Rohit Sharma: After Uttar Pradesh, the State T20 League campaign has now reached Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand Premier League (UPL T20) match was played between Dehradun Dabangs and Nainital Ninjas on Monday (16 September).

In this T20 match, the 33-year-old veteran domestic batsman from Uttarakhand thrashed the bowlers of the opposing team at a strike rate of 253 and led his team to a 37-run victory in the match. It is believed about that legendary player that he has also opened in many T20 matches with Team India captain Rohit Sharma.

Dikshanshu Negi thrashed the opposition bowlers with a strike rate of 253

In the third match of the Uttarakhand Premier League (UPL T20) season, 33-year-old Indian batsman Dikshanshu Negi batted at a strike rate of 253 and scored 38 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes.

Apart from Dikshanshu Negi, Sanskar Rawat also played an innings of 73 runs. With the help of the innings of these two star players, Dehradun Dabangs scored 196 runs in the stipulated 20 overs of their innings.

A powerful blitz that turbocharged his team! Dikshanshu Negi's 15-ball 38-run cameo is our of the day!#UPL #UPLT20 #DevbhoomiOurRanbhoomi pic.twitter.com/UIDXkErtXY

— UPL T20 (@t20_upl) September 16, 2024

The situation of the match was something like this

Chasing the target of 197 runs set by Dehradun Dabangs, Nainital Ninjas scored only 159 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs of their innings.

Due to which Dehradun Dabangs won the match by 37 runs. In this way, if we talk about the biggest match winner of this match, then Dikshanshu Negi did that job for Dehradun Dabangs.

Dikshanshu Negi has opened with Rohit in Mumbai Indians

Talking about Dikshanshu Negi, he was included by the Mumbai Indians franchise as a supporting player in their team before the start of the IPL 2021 season. According to reports in the media at that time, impressed by Dikshanshu Negi's all-round performance, captain Rohit Sharma gave him a chance to open with him in some practice matches before the start of the season.