Anil Mandal scored brilliant 88 runs to register resounding victory over Biratnagar at the Pepsi Twenty20 National League Cricket Tournament at the Pulchowk Engineering College grounds, Lalitpur. Batting first, Biratnagar scored 116-7 in their allotted 20 overs.
Sunny Pun top scored 40 runs of 43 balls and Santosh Baral scored quick fire 23 runs of 13 balls. Sanjam Regmi is the peak of Birgunj bowler with 3-26. Raj Mohammad grab 2 wickets and Binod Das and Anil Mandal shared a wicket each.
In reply, lone performance by Anil Mandal help Birgunj to surpasses the target. Pushpa Thapa took 2 wickets. Manjeet Shrestha and Ajya Rajbanshi grab one wicket each. Mandal declared man of the match for his brilliant batting.
In another match, Region-IV (Bhairahawa) defeated Region-VI (Baitadi) by four wickets. Baitadi could only congregate 78-7 before Bhairahawa overcame the total for the loss of six wickets in 16.3 overs. Binod Chhetri top scored with 16 runs for Baitadi. Skipper Shakti Bhandari (14) and Binod Bhandari (12) were the only Baitadi batsman to score in double digits. Man-of-the-match Rahul Kumar BK grabbed claimed of 3-6 while Dipesh Khatri, Krishna Karki and Shakti Gauchan bagged one wicket apiece for Bhairahawa.
In reply, a 29-run fourth wicket partnership between skipper Antim Thapa (20) and Durgesh Rajali (16) secured win for Bhairahawa. Binod Chhetri returned with figures of 3-9 for Baitadi. Rajendra Bam, Shakti Bhandari and Kuldeep Khadka took one wicket each. Region-V (Nepalgunj) will take on Baitadi and Kathmandu will meet Bhairahawa on Wednesday.
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