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Sameer Rizvi’s 91 Powers Kanpur Superstars Past Noida Kings
Kanpur Superstars played Noida Kings in a shortened cricket match after rain.
Each team was allowed to bat for 12 overs.
Noida scored 128 runs, helped by Prashant Veer’s unbeaten 50.
Kanpur lost two early wickets while chasing the target.
Sameer Rizvi then hit the ball very hard and scored 91 runs without getting out.
He hit 11 fours and five sixes.
Abhishek Pandey also scored 30 runs to help finish the chase.
Kanpur won by eight wickets and kept its playoff hopes alive.
Sameer Rizvi smashed an unbeaten 91 from 39 balls as Kanpur Superstars defeated Noida Kings by eight wickets.
The rain-delayed match was reduced to 12 overs per side at Green Park Stadium.
Kanpur chased Noida’s 128/6 in 10.4 overs, with Abhishek Pandey contributing an unbeaten 30 off 17 balls.
Noida began strongly through Shoaib Siddiqui and Madhav Kaushik before Yashovardhan Singh took 3/10 to shift momentum.
Rizvi, used as an Impact Player because of a finger injury, hit 11 boundaries and five sixes.
- Who
- Kanpur Superstars defeated Noida Kings, led by Sameer Rizvi’s unbeaten 91.
- What
- Kanpur won an eight-wicket, rain-shortened UP T20 League match.
- Where
- Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- When
- August 30, 2026.
- Why
- The victory kept Kanpur’s playoff aspirations alive, while Noida suffered its second consecutive defeat.
Key facts
- Result
- Kanpur Superstars won by eight wickets.
- Kanpur score
- Kanpur chased 129 in 10.4 overs.
- Sameer Rizvi
- Unbeaten 91 off 39 balls, including 11 boundaries and five sixes.
- Noida score
- Noida Kings scored 128/6 in 12 overs.
- Key Kanpur support
- Abhishek Pandey scored an unbeaten 30 off 17 balls.
- Key bowling performance
- Yashovardhan Singh took 3/10, including a maiden over.
- Match conditions
- Heavy rain delayed the match, which was reduced to 12 overs per side.
Quotes
Sameer Rizvi
Kanpur Superstars batter and Player of the Match
“It's important to show intent during the powerplay. Since it was a 12-over match and the target was around 130, if a team capitalises on the powerplay, it becomes easier to control the game later.”
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“I wasn't thinking about who was at the non-striker's end or whether someone was supporting me; I just believed in myself that I had to score the runs on my own.”
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