Out-Of-Favour India Pacer Smashes 19-Ball 50 In UP T20 League
Shivam Mavi has smashed a 19-ball 50 for Kashi Rudras in the Uttar Pradesh Premier League, showing his explosive batting.
Star India pacer Shivam Mavi, who has been out of action for a while now owing to injuries, smashed a 19-ball 50 in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Premier League, while playing for the Kashi Rudras against the Gaur Gorakhpur Lions.
Riding on Mavi's 21-ball 54 and captain Karan Sharma's 19-ball 39, Kashi posted 176 batting first.
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— UP T20 League (@t20uttarpradesh) August 18, 2025
Mavi came in to bat with Kashi at 88/6 in the 14th over. After Aranav Baliyan departed three deliveries later, the former joined hands with Shiva Singh to add 87 runs for the eighth wicket to take Kashi to a respectable score.
Shiva hit three successive sixes off the first three balls and took a single on the fourth. Mavi hit two more sixes on the last two deliveries to collectively score 31 runs off the over.
Shiva remained unbeaten on a 17-ball 34 while Mavi was dismissed on the last ball of the innings by Vasu Vats.
At the time of writing, Gorakhpur were at 91/7 in the 16th over, needing 86 runs off the last four overs. Mavi picked two wickets in the over, dismissing a set Akshdeep Nath and Hardeep Singh.
Mavi was last seen in action in January, when he represented Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. He picked 13 wickets in five matches at an impressive economy of 3.4. He has been out of action in the IPL for the last two years. He was ruled out due to injury from IPL 2024 and went unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
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