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Ujjain Falcons won the toss and elected to bat first! On the back of skipper Chanchal Rathore's 56 runs off 38 balls, Madhav Tiwari's 43 runs off 24 balls, and late innings cameos from Ojasa Yadav (37) and Rishi Miglani (27), they were able to register a big total of 206/8 from their 20 overs.

Malwa Stallions' skipper Ashutosh Sharma was the pick of the bowlers with 3/15 from 2 overs. While Vineet Rawat, Vivek Sharma, and Aryan Deshmukh picked up a wicket each.

Come the chase, Ansh Yadav provided the early acceleration in the powerplay with 29 runs off 18 balls, but Mankar ensured he did not go beyond that. Aryan Deshmukh was run out in the next over. However, the duo of Prashant Kasde and Akhil Nigote Yadav had other ideas as they hammered 81 runs for the 3rd wicket, with Kasde playing a blistering knock of 52 runs off 25 balls.

Akhil Nigote Yadav carried on the mantle from there, but only thanks to an error from the Ujjain skipper behind the stumps that reversed a stumping decision. The right-handed batter did not look back after that as he smashed a match-winning, unbeaten knock of 60 runs off 35 balls with Rishabh Chauhan in tow at 17 runs off 8 balls. Ashutosh Sharma played a handy cameo of 19 runs off 7 balls to help the cause, and he was the last wicket to fall for Stallions.

Ujjain Falcons will be thinking about their mistakes in the field, with multiple catches getting dropped and a poor error behind the stumps that cost them the match.

Aayush Mankar picked up 2/24 for them, but despite his best efforts, there was no stopping the Malwa Stallions' batting order today. The Stallions open their account in the tournament and pick up crucial points in the early stages.