After Andries Gaus scored a century and shared a record partnership with Dinesh Kharel, Pokhara Avengers won their first victory in Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket. After Gauss and Dinesh shared 176 runs for the first wicket, Pokhara defeated Lumbini Lions by 10 wickets in the second match on Friday.

After Gaus scored 104 runs, Pokhara completed the target of 171 runs by scoring 176 runs in 16.5 overs. He became the first player to score a century in the NPL. It is also the largest partnership in the NPL.

Gauss hit 12 fours and 5 sixes in 55 balls. He completed his half-century in 20 balls and his century in 54 balls at the Trivi Cricket Ground, Kirtipur . Dinesh scored an unbeaten 61 off 46 balls. He hit Surya Tamang's ball for a six when the score was tied. Dinesh hit the same 4 fours and a six.

Photos: Hemant Shrestha/Kantipur

After losing the first two games, Pokhara came to the third game and took the first victory. Lumbini has been defeated for the second time in a row. Lumbini is the only team that has not won a single match in this tournament. Earlier, Lumbini, who won the toss and chose to bat, scored 170 runs after losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Captain Rohit Paudel scored 95 runs off 59 balls. On the last ball of the innings, Rohit was run out when Vivek Yadav completed 2 runs and ran to get the third run.

Rohit, who is also the captain of the Nepali national team, hit 10 fours and 4 sixes. Rohit and Term Murs shared 110 runs in 77 balls. Moors, who was run out in the last ball of the 19th over, played 38 balls and hit 2 fours and a six.