Pepsi Standard Chartered One-Day National Cricket Tournament 2014: Semi final matches

Hasim Ansari of Region no 2 (Birgunj) receiving Player of the Match award from Mr. Jagat Tamatta, Head Coach of National Sports Council, at TU cricket ground, Kirtpur on Sunday. 

Brief summary: 

1. First semi final match:
Region no 1 (Biratnagar) vs Armed Police Force (APF) at Engineering Ground, Pulchowk.
Toss: APF won the toss and elected to bat first.

First inning: 
APF: 258/9 (50 overs)

Sanjay Shrestha 70 (68), Paresh Lohani 43 (56), Bhuwan Karki 36 (39), Subash Pradhan 28 (55), Sanjam Regmi 19 (34)
Raj Kumar Pradhan 4/41 (10 overs), Siddhant Lohani 2/43 (8 overs), Puspa Thapa 2/44 (10 overs), Mehboob Alam 1/49 (10 overs)

Second inning:
Biratnagar: 223/10 (46.4 overs)
Amit Shrestha 70 (82), Siddhant Lohani 27 (49), Sunny Pun 24 (27), Gunanand Roy 22 (14)
Bhuwan Karki 3/23 (10 overs), Sanjam Regmi 3/30 (8.4 overs), Dipendra Chaudhary 2/53 (10 overs), Yagya Man Kumal 1/54 (10 overs) 

Result: APF won the match by 35 runs and advanced to the final.
Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki of APF.
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2. Second match:
Region no 2 (Birgunj) vs Region no 4 (Bhairahawa) at TU Ground, Kirtipur.
Toss: Bhairahawa won the toss and elected to bat first.

First inning: 
Bhairahawa: 207/10 (48.4 overs)
Antim Thapa 56 (110), Sankar Rana 32* (33), Lal Bahadur Adhikari 26 (31), Nirmal Thapa 23 (36), Kushal Bhurtel 21 (33)
Ram Naresh Giri 3/30 (9 overs), Aarif Sheikh 3/44 (9.4 overs), Hasim Ansari 2/40 (10 overs), Robin Gurung 1/20 (6 overs) 

Second inning:
Birgunj: 211/6 (44.4 overs)
Hasim Ansari 71 (68), Suraj Prasad Kurmi 36 (73), Sumit Shrestha 27 (36), Arif Sheikh 25 (35)  
Lal Bahadur Adhikari 3/59 (10 overs), Dipendra Yadav 2/32 (9 overs), Kushal Bhurtel 1/31 (4 overs), Sushan Bhari 0/34 (10 overs)

Result: Birgunj won the match by 4 wickets and advanced to the final.

Player of the match: Hasim Ansari of Birgunj.