After Kanpur Superstars' skipper Sameer Rizvi elected to field first after winning the toss, the bowlers didn't let their skipper regret the decision as Vineet Parma and Mohsin Khan removed both the openers inside five overs. After that, Mukesh Kumar took the charge of bowling in the last over of the powerplay and dismissed Siddharth Yadav on the very first ball of the over, thanks to a brilliant catch by Adarsh Singh in the slips. Mukesh Kumar awarded Player of the Match for bowling figures of 2/11 On the last ball of the over, Mukesh Kumar scalped the wicket of Abhishek Goswami, where Adarsh Kumar was again present at on-side to take another brilliant catch. After taking two wickets in the first over of his spell, Mukesh Kumar didn't let Gorakhpur Lions batters play freely as he conceded just 11 runs in three overs. He was awarded Player of the Match for his brilliant and economical bowling spell that helped Kanpur Superstars register a commanding victory.