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Lucknow: After losing the toss and opting to bat first in the match played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Meerut Mavericks adopted an aggressive stance from the beginning.

Openers Swastik Chikara and Rituraj Sharma made a brilliant partnership of 86 runs for the first wicket. Rituraj scored 44 runs in 30 balls, while Chikara played a stormy inning of 82 runs in just 45 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes.

Chikara also made a 62-run partnership with Akshay Dubey, which put Meerut on the path to a big score.

Rinku Singh also showed strength

Meerut captain Rinku Singh scored runs quickly in the last phase of the innings and played a useful inning of 25 runs. Divyansh Rajput contributed 13 runs.

Thanks to these innings, Meerut Mavericks scored 206 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Rahul Sharma took two wickets from Gorakhpur.

Chikara created a special record

Swastik Chikara achieved another feat during its explosive innings. He completed his 100 sixes in the UP T-20 League.

He has become the second batsman to touch this figure in the league. Before him, Kanpur Superstars captain Sameer Rizvi had achieved this feat.

Gorakhpur had a very bad start

Gorakhpur Lions, who set out to chase the target of 207 runs, had a very bad start. The team lost wickets at frequent intervals and after 10 overs its score was only 56 runs for 5 wickets.

However, Siddharth Yadav raised the hopes of the team by playing a quick inning of 40 runs in 22 balls. He also made a partnership of 47 runs with Nishant Kushwaha.

Four sixes increased the excitement, Tyagi turned the match

In the last phase of the match, Nishant Thakur continuously hit Vishal Chaudhary in one over. four sixes Created excitement in the match. The Gorakhpur team felt that it was possible to return to the match.

But in the very next over, Meerut fast bowler Karthik Tyagi bowled Nishant Thakur with a yorker with a speed of 143 kilometers per hour. This wicket gave a big blow to Gorakhpur's hopes of comeback.

Tyagi took two wickets for just 18 runs in his four overs.

Rinku Singh took a brilliant catch on the last ball.

Meerut bowlers bowled disciplinedly throughout the match and stopped Gorakhpur far away from the target.

Gorakhpur Lions' innings could reach only 170 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Rinku Singh sealed Meerut's 36-run victory by taking a brilliant catch on the last ball of the match.

Many big records in the name of Meerut

With this victory, Meerut Mavericks achieved many achievements in the match.

• Meerut made the highest score of 206 runs so far this season.
• Swastik Chikara completed 100 sixes in UP T-20 League.
• Karthik Tyagi made the record of the fastest ball of this season by throwing the ball at a speed of 149 km per hour.
• Meerut registered its second consecutive win.
• Meerut became the first team to register a win while batting first this season.