Kanpur: Gorakhpur Lions outplayed Kashi Rudras by 18 runs in their last league match of the ongoing T-20 league played at the Green Park stadium here on Wednesday. With this, Gorakhpur has completed its journey with 2 wins and 5 points. The result did not make any impact in the semifinal line up. Since this match was inconsequential, Kashi Rudransh gave rest to its key players and tested its bench strength. During the prize distribution function Prince Yadav said that in the next league match which is against Noida Superkings, Kashi will field its best eleven to keep them in rhythm and coordination. Dhruv Jurel, who had hit the highest 90 runs, was adjudged as player of the match.Putting into bat, Gorakhpur Lions scored 201 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and then they restricted Kashi Rudras to 7 for 183 runs.Opener Abhishek Goswami and Dhruv Chandra Jurels fine half centuries and their 137 runs partnership helped Gorakhpur Lions post a total of 201 for 4 in their innings against Kashi Rudras. Since Gorakhpur Lions have nothing to lose, the two openers attacked Kashi bowlers and scored 137 runs in 12.6 overs which was more than 10 runs per over. Shiva Singh broke their partnership claiming Abhishek for 64 scored in 39 balls with the help of 8 boundaries and 3 sixes.Dhruv Jurel was unlucky as he missed his century by 10 runs. He was bowled by Deepanshu when he went for a big hit and missed the line. He faced 49 balls and hit 13 boundaries and 3 sixes. Dhruv and Abhishek had punished Mirza Shahbaz severely as he conceded 52 runsaand bagged the wicket of Shivam Sharma (19) who was caught by Shiva at deep mid-wicket. Deepanshu emerged as a successful bowler claiming two wickets for 43 runs. Shiva Singh also bagged one wicket conceding 20 runs.Karan Sharma and Arnav Baliyan gave the required start to Kashi scoring 56 runs. Their partnership broke when Baliyan was declared run out on the throw of SS Yadav. He contributed 10 runs. Next batsman Sachin Singh Bisen (9) was trapped in front of wicket by Shivam Sharma. Much was dependent on Karan Sharma and Shivam Bansal as they were the key batsmen. Karan played a fine innings of 80 runs before falling prey to A Rahman. He smashed 8 sixes and 4 boundaries in 45 balls. He was caught by DP Singh in the 14th over.Shivam Bansal and Prince Yadav tried to maintain the run rate which was more than 12 runs per over.Score boardGorakhpur Lions-Abhishek Goswami b Shiva 64, Dhruv Jurel b Deepanshu 90, Siddharth Yadav c Shiva b Deepanshu 7, Anshuman Pandey not out 12, Shyam Sharma c Shiva b Mirza 19, Vivek Kumar not out 6, Extras-3, Total -4 for 201 in 20 overs.Fall of Wkts-1- 137, 2-164, 3- 165, 4-192Bowling-Prince Yadav 4-0-49-0, Mirza Shahbaz 4-0-52-1, Rajat Sanwal 4-0-37-0, Deepanshu Yadav 4-0-43-2, Shiva Singh 4-0-20-1Kashi Rudras-Karan Sharma c DP Singh b A Rahman 80, Arnav Baliyan run out 10, Sachin Singh Bisen lbw Shivam Sharma 9, Shivam Bansal c (sub. H Sethi), b Vijay Kumar 26, Prince Yadav c & b A Rahman 30, Siddharth Mishra c Siddharth b A Rehman 3, Shiva Singh run out 1, Kamil Khan not out 6, Kirtivardhan Upadhyaya not out 1, Extras-17, Total 7 for 183Fall of Wkts-1-56, 2-86, 3-125, 4-150, 5-161, 6-163, 7-181BowlingDhruv Pratap Singh 3-0-19-0, Karan Chaudhary 1-0-16-0, Shivam Sharma 4-0-28-1, Vijay Kumar 4-0-30-1, Sparsh Jain 4-0-41-0, A Rahman VI- 4-0-39-3.

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