LUCKNOW, Dec. 14 -- Captain Mayur Shukla's brilliant all-round performance (4 wickets, 49 runs) powered defending champions Electronic Media XI to a winning start in the inaugural match of the SBI Cup Lucknow Media Premier League (LMPL) 2025, defeating Hindustan Times by six wickets here on Saturday. In the second league match of the day, hosts Lucknow Sports Journalists Association (LSJA) defeated Accredited Journalists XI by 75 runs, at the KD Singh 'Babu' Stadium. Piyush Singh Chauhan, vice-president of the SR Group of Institutions inaugurated the event. Batting first, Hindustan Times scored 8/123 in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Anshul Kumar scored the highest 37 runs, while Zuhaib and Deepak Gupta contributed 18 runs each. For Electronic Media XI, captain Mayur Shukla bowled brilliantly, taking four wickets. In reply, Electronic Media XI chased down the target, scoring 125 runs for the loss of four wickets in 18.3 overs to win the match. The team lost two wickets for 26 runs. At this crucial juncture, opening batsman Mayur Shukla played a match-winning innings of 49 runs off 48 balls, including one six, to steady the team. Aseem Talha contributed 34 runs. Amit Srivastava took two wickets for Hindustan Times. In the second match, Nadeem Khan (4 wickets) emerged as star for LSJA, who scored 9/118. Vimal Pandey contributed 23 runs, whereas Himanshu Dixit (16) and SM Arshad (14) were other main run getters. Dinesh Tripathi took four wickets, whereas Ankit Bharti bagged three wickets. In reply, Accredited Journalists XI collapsed for paltry 43 runs in 10.4 overs....