In the 11th match of the Uttar Pradesh T20 League 2025, the Gorakhpur Lions, captained by Dhruv Jurel, defeated the Lucknow Falcons, led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, by 7 wickets. In this match, a strong fast bowler from the Gorakhpur Lions played a crucial role in the team’s victory with deadly bowling. Tirath Singh, the fast bowler from Gorakhpur, bowled brilliantly in his debut match and completely dismantled Lucknow’s batting lineup. No batsman from Lucknow could put pressure on him.
Tirath Singh took 4 wickets in the match.
Batting first in the match, Lucknow Falcons scored 182 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Aradhya Yadav played an innings of 68 runs, while Kritagya Singh scored 70 runs. Lucknow did not start well in this match and lost four wickets for 44 runs. After the fall of four wickets, a partnership of 123 runs was formed between Aradhya and Kritagya for the fifth wicket.
From Gorakhpur, Tirath Singh took four wickets for 37 runs in four overs. He dismissed Vipraj Nigam, Mohammad Saif, Aradhya Yadav, and Sameer Chaudhary. This was Tirath’s debut T20 match, and he did not disappoint his team at all. Besides Tirath Singh, Vasu Vats took three wickets.
Gorakhpur Lions won by 7 wickets.
Chasing the target, Gorakhpur Lions won this match with one ball remaining. Siddharth Yadav played a match-winning unbeaten innings of 88 runs off 45 balls, with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes. The team needed 22 runs in the last over, and Siddharth Yadav scored these runs on his own.
Apart from Siddharth Yadav, Aryan Juyal scored 26 runs, while captain Dhruv Jurel contributed 29 runs. Akshdeep Nath scored 32 runs. There was a partnership of 96 runs between Akshdeep Nath and Siddharth Yadav for the third wicket, due to which Gorakhpur Lions made a comeback in the match and also won it. Vipraj Nigam and Akshu Bajwa took 1-1 wicket for Lucknow.