After the Indian Premier League (IPL), now Madhya Pradesh League 2025 (MPL) is celebrated. In MPL, Gwalior Cheetaj has won his first victory in the league, ending the continuous defeat. Gwalior defeated Jabalpur Royal Lions by 15 runs in a tough match. This is the second defeat of the Jabalpur team in 3 matches.
Batting first in the match, Gwalior Cheetaj scored 191 runs on the strength of Rishabh Chauhan (93). In response, Jabalpur could score only 176 runs.
Rishabh’s innings of 93 runs in 47 balls
Batting first, Gwalior lost the wickets of both his openers on a score of just 29. Then till the powerplay, he scored 54 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Partha Sahni and Rishabh together tried to push the innings forward and both of them shared a 33 -run bold partnership for the fourth wicket. But after Parth’s dismissal, Rishabh alone took the front and took the responsibility of scoring runs.
Rishabh completed his half -century while playing with restraint, but after that he accelerated the pace of scoring runs and started putting big shots. He scored an unbeaten 93 in 47 balls during his batting and hit six fours with six sixes in his innings. However, Rishabh did not get much support from the other side and the team could not cross the 200 runs figures in the innings of 20 overs.
A batsman shot during the match
Jabalpur team’s poor start
In the match against Gwalior, Balbad Ritesh Shakya bowled very well for Jabalpur and he was also very economical. Ritesh spent just 12 runs in 3 overs and took a wicket.
A view of the match
Chasing the target of 192 runs, Jabalpur’s team did not start as expected and lost the wickets of both their openers in the powerplay. However, Jabalpur managed to score 56 runs in the first 6 overs. Meanwhile, a 79 -run partnership between Siddharth Patidar and Abhishek Bhandari for the third wicket made Jabalpur a return to the match.
Gwalior bowler Mangesh Yadav
But the Patidar was taking the team from the victory, when his wicket fell in the 14th over. He managed to score 44 runs in 33 balls. In a short time, Bhandari also went on after scoring 53 runs in 35 balls. At that time the team’s score was 143.
After Bhandari’s dismissal, Gwalior made his comeback in the match. The bowlers of Gwalior maintained the opposition team tight and did not give Jabalpur any chance to score more runs in the last 5 overs and the team remained 15 runs away from the target. For Gwalior, Mangesh Yadav bowled the best and took 4 wickets while spending 23 runs in 4 overs.
