The UP T20 League Phase is almost about to end and the match number 30 between Kanpur Superstars and Gorakhpur Lions will be the final league match. The match is scheduled to take place on Monday, September 9, at 7:30 PM IST, from the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
The match between Kanpur Superstars and Gorakhpur Lions is the only game of the day and it will wrap up the league phase. Both teams come into this important game with identical records. Each has won 4 games and lost 5 of its 9 so far. The Superstars have had a roller coaster season, just like the Lions who have also struggled to find consistency. This last match against each other is critical, with fortunes matching closely, in both teams trying to end their league campaigns with a bang and probably securing a spot in the next phase of the tournament.
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Match Details
Time: 7:30pm, Indian Standard Time (IST), 9 September 2024
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Head-to-Head Battle
Kanpur Superstars: 2 Wins
Gorakhpur Lions: 1 Win
Weather Forecast And Pitch Report
The weather will remain mostly cloudy and thunderstorm is expected for few hours before the match. The humidity will be 77-84% and the temperature will be around 31-29 degree Celsius.
Expected Playing XI
Kanpur Superstars
Shoaib Siddiqui, Shaurya Singh, Adarsh Singh, Sameer Rizvi (C), Faiz Ahmed, Ankur Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Mohsin Khan, Shubham Mishra, Aaqib Khan, Vineet Panwar
Gorakhpur Lions
Yashu Pradhan, Hardeep Singh, Abhishek Goswami, Akshdeep Nath (C), Siddharth Yadav, Amit Rakesh, Vijay Yadav, Hiralal Maurya, Abdul Rehman, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Ankit Rajpoot
Key Players To Watch Out For
Kanpur Superstars– Sameer Rizvi is a standout player, he continued his form from the debut season. He has scored 365 runs in 9 matches at a strike rate of 154.01.
Gorakhpur Lions- Ankit Rajpoot is the top performer for Gorakhpur Lions, he has taken 14 wickets in 9 matches with an economy of 7.93.
Points Table
| Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Meerut Mavericks | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.502 | 16 |
| Lucknow Falcons | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.539 | 12 |
| Kashi Rudras | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -0.266 | 10 |
| Gorakhpur Lions | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -0.028 | 8 |
| Kanpur Superstars | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -0.297 | 8 |
| Noida Super Kings | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | -1.219 | 4 |
