UP T20 League 2025: The UP T20 League 2025 started in a bang. In the league opening match, defending champions Meerut Mavrices and Kanpur superstars were face to face. In this match, Meerut’s young batsman Madhav Kaushik played such an innings that thrilled the audience. He played an unbeaten innings of 95 runs off just 31 balls and took the news of the opposing bowlers fiercely.

Madhav Kaushik’s batting batting

Kanpur won the toss and decided to bowl first. When Meerut was in trouble after the initial tremors, Madhav Kaushik took the front to bat in the 12th over. As soon as he came, he started an attack on the bowlers and rained the fours and sixes. Kaushik, playing at a strike rate of more than 306, hit 10 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. He scored 95 runs in just 31 balls and missed his century by just 5 runs. His rapid innings brought the score of Meerut’s team to 225.

Partnership changed the match

Kaushik was supported by Rituraj Sharma, who played a useful innings of 60 runs off 36 balls. Both batsmen shared a tremendous 130 runs for the fourth wicket. During this, captain Rinku Singh Dugout was seen enjoying the batting of both the players.

Kanpur defeat, Sameer Rizvi’s struggle

The Kanpur superstars started very poorly, chasing a huge target of 226 runs. The team could not manage after the initial wicket fell. Captain Sameer Rizvi definitely scored 45 runs from 36 balls, but he did not get the support of any other batsman. As a result, the entire team of Kanpur was reduced to 139 runs and Meerut Mavrices took the match by 86 runs.

Tournament gets the perfect debut

The kind of thrill that was seen in the first match of the UP T20 League, has doubled the fun of the tournament. This innings of Madhav Kaushik has become a topic of discussion in the early days of the tournament.