Kanpur: Lucknow Falcons outplayed Kashi Rudrash by 5 wickets in a low scoring match of UP T-20 league being played here at Green park on Monday.They first restricted Kashi Rudransh on 122 runs which was the lowest score of the league so far.Therafter they scored required 123 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and posted their second win in four matches. Lucknow Falcons were in critical position during beginning as they had lost their top five wickets for 85 runs in 15.4 overs. Kritagya and Aaradhya who were in the middle after the fifth wicket played cautiously and finished the match in their teams favour in style. Hardeep hit a six at deep midwicket of Bobby Yadav and finished the match in 19.2 overs.Lucknow Falcon were in trouble in beginning of innings when Atal Behari Rai of kashi gave three setback claiming Harshit Tyagi, Priyam Garg and Aanjaneya in quick succession and reduced them to 21 for 3. Shaurya and Aaradhya added 50 runs for fourth wicket. Shiva Singh broke their union claiming Shaurya when wicket keeper Bansal stumped him.He scored 23 runs.Kritagya and Hardeep Singh returned unbeaten on 25 and 20 runs. Atal Behari of Kashi bagged 3 wickets. After the match Kartikeya Jaiswal of Kashi later declared as man of the match. Decision to invite Kashi Rudras bat first proved favourable to Lucknow Falcons as half of the team of Kashi returned to the pavilion on73 runs in 10.3 overs. Only captain Karan Sharma and Prince Yadav could bat with some confidence. They were 2 down for 18 in 3 overs. Karan and Prince added 51 runs for the third wicket. At this juncture, Kashi team lost 4 quick wickets and were reduced to 73 for 6.Score board: Kashi Rudras-Karan Sharma b Kartikeya Jaiswal 31, Priyanshu Pandey c H Tyagi b Yash Dayal 14, Shivam Bansal c A Yadav b Yash Dayal 0, Prince Yadav c K Singh b K Jaiswal 22, Ankur Malik b V Nigam 0, Abhishek Yadav c V Nigam b V Chaudhary 23, Parv Singh c K Singh b K Jaiswal 1, Bobby Yadav c A Yadav b V Chaudhary 11, Shiva Singh no1, Mohd Sharim c H Tyagi b Nadeem 0, Atal Behari Rai b Nadeem 1. Extras-9 Total-122 in 18.4 overs.Bowling-Yash Dayal 3-0-18-2,Vikrant Chaudhary 4-0-29-2, Nadeem 3.4-0-19-2, Kritagya Singh 2-0-16-0, Shaurya Singh 1-0-11-0, Kartikeya Jaiswal 3-0-12-3,Vipraj Nigam 2-0-12-1.Lucknow Falcons - Aanjaney Suryavanshi lbw b Atal Behari 10,Harsh Tyagi c & b Atal Behari 10, Priyam Garg b Atal Behari 0, Shaurya Singh st Bansal b S Singh 23,Aaradhya Yadav run out 29, Kritagya Singh no 25,Hardeep Singh no 20 Extras 8 Total 5 for 125 in 19.2 overs.Bowling- Shiva Singh 4-1-10-1,Atal Bihari Rai4-1-22-3,Bobby yadav3.2-0-33-0,Prince Yadav 1-0-12-0, Parv Singh 2-0-11-0,Deepanshu Yadav 2-019-0,Md Shrim 3-0-18-0

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