UP score 118 for 8 against MP in Vijay Merchant Trophy

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UP score 118 for 8 against MP in Vijay Merchant TrophyIn Uttar Pradesh's second-round Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh, Kanpur's Nikhil Gupta scored 43 runs in 142 balls to help his team reach 8 for 118. On the first day of the match, heavy rains led to the match being canceled. Up decided to bat first, and soon found themselves in doldrums as they lost their 7 wickets for just 65 runs. However, opener Aditya Sisodia played a fine knock of 36 runs in 75 balls, and other batsmen failed to stick in the middle and gave up their wickets for up the best 29 runs partnership was between Nikhil Gupta and Aditya Tiwari for the 8th wicket batting on a drying wicket was so tough that these 29 runs came in 172 balls their partnership broke when Aditya Kumar Singh was declared run out after scoring 8 runs in 79 balls. The second best partnership was of 25 runs between Aditya Sisodia and Bhavy Goyal for the third wicket. Nikhil came in the middle when Up's score was 6 for 65, and batted with grit and determination, scoring 43 runs consisting of 4 boundaries in 142 balls. At close, Shivam Ranjan was batting