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Sudurpaschim Royals suffered their first defeat in Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket. Sudurpaschim, who won the first three games, was defeated by Chitwan Rhinos by 33 runs on Sunday. Far Paschim, which entered the field with a target of 165 runs, ended up with 131 runs.
Chitwan has won the third time in 4 matches. Sudurpaschim and Chitwan are in second and third place respectively with 6 points. Janakpur Bolts are at the top of the points table after winning their first four matches.
Ishan Pandey scored the highest 35 runs from Far West. He hit 4 fours and 1 six off 28 balls. Saif Zaib 18, Vinod Bhandari 10, Brandon McMullen 13, Dilpreet Bajwa 12, Arif Shaikh 4, Captain Dipendra Singh Airy 1, Naresh Budhair 5, Naren Saud were out for 10 runs. Scott Kuglen, the last player to get a
, scored 16 runs off 10 balls with 3 fours. From Chitwan, Rijn Dhakal, Kushal Malla, Yan Nicholas Lofty Eaton and Amarsingh Routela took 2 each and Sohail Tanveer and Ranjit Kumar took 1 each wicket .
Earlier, Chitwan, who won the toss and chose to bat, scored 164 runs after losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs at the Trivi Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Opener Hasan Isakhil scored the highest 65 runs from Chitwan. He played 52 balls and hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Santosh Karki, who was sent as an opener for the first time, could score only 9 runs. Bipin Rawal scored 17 runs in 20 balls, Kushal got out with 13 runs in 16 balls.
Veteran English batsman Ravi Bopara hit 2 fours and a six off 18 balls and was dismissed for 36 runs. Rautela remained unbeaten with 6 off 3 balls and Lofty Eaton scored 2 runs off 4 balls. Kuglen took 2 wickets from Far West. He spent 29 runs in 4 overs. Dipendra, McMullen and Zaib took 1 wicket each.
