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Lucknow, Read. The beginning of UP T-20 League Season 4 was full of excitement. Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the inaugural match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium. Meerut Mavericks defeated defending champions Kashi Rudras by one wicket on the last ball. Made a winning start in the tournament. Yash Garg was the hero of Meerut's victory, who first wreaked havoc with the ball and then led the team to victory on the last ball with the bat.

Yash Garg wreaked havoc with the ball

After winning the toss, Meerut Mavericks decided to bowl first. Yash Garg proved the captain's decision right by taking four wickets for just 19 runs in four overs. Zeeshan Ansari took three wickets for 19 runs and Vishal Chaudhary took two wickets for 13 runs.

Opening batsman from Kashi Rudras Abhishek Goswami scored 42 runs on 32 balls. Played an innings, but did not get the expected support from the other end. The top order batsmen including captain Karan Sharma could not last long against the accurate bowling of Yash Garg. The entire team was reduced to 118 runs in 20 overs.

Four wickets for 47 runs in 10 overs

Meerut Mavericks, who came to chase the target of 119 runs, also had a bad start. The team remained under constant pressure after the wicket of Swastik Chikara fell in the second over. By the completion of 10 overs, Meerut's score was only 47 runs for four wickets. After this the captain Rinku Singh scored 28 runs on 21 balls. And Divyansh Rajput scored 26 runs in 24 balls and made an important partnership of 36 runs for the fifth wicket. However, Kashi bowlers kept the match exciting by taking wickets continuously.

26 runs in the last three overs, the thrill started again

Meerut needed 26 runs to win in the last three overs. Kashi's fast bowler Atal Bihari Rai increased the problems of Meerut by taking consecutive wickets. He took four wickets and took the most wickets in the history of UP T20 League. 54 wickets Also took the record in his name.

19 runs were needed in the last over

Meerut had lost nine wickets and needed 19 runs to win in the last over. In such difficult times, Yash Garg took charge. He started the over with fours and sixes. After this, seven runs were needed from two balls and Yash turned the tide of the match by hitting another six.

He took one run on the last ball Meerut Mavericks get a thrilling win by one wicket Gave it. Yash Garg returned after scoring 26 not out off 14 balls. He was the hero of the match for his brilliant all-round performance of four wickets and 26 not out. With this victory, Meerut Mavericks opened their account with a bang in UP T-20 League Season-4.