Baitadi and Bhairahawa accomplished

All rounder Dipesh Khatri help Bhairahawa to win over fancy Kathmandu by 5 wickets at the Pepsi Twenty20 National League Cricket Tournament in Pulchowk Engineering College grounds, Lalitpur. Electing to bat first, Kathmandu only able to gather 84-9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Opening batsman Paresh Lohani hits 3 four and a six in his 26 runs of 29 balls inning. Skipper Paras Khadka scored 13 runs others fail to score significantly to help their total. 8 out of 11 players from Kathmandu represented Nepal previously in International cricket. Man of the match Dipesh grab 3 wickets and Shakti Gauchan got equal to Dipesh in their four over spell of bowling. Rahul Kumar BK and Amrit Bhattarai grab 2 and 1 wicket respectively. In second inning hard hitting opening batsmen Subash Pradhan makes 35 runs with 3 four and 1 sixes for his team. Dipesh Khatri (17) and skipper Antim Thapa (12) are the other major contributor. For Kathmandu, Dipendra Chaudhary took 2 wicket and Pramod Basnet and Rikesh Lama shared 1 wicket each.

In second match of the day, Pradip Ayree anchored the inning with brave 47 not out to take the match from Nepalgunj by 1 wicket in 19.2 over. Nepalgunj fail to impress with bat after winning the toss and choose to bat. No. 7 batsmen Sandeep Shrestha show some talent with 21 not out and Sahil Rana scored 12. Rupesh Sharma (10) is the other key contributor for Nepalgunj where as other fail to reach double numeral. Bhuwan Karki and Shakti Bhandari took 2 wickets each and Binod Chhetri and Santosh Bhatta shared one wicket apiece. After losing the first wicket in 8 runs in 2.1 over, Baitadi never looks comfortable till the Pradeep’s arrival. Ayree hits all over the ground for his terrific inning from one end and saw the nonstop wicket fall in other end till the 9th wicket fall. No 11 Prem Budal supported Man of the match Pradeep Ayree to register the first victory in tournament. For Nepalgunj, Nasir Ansari grab three wickets and Subendu Pandey and Sandeep Shrestha took 2 wickets each. Navin shahi got one.