VVIP Uttar Pradesh won the IVPL title, defeated Mumbai Champions in the final

Greater Noida, March 4 (Hindustan Reporter) VVIP Uttar Pradesh won the title of the first season of the Indian Veteran Premier League (IVPL) on Sunday night. Uttar Pradesh defeated Mumbai Champions by 6 wickets in a thrilling final match played at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida.

Pawan Negi continued his form for Uttar Pradesh and became the hero of the team's victory in the final as well. Pawan Negi scored his third century of the season and played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs.

Let us tell you that about 5 overs were played in this match and then rain disrupted it. The fight was halted for about one and a half hour. After this the match started again at 9.05 and there was no reduction in overs.

In this match, Mumbai Champions team, which came to play first, batted brilliantly and scored a huge score of 214 runs in 20 overs on the scoreboard. Phil Mustard and Peter Trego played brilliant half-centuries for Mumbai.

Captain Mustard scored 76 runs on 45 balls and hit 8 fours and 3 sixes in the innings. Apart from him, Trego scored unbeaten 57 runs on 33 balls and took the team's score beyond 210. Apart from these two, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala scored 36 runs on 23 balls and Rajat Singh scored 18 runs on 12 balls.

Purple cap holder Christopher Ampofu took 3 wickets for UP. Pawan Negi got a success there. Mustard, the top scorer of the innings, was unlucky and was run out.

In reply, VVIP Uttar Pradesh, chasing the target of 215 runs, got a shock on the second ball of the first over, when Rohit Prakash was out, then Anshul Kapoor was also out early and UP scored 37 runs after losing 2 wickets in 3 overs. .

There were expectations from here that captain Suresh Raina would take the team forward along with Orange Cap holder Pawan Negi, but at the score of 45, the biggest blow to the team was in the form of Suresh Raina. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala dismissed him on an individual score of 9 runs.

From here, after 6 overs, the team's score was 3 wickets for 61 runs. In form Pawan Negi remained present at the crease and once again took charge. Parvinder Singh also supported Negi well and made a partnership of 113 runs for the fourth wicket.

Parvinder was out after scoring 51 runs and Mumbai got its fourth success in the 15th over on the score of 158. However, Negi stood firm at the other end and took the team to victory. Uttar Pradesh achieved the target of 214 runs in 19.2 overs and won the title of the first edition of IVPL which started from February 23.