goswami. Abhishek Goswami played an inning of 76 runs in 52 balls. Whereas captain Karan Sharma scored 67 runs in 44 balls, which included 1 four and 6 sixes. This was Kashi Rudras' first win in two matches, while Kanpur Superstars lost their second consecutive match.
Star-studded Meerut Mavericks scored 206 runs at the loss of 6 wickets against Gorakhpur Lions. Chikara scored 82 runs in 45 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes. Rituraj Sharma scored 44 runs in 30 balls, which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas captain Rinku Singh scored 25 runs in 12 balls. 2 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat.
Apart from Siddharth Yadav, no batsman could perform for Gorakhpur Lions. Siddharth scored 40 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. For Meerut Mavericks, Zeeshan Ansari performed well for the second consecutive match and took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 3 overs. Karthik Tyagi took 1 wicket for 18 runs in 4 overs.
Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar also performed well in his first match of the season but his team Lucknow Falcons had to face defeat. Lucknow Falcons had given a target of 95 runs to Gorakhpur Lions in the 15-15 over match. Gorakhpur team achieved it with 2 balls remaining. Bhuvneshwar took 17 runs and 1 wicket in 3 overs but he could not stop Gorakhpur Lions from winning. Apart from scoring 10 runs, Vipraj Nigam took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 3 overs. But his hard work also went in vain.
