If they had won against Biratnagar Kings, Chitwan would have been close to the playoffs
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Chitwan Rhinos missed the chance to strengthen their position in the top four after losing the match on Friday. The team was defeated by Biratnagar Kings by 51 runs. Chitwan will play against Janakpur Bolts on Saturday. If they fail to win, there is a possibility that Chitwan will be overtaken by one of Kathmandu Gurkhaz and Pokhara Rhinos.
After the victory over Chitwan by a wide margin, Biratnagar has also raised a slight possibility of reaching the playoffs.
After Basir Ahmed and Rajesh Pulami shared 83 runs in 37 balls for the sixth wicket, Biratnagar won the toss and scored 181 runs losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Basir scored an unbeaten 68 off 44 balls and Rajesh scored an unbeaten 33 off 20 balls. Basir hit 4 fours and a six and Rajesh hit 1 four and 3 sixes.
The 11th over became decisive for Biratnagar. Bashir and Martin Guptill added 24 runs in that over of Amarsingh Rautela. When Amar bowled three consecutive balls in the last ball of that over, Biratnagar scored 15 runs in that one ball. Guptill played a total of 35 balls and scored 45 runs with 1 four and 4 sixes.
Region Dhakal got off to a sensational start again, dismissing Lokesh Bam (0) and Deepak Bohra (4) in the first over. Biratnagar reached 33-4 in the seventh over after Scott Edwards was dismissed for nil and Nicholas Kritan for eight. Guptill, Basir and Rajesh lifted Biratnagar. From Chitwan, Rijan took 2 wickets and Sohail Tanveer, Basil Hamid and captain Kushal Malla took 1 wicket each.
Chitwan lost 6 wickets and scored only 130 runs. Amar hit 3 fours and 2 sixes while scoring an unbeaten 42 off 29 balls. Santosh Karki scored 28 off 25 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.
25 with a six and Hamid was out for 1 run. From Biratnagar, captain Sandeep Lamichhane took 2 wickets in 4 overs for 28 runs, Chris Soul, Basir, Subhas Bhandari and Lokesh took 1 wicket each.
Today's match
9:00 am – Pokhara Avengers against Kathmandu Gurkhas
13:00 pm – Janakpur Bolts against Chitwan Rhinos
