Virender Sehwag has entered the first season of the Indian Veteran Premier League (IVPL). Former England player Peter Trego performed brilliantly in this match of IVPL. Mumbai champions beat VVIP Uttar Pradesh by 8 wickets with the help of Peter Trego-Sehwag. The match was played at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida. Batting first in this match of IVPL, VVIP Uttar Pradesh scored 176 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Anshul's brilliant batting
Anshul Kapoor batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 87 runs on 59 balls. In this innings he hit 7 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from Anshul, Rohit Srivastava contributed 30 runs on 22 balls and Puneet Bisht contributed 26 runs on 12 balls. With this, Uttar Pradesh's score reached 176. Peter Trego and Afroz Khan took 2 wickets each for Mumbai Champions. Apart from these two, Amit Sanan and Vinay Yadav have got 1-1 success. Chasing the target of 177 runs, Mumbai champions did not face much trouble and achieved the target at the loss of 2 wickets in 19 overs.
captaincy was successful
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala scored unbeaten 69 runs on 38 balls. Peter Trego scored unbeaten 41 runs on 29 balls. When Virender Sehwag reached Greater Noida to play the first match of IVPL, he scored 35 runs in 23 balls. Captain Virender Sehwag and Monu Kumar gave a good start to their team. Both of them made an opening partnership of 63 runs. After this, Mustard was bowled by Monu Kumar in the 8th over. Sehwag was run out in the second over. After this Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Peter Trego took command. After this victory, the champion team of Mumbai will face Rajasthan Legends on Friday. VVIP Uttar Pradesh team will face Chhattisgarh Warriors on Thursday.