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Lahiru Milantha of Janakpur Bolts became the highest scorer in the first season of Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket. After playing a decisive innings against Sudurpaschim Royals in the final, Milantha overtook Rabi Bopara, Rohit Paudel.
Before the second innings of the final, Bopara of Chitwan Rhinos, Captain Rohit of Lumbini Lions, Saif Zaib of Sudurpaschim, Jimmy Nisham of Janakpur and Vinod Bhandari of Sudurpaschim were ahead of Milantha.
Bopara scored 286 runs in 8 matches. His team was defeated by Karnali Yaks in the Chitwan Eliminator. Rohit scored 279 runs in 7 matches from Lumbini, which was at the bottom of the points table. The final innings brought Jaib's total score to 275 and Vinod's score to 35 runs. Milantha had 206 runs before the
final. After scoring 87 runs in 49 balls in the final, Milantha became the top scorer of NPL with 293 runs. Milantha scored an unbeaten 75 off 53 balls against Biratnagar Kings in the first match of NPL. Milantha has scored that run at a strike rate above 130. In the
final, Nisham could score only 4 runs and his total score reached 247 runs.
Lalit and Kuglen high wicket takers
Lalit Rajvanshi of Janakpur Bolts and Scott Kuglen of Sudurpaschim became the highest wicket takers in the first season of NPL with 17 wickets. Both had 16 wickets before the final.
Sudurpaschim made an aggressive start in the final and scored 28 runs in 2 overs. Lalit came to handle Janakpur's offensive front. After spending only 4 runs in his first over, he bowled a maiden in the fifth over and curbed the run of Sudurpaschim.
Lalit, who came with his third over in the 13th over, bowled Vinod Bhandari for 41 runs in the second ball of that over. He spent only 8 runs in his first 3 overs. In the 17th over, Lalit spent only 7 runs in his fourth over and took 1 wicket after spending 15 runs while keeping 1 maiden in 4 overs.
Kuglen's performance was the opposite. Janakpur scored 28 runs in his first two overs. In the 17th over, Kuglen took the wicket of Lahiru Milantha, but Janakpur was already close to victory at that time. But he managed to spend 15 runs in that over with two wide fours.
Kuglen was ahead of Lalit in the average. Kuglen has taken wickets at an average of 12.35 in 9 matches and Lalit has taken wickets at an average of 12.52 in 10 matches. Sohail Tanveer of Chitwan Rhinos and Kishore Mahata of Janakpur took 14 wickets, Bipin Sharma of Karnali Yaks and Rijan Dhakal of Chitwan took 13 wickets and Saif Zaib of Far West, Karan KC of Kathmandu Gurkhaz and Mohammad Mohsin of Janakpur took 12 wickets.
