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Nepalgunj crush Bhairahawa
KATHMANDU, NOV 13 - Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) is on the verge of golden cricketing moment after defeating Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by 36 runs in their last match of the Under-17 National League Cricket Tournament today at the TU Cricket Ground.
Nepalgunj, who prior to this tournament were considered the weakest team among the five regions, can become the league champions after Thursday’s match between Bhairahawa and Region No 2 (Kathmandu). Nepalgunj have three wins from four games while Kathmandu have two from three. If Bhairahawa win the last match, Nepalgunj will be crowned champions otherwise net run rate will play the crucial role.
Electing to bat first, Nepalgunj showed solid batting performance to reach 189/6 in 40 overs. Bhairahawa also started well but crumbled under tight bowling of captain Irfan Siddique, Imran Khan and Mahesh Poudel. They only managed 153 in 38.4 overs.
Chasing 189, Bhairahawa lost opener Rijan Praju for one in second over. But captain Basanta Regmi, batting as opener, and Antim Thapa added 49 for second wicket before Basanta was bowled by Imran Khan. He scored 26 off 32 balls. Imran claimed Dhan Bahadur Karki next ball but wicketkeeper Govinda Pradhan stopped him from taking the hattrick.
Antim stayed till 24th over to score 33 runs in 63 balls. He was captain Irfan’s first victim. Left-arm spinner Irfan also took wickets of Govinda (21), Vijay Thapa (26) and Utsav Shakya (0). Mahesh Poudel took two last wickets to wrap up the game.
Earlier, Anil Thapa scored unbeaten 49 runs off 58 balls with three fours for Nepalgunj while Dhan Bahadur Chhettri and opener Mahesh Chhettri got 39 and 36 respectively. Shakti Bhadari too contributed 19.
Amrit Bhattarai claimed two wickets for Bhairahawa while Vijay Thapa and Basanta Regmi took one each.Posted on: 2003-11-12 09:06
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