Uttarakhand Premier League 2024: Fans are getting to see exciting matches continuously in Uttarakhand Premier League 2024. In UPL, USN Indians and Nainital Ninjas faced each other at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. In this match, Nainital batter Avnish Sudha showed his batting prowess and scored the first century of the tournament.
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He played an unbeaten innings of 118 runs in just 60 balls at a strike rate of 196.67. His innings included seven fours and eight sixes. He shared an 182-run partnership for the first wicket with opener Priyanshu Khanduri.
𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐢, 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! 🤩
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Who Is Avnish Sudha?
The 22-year-old batter Avnish Sudha was born on 20 November 2001 in Gadhinegi, Uttarakhand. He made his first-class cricket debut in 2019 against Vidarbha. He made his List A debut in 2019 against Assam. In his first-class career, he has scored 526 runs in 14 matches at an average of 22.86. During this, his highest score has been 91 runs. He has scored 696 runs in 19 List A matches at an average of 40.94, with 85 runs being his best score.
Match Scenario
Avnish Sudha’s century innings did not help the team, where USN Indians achieved the target of 211 runs given by Nainital by losing only two wickets based on the half-century innings of Yuvraj Chaudhary and Aarav Abhishek Mahajan. Apart from Yuvraj and Aarav, Aryan Sharma played a useful innings of 33 runs while Akhil Singh played a useful innings of 35 runs and contributed significantly to the team’s victory. With this win in this match, the team has completed a hat-trick of victories and has reached the top of the points table.