Venkatesh Iyer highlights a serious talent playing in the ongoing Madhya Pradesh League T20 2025. Iyer is totally impressed after watching a sublime batting performance from a young batter. According to Iyer, captain of the Indore Pink Panthers, Akshat Raghuwanshi is an immensely talented cricketer at the age of only 21.

"The way he played shots all around the ground, at 21, I haven't seen a more talented player. I really keep my fingers crossed; big things are waiting for him in the future," Venkatesh said in an MPL press release.

Raghuwanshi was at his peak when Indore Pink Panthers was toe-to-toe against Jabalpur Royal Lions in Match 5 of the Madhya Pradesh-based franchise tournament at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Stadium, Shankarpur, on Saturday. With the help of seven fours and five sixes, Raghuwanshi played an exceptionally well 76 off 46-ball innings in the match. After losing one of their openers cheaply, it was Akshat who guided Indore to 183/7 after batting first. Skipper Iyer himself went for 16. 

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Iyer's team combined well for the win 

In the next innings, the openers of the Jabalpur Royal Lions played brilliantly and set the stage perfectly for a win. But the middle-order batting lineup did not allow them to stand tall. Despite a partnership of 80 runs from the opening pair and a fifty-plus score from the number seven batter, Lions ended the match far away from a royal victory lap. Venkatesh Iyer took a couple of wickets and 3 scalps for Mihir Hirwani. 

After the match, the Indore skipper said, "The real highlight today was Akshat's batting. The way he played shots all around the ground, at 21, I haven't seen a more talented player. I really keep my fingers crossed; big things are waiting for him in the future... I felt I bowled well, especially since it had been a while since I last bowled."

Madhya Pradesh Premier League (MPPL) is a state-level T20 cricket tournament where Madhya Pradesh’s best cricketing talent is on display. Then, it is convenient for the league to attract cricket fans due to the number of local villages and towns in the Madhya Pradesh area which the league is named after. (asp) The Madhya Pradesh Cricket League is a Twenty20 tournament organized by the Madhya Pradesh Cricket League in a bid to give a professional opportunity to young, new and secondary players during the off season as also a platform to showcase their skills. Consisting of a number of franchise teams, MPPL provides electrifying entertainment, high-octane action alongside the legendary cricketing ambiance of fans across the state. It has gained recognition as a significant event for the cricketers who are looking to represent their country or at the international level.

Timings:

• Afternoon Match – 3:00 PM IST
• Evening Match – 7:30 PM IST

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• Broadcast (TV): Watch all matches live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports Select channels.
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All Squads

Bhopal Leopards: Abid Ur Rehman, Gautam Raghuwanshi, Harsh Dixit, Kartik Parihar, Kuldeep Gehi, Shivang Kumar, Yash Dubey, Aniket Verma, Ayush Mankar, Himanshu Shinde, Kunal Rai, Madhav Tiwari, Shubham Kushwah, Gourav Pichoniya, Arshad Khan, Mihir Hirwani, Aviral Singh

Bundelkhand Bulls: Abhisekh Mavi, Aman Solanki, Aryan Tiwari, Shantanu Raghuvanshi, Shubham Kaithwas, Somu Singh Sikarwar, Vivek Sharma, Abhishek Pathak, Harsh Gawli, Aman Yadav, Avesh Khan, Divyanshu Yadav, Karan Tahliyani, Priyanshu Shukla, Sagar Sharma, Saumy Pandey

Chambal Ghariyals: Aporve Dwivedi, Harpreet Singh, Rudransh Singh, Suraj Sengar, Akash Rajawat, Ankush Singh, Pankaj Sharma, Raj Dabi, Shubham Sharma, Tripuresh Singh, Vineet Rawat, Aman Bhadoriya, Aryan Pandey, Kuldeep Sen, Nayanraj Mewada, Rohit Rajawat.

Gwalior Cheetahs: Harshvardhan Hardia, Rajat Patidar, Rishabh Chouhan, Varun Shinde, Ajay Mishra, Anvesh Chawla, Arpit Patel, Mangesh Yadav, Parth Chaudhary, Parth Sahani, Prarabdha Mishra, Vikas Sharma, Akash Raghuvanshi, Inder Singh Banjara, Rakesh Thakur, Vineet Rawat, Aman Bhadoriya, Aryan Pandey, Nayanraj Mewada, Rohit Rajawat

Indore Pink Panthers: Akhil Yadav, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Aman Jain, Ankur Singh Chauhan, Lucky Mishra, Masoom Raza, Shubham Rathore, Venkatesh Iyer, Vikrant Bhadoriya, Arpit Gaud, Mehfooz Patel, Rahul Chandrol, Aviral Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mihir Hirwani, Parush Mandal, Pawam Nirwani, Sidhant Agrawal

Jabalpur Royal Lions: Adheer Pratap Singh, Akarsh Singh, Atul Kushwah, Dharmesh Patel, Anubhav Agarwal, Prabhanshu Shukla, Ritesh Shakya, Sanjog Singh, Saransh Jain, Taanishq Yadav, Abhishek Bhandari, Siddharth Patidar, Ankit Kushwah, Pankaj Patel, Rahul Batham, Ritik Tada, Anant Dubey, Suraj Yadav, Vishnu Bhardwaj

Rewa Jaguars: Atharv Mahajan, Mukul Raghav, Parth Goswami, Prithviraj Singh Tomar, Jaydev Singh, Pranjul Puri, Radhakrishna Dwivedi, Chanchal Rathore, Himanshu Mantri, Aryan Deshmukh, Harshvardhan Singh, Kanishk Dubey, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Tiwari, Ramveer Gujjar, Sagar Solanki, Saransh Surana, Shivam Shukla, Akshay Singh, Arshad Khan, Kamal Tripathi, Roshan Kewat, Gourav Pichoniya