Lucknow, Aug. 16 -- Defending champions Kashi Rudras registered their first win of the UP T20 League Season 4 with a commanding eight-wicket victory over the Kanpur Superstars in Match 4 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Anchored by a spectacular 135-run partnership between opener Abhishek Goswami and captain Karan Sharma, the Rudras successfully hunted down a target of 164 in 18.1 overs, recording the highest successful run chase of the season thus far, according to a press release.

Before the high-octane clash, the official coin toss was conducted by special guest Dr. Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (Dr. Suhas L.Y.), a 2007-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer who current...