Lucknow: In the first match of the day played on Friday in the Uttar Pradesh T20 League, Lucknow Falcons had to face defeat against Kashi Riders by 3 wickets.
This is the third defeat of Lucknow team in four matches and the team is in fourth place. Batting first in the match, Lucknow Falcons team scored 143/9 in 20 overs,
in reply, Kashi Rudras scored 146 runs losing 7 wickets in 19.3 overs. This was Kashi Rudras’ third win in four matches and the team is in second place in the points table.
Losing the toss and batting first, Lucknow Falcons had a very bad start. Opener Abhay Chauhan got out after scoring 1 and Samarth Singh got out after scoring 7 runs.
At the same time, Harsh Tyagi scored 9 runs off 10 balls. After this, Aaradya Yadav returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs, while Kritagya Singh could not open his account.
Captain Priyam Garg took charge of the team which looked to be in trouble. Priyam batted explosively and along with Sameer Chaudhary took the score past 100.
Priyam scored 60 runs in 39 balls, which included two fours and four sixes. Sameer played an unbeaten innings of 39 runs in 32 balls. In this way, Lucknow Falcons managed to score more than 160. Sunil Kumar took the maximum of three wickets from Kashi Rudras’ side.
