Kanpur Superstars won a comfortable win against Lucknow Falcons by 8 wickets in the 22nd match of UP 2025. Chasing 163 runs, Kanpur batted with confidence and chased the runs in just 15.4 overs.

Batting first, Lucknow Falcons scored 162 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Aaradhya Yadav played the key role with a great 59 runs from 44 balls, while Mohammad Saif scored a quick fire 43 runs in 31 balls. Kritagya Singh also added 26 runs, but the Falcons could not finish strongly as Kanpur bowlers picked up wickets at the right time. Rahul Sharma took two wickets, while Vineet Panwar, Shubham Mishra and Daman Singh chipped in with one each.

The Superstars’ winning streak continues 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦!

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In reply, Kanpur Superstars were in complete control. Their batsmen played calmly, kept the scoreboard moving and never allowed the bowlers to sit in the strong position. Boundaries came at regular times and partnerships kept building, which made the chase look easy. The key player was Sameer Rizvi,he scored 76 runs in 32 balls. The Falcons bowlers tried different ways to stop the flow of the runs.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣’𝙨 𝘼𝙐𝙍𝘼.

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from this 8-wicket victory, Kanpur Superstars have shown their batting depth and strong approach in the UP 2025. Lucknow Falcons will be disappointed as their bowlers could not defend a defending total. The Superstars, on the other side, will take a lot of confidence moving forward in the tournament.

With the announcement of the 15-member squad for the Indian team of the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, many fans spoke about the omission of Shreyas Iyer, the middle order batter. However, a very few spoke about the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who, according to many, could have been a fabulous pacer using his pace and swing with the new ball inside the powerplay.

Just a few days after the squad declaration, Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave a masterclass of swing bowling during the ongoing UP T20 league 2025 at the Ekhana Stadium in Lucknow for the Lucknow Falcons against the Gaur Gorakhpur Lions. The batters hardly had any idea of how to face the 35-year-old veteran, who has been out of the Indian side for a long time.

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In the video that has gone viral, Bhuvi tested the batter with two successive out-swinging deliveries before the third ball held its line to go straight. The fourth delivery was an in-swinging ball that cut the right-handed batter in two halves. The batter tried to use his feet, but that hardly matter, as he kept missing the balls going away from his body.

Watch: Bhuvneshwar Kumar shows swing bowling masterclass during UP T20 League 2025

It was another exhibition where the batter was cut in between with an in swinging delivery, and later when he expected the same ball to come, it went the other way around. Most of the balls kept missing the batters, none of whom got any bat on it. It was unfortunate that despite the masterclass, Bhuvneshwar was not able to pick up a wicket in the innings.

𝘼 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 from the King himself. Bhuvneshwar Kumar shows us how the magic happens.

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The Falcons’ captain ended with figures of 1/16 in his four overs. Despite his hard work, Siddharth Yadav’s fine knock of unbeaten 88 runs in 45 balls helped Gorakhpur chase down the target with a ball to spare and seven wickets in hand.

Bhuvneshwar, who is out of the national side since November 2022, has 90 T20I wickets in 86 innings at an average of 23.10 and an economy rate of under seven. In T20s, he has overall 327 scalps in 308 innings at an average of 25.11 and an economy rate of 7.36.

The match 5 between Lucknow Falcons and Meerut Mavericks was full of excitement in UP T20 2025. Meerut batted first but could not put up a big score in the first innings. They lost an early wicket, and though Swastik Chikara 32 runs and Madhav Kaushik 25 runs tried to steady things, the team could only reach 150 runs. In the end, small contributions from Zeeshan Ansari and Yash Garg helped them get to a fighting total. For Lucknow, bowlers Vipraj Nigam and Parv Singh bowled really well and took two wickets each to keep the Mavericks in check.

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— UP T20 League (@t20uttarpradesh) August 19, 2025

Chasing 151, the Falcons looked calm and confident in the second innings. Aradhaya Yadav played a classy knock of 62 from 51 balls,played all along the ground. At the other end, Mohammad Saif played attacking cricket, scored 55 runs from just 33 balls.

🎥 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙩𝙨, 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜— only on UP T20 League. Four 4️⃣s back to back! #UPT20League #ANAXUPT20League #KhiladiYahanBantaHai #MMvsLF pic.twitter.com/oap4gx34bh

— UP T20 League (@t20uttarpradesh) August 19, 2025

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Together, they scored 95 runs, which completely turned the game in the second innings in the 5th game. The Falcons finally won by five wickets with nine balls left, making it their first win of the UP season 2025.