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Sudurpaschim has given a target of 124 runs to Janakpur Bolts in Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket. In the competition between the top two teams, after Janakpur Bolts captain Anil Sah won the toss at the Trivi Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Wednesday, Sudurpaschim, who came in to bat, lost 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and scored only 123 runs.
Saif Zaib and veteran Vinod Bhandari added 55 runs in 8 overs for the first wicket, but South West could not take advantage of it. With Harsh Thacker dismissing the English batsman Jaib for 21 runs, the run of Sudurpaschim was curtailed and the wicket began to fall. Jaib played 21 balls and hit 3 fours. Harmeet Singh, who was playing the first match in the
tournament, was dismissed by Sher Malla for 1 run. Vinod also fell victim to the lion. Vinod scored the highest 33 runs from Sudurpaschim. He played 37 balls and hit 3 fours and 1 six. Sudurpaschim was under more pressure after Araniko Yadav dismissed captain Dipendrasingh Airey for zero and Brandon McMullen for 11 runs.
Fast bowler Kishore Mahata dismissed Arif Sheikh (6), Ishan Pandey (17) and Scott Kuglen (7) in one over, Janakpur dominated the match. Kishore took the wicket after spending 35 runs in 4 overs. Sher took 19 runs in 4 overs and Araniko took 2 wickets each with 16 runs in 3 overs.
Janakpur is in the top position with 100 percent results after winning the first four games. Sudoorpaschim, who won the first three games, lost to Chitwan Rhinos in the last game, but is in second place in the points table. Along with Sudurpaschim, Chitwan and Karnali Yaks have the same 6 points. On the basis of net run rate, Sudurpaschim is ahead.
Sudoorpaschim has replaced Dilpreet Bajwa with Harmeet. This is the first match in NPL for left-handed spin American all-rounder Harmeet, who came to Kathmandu for two days. Janakpur has played Joshua Trump in place of Mohammad Mohisan and Araniko in place of Hemant Dhami.
Brothers Asif Sheikh and Arif Sheikh, who are playing for the Nepali national team, are facing each other as opponents today. Asif is the marquee player of Janakpur while Arif is playing from Far West.
