Sudurpaschim Royals have got a target of 102 runs to win the match against Karnali Yaks in Nepal Premier League (NPL) Cricket. After winning the toss for the first time in the NPL, Karnali Yaks, who came into bat, were bowled out for 101 runs after playing the scheduled 20 overs at the University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Monday.

If Sudurpaschim completes this match in 12.2 overs, Karnali will be out of the playoff race and Kathmandu Gurkhaz, who have the same 8 points as Karnali, will enter the playoffs by being ahead in net run rate. The team's place in Qualifiers 1 will be determined by the victory of Sudurpaschim.

Harmeet Singh took 3 wickets. He dismissed Nandan Yadav and Bipin Sharma in the last over and spent only 17 runs in 4 overs. Captain Dipendra Singh Airey took 20 wickets in 4 overs and Scott Kuglen took 2 wickets each with 29 runs in 4 overs. One wicket remained in the name of Saif Zaib.

Jason Maksud scored the highest 30 runs from Karnali. He played 35 balls and hit 4 fours. William Bosisto scored 16 off 24 balls, Babar Hayat scored 13 off 9 balls, Chadwick Walton and captain Sompal Kami scored 11 runs, Dev Khanal scored 7 runs, Gulshan Jha scored 2 runs and Rit Gautam, who was playing his first game in the tournament, got out for zero.

As this match is very important for both playoffs and Qualifiers 1 equation, if Sudurpaschim wins this match, it will officially become the top team and reach Qualifiers 1. Having won 5 games in 6 games, it is certain that they will be among the top 2 teams before this match with Karnali of Far West, which is in the top position with 10 points.

After losing the first two games, Karnali is in fourth place with 8 points after winning four games. The top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, the top two teams will compete in Qualifiers 1 to reach the finals, while the third and fourth teams will play in the eliminators.