The UP T20 League has started. A total of 6 teams are participating in this domestic league of Uttar Pradesh, in which many big players of Team India and IPL are playing. The first match of this league, which started on Sunday, August 25, was played between Kashi Rudra and Meerut Mavericks. Rinku Singh's team Meerut won this match. On the second day of the league i.e. on August 26, a match was held between Dhruv Jurel's team Gorakhpur Lions and Nitish Rana's Noida Super Kings. Dhruv Jurel's team won this match easily. Captain Jurel also played a half-century innings. But his own team's batsman Aryan Juyal grabbed all the limelight with his stormy century.

Jurel's innings faded

Nitish Rana won the toss and gave Dhruv Jurel's team the opportunity to bat first. Gorakhpur Lions captain Jurel came to open with Abhishek Goswami. Goswami was out after scoring 12 runs in the fourth over. After this, captain Jurel played a brilliant captaincy innings of 70 runs in 54 balls at a strike rate of 152. During this, he also hit 5 sixes and 3 fours.

Dhruv Jurel's innings paled in comparison to Aryan Juyal's. Juyal, who came to the crease after Goswami's departure, proved to be faster than his captain. He scored 104 runs in 54 balls at a strike rate of 192. In this innings, Juyal hit 10 fours and 5 sixes. Aryan Juyal was also selected as the Player of the Match for this explosive innings.

Gorakhpur Lions win

Dhruv Jurel may not have won the Player of the Match award, but his partnership with Aryan Juyal definitely won the match. The Gorakhpur Lions team set a mammoth target of 219 on the strength of both the batsmen. During this, Piyush Chawla proved to be very expensive from Noida Super Kings. He conceded 54 runs in 4 overs. Noida's team, which came to chase this target, collapsed at 127 and Gorakhpur won the match by 91 runs.

Yash Dayal, who won the match for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Dhoni in IPL 2024, bowled brilliantly for Gorakhpur. He gave only 3 runs in 3 overs. However, he did not get any wicket. Noida captain Nitish Rana, who won the IPL 2024 title for Kolkata, also flopped. He could score only 20 runs in 21 balls.