Janakpur defeat Kathmandu by 8 wickets
KATHMANDU:- Janakpur Bolt defeated Kathmandu Gorkhas by 8 wickets in the Nepal Premier League Season-3 match played in Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, today.
Janakpur chased the target of 116 runs set out by Kathmandu in 17.2 overs with 8 wickets remaining. Moeen Ali hit 58 runs in 51 balls, Saif Hassan hit 40 runs in 39 balls to win the match remaining not out. In addition, Trit Raj Das scored 5 runs in 5 balls and Mayan Yadav got 9 runs in 10 balls before giving up the wickets.
Ripon Mondol of Kathmandu Gorkhas took one wicket.
Before this, Kathmandu Gorkhas’ Bhim Sharki scored 33 runs in 29 balls, Rashid Khan scored 17 runs in 14 balls, Smit Patel scored 13 runs in 13 balls, Sumit Maharjan scored 10 runs in 9 balls, Sam Heazlett scored 1 run in 3 balls, Harishankar Shah scored 9 runs in 8 balls, Jahandad Khan scored 5 runs in 8 balls, Ripon Mondal scored 9 runs in 8 balls, Shahab Alam scored 4 runs in 6 balls to put a total of 115 runs in 19.3 overs.
For Janakpur Bolts, Rahul Yadav took 4 wickets, Saif Hassan took 2 wickets, Moeen Ali and Harmeet Singh each took 2 wickets.
Rahul Yadav has got the title of the player of the match for taking 4 wickets.
