Nepal Premier League has finally got a happy ending. Because the title of the first edition will be won by the same team, whose achievement will have no complaints. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will play the finals.

Janakpur Bolts defeated Karnali Yaks by 2 wickets in the Qualifier-2 match held at the Trivi Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Thursday. Janakpur finished second in the league.

Janakpur will now meet Sudurpaschim Royals in the final on Saturday. Sudurpaschim is the same team, which occupied the top of the league table. This final will be between No. 1 and No. 2 teams. Along with the league stage, Sudurpaschim defeated Janakpur in Qualifier-1.

In this case, Sudurpaschim will have an opportunity to create a hat-trick of victories over their closest rivals. There is an opportunity to avenge those two defeats against Janakpur.

Qualifier-2 also remained almost the same as the entire tournament. The pitch of the Kirtipur ground was difficult for batting, the ball was not coming to the bat easily. Therefore, the game remained low-scoring.

If Karnali, who batted first, had probably increased 20 more runs, the whole story of the game would have been different. However, Karnali, who reached this point by defeating Chitwan Rhinos in the eliminator, will probably not be disappointed in his performance. Rather be proud.

hero Neesum

The hero of the game was New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesum. If there was any difference between the two teams, it was these experienced players. The pitch was not helping the batsmen, so Mahir Nisam's ability to hit hard proved decisive.

He scored 40 runs in 17 balls. Earlier he also took two wickets in 30 balls. He was the undisputed player of the match. Janakpur had a target of 119 runs for victory. The team completed it in 19 overs.

Janakpur scored exactly 119 runs after losing 8 wickets. The importance of 40 runs in this score is obvious. The fun of this game was different. I was able to contribute to my team's victory, so I'm happy, I'm feeling excited. The pitch was certainly not helpful to the batters. That's why it can be said that my performance was good," said Nisam.

Janakpur did not start well. By the time 16 runs were scored, the team had already lost three wickets. The opening pair of Shubh Kansakar and captain Asif Shaikh got out cheaply. Shubh scored 3 runs while Asif scored only 4 runs. Later, Lahiru Milantha was also included in 2 runs. Akash Tripathi and Harsh Thakar then put on a crucial partnership of 25 runs. Harsh scored 17 runs before being run out while Akash got 13 runs from his bat. The

starts here, Nisam's decisive batting. He faced only 17 balls. It included 2 fours and 5 brutal sixes. One of his catches on the boundary can be considered a near miss. Probably this proved to be the 'turning point' of the game. He was strongly supported by Mayan Yadav who scored 14 runs. Towards the end, Sher Malla played a brave 16-run innings. Only faced 10 balls. His bat was the winning run.

For Karnali, the teenage player Bipin Sharma once again proved to be excellent. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs. One of his victims was Nisam himself. His bowling was bowled by Nisam Mazja. "Maybe we scored a few runs less," Bipin said later. He opened his heart while presenting

to the media. Which says, these players are long race horses. He said, 'I don't need to write too much. I have a long way to go.

Lack of solid innings

Karnali lost the toss and went into bat first. Some batters could not last and play a few long solid innings. Gulsan Jha scored 25 runs in 20 overs. This remains the highest individual score. Apart from him, opener Dev Khanal scored 24 runs in 20 balls. If not, towards the end Yunish Thakuri scored 12 runs in 17 balls. Three foreign players added a few runs between the