Regional no 1 Biratnagar won the match against Bhairahawa by 15 runs and make the final birth at the Pepsi T-20 National League Cricket Tournament at Pulchwok Engineering Campus Cricket Ground, Lalitpur.
Batting first Biratnagar scored decent 132-7 in their allotted 20 overs.Mehoob Alam top scored 58 runs of 53 balls with 8 fours. Pushpa Thapa contributed 17 runs and good finisher of Biratnagar Santosh Baral scored 15 runs with 2 huge hit over the rope. Left arm spinner Rahul Kumar BK took 3 wickets in his 4 four overs. Antim Thapa,Bijay Thapa and Hemant Acharya took 1 wicket each. In reply, Bhairahawa team limited on just 117 runs. Skipper Antim Thapa scored 20 runs with 3 fours. Rahul Kumar BK, Durgesh Rajali and Faizal Khan scored 18, 18 and 12 runs respectively. Rijan Prajoo chipped 10 runs. Mehboob Alam grabbed 2 wickets. Manjeet Shrestha, Santosh Baral, Ajay Rajbanshi and Kundan Singh took 1 wicket apiece. Mehboob Alam of Region No 1 Biratnagar declared Man of the match for his all round performance. Both the team reached the final after equal 4 wins out of 5 matches.
In other match, Kathmandu manages win but fail to secure final and limited in 3rd position in point tally after just 3 wins in 5 games. Batting first, Baitadi manages to score respected 119 runs. Naresh Budhayer scored 35 runs. Pradeep Ayree, Sher Singh Khatri and Kuldeep Khadka scored 24, 18 and 13 runs respectively. Pramod Basnet and Rikesh Lama grabbed 2 wickets each. Sunam Gautam picked 1 wicket. In reply, Kathmandu surpasses the target in just 14 overs with help of Gyanenral Malla’s 50 not out in just 39 balls. Paresh Lohani scored 35 runs and Paras Khadka hits quick fire 28 rusn in just 11 balls. Bhuwan Karki ruturns with 4-1-8-1 figure but can’t avoid the defeat. Gyanendra Malla selected Man of the Match for his dashing half century.
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