After the dramatic collapse of Madhesh Pradesh, Nepal Police Club took a 45-run lead on the first day of the Jai Trophy two-day cricket match at Birganj. Madhesh, who came into bat after losing the toss, had a very good start.
The team was at 99-2 in the 28th over. However, after adding 30 runs and losing the remaining 7 wickets, Madhesh was bowled out for 129 runs in 42.4 overs. On the first day at Narayani Rangshala, when the match ended, the police had lost 3 wickets in 40 overs and scored 170 runs. Captain Arif Sheikh 13 and Amit Shrestha are unbeaten with 34 runs.
Openers Dilip Nath and Kushal Bhurtel got off to a good start and shared a partnership of 96 runs for the first wicket. Dilip Nath, who scored 40 runs, was bowled by Harishankar Sah. He hit 4 fours in 79 balls. Bhurtel, who is constantly disappointed with the bat, scored 63 runs in 68 balls with 10 fours. Gulshan Jha was dismissed for 20 runs. Madhesh's Harishankar took 2 wickets and Abhishek Tiwari took 1 wicket.
Earlier, 8 players from Madhesh could not score in double figures. Opener Batter Mayan Yadav played a brilliant innings of 59 runs. Mayan, who scored a century in the first match against Bagmati in Janakpur, played 102 balls and hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. After skipper Harishankar was dismissed for 9 runs, Mayan and Neeraj Yadav shared a 51-run partnership for the second wicket.
Neeraj was dismissed by Bhurtel for 29 runs and broke this partnership. Neeraj played 34 balls and hit 6 fours. After that, Madhesh's batter could not withstand the tight bowling of Gulshan, the police bowler. Gulshan took 5 wickets for 40 runs with 4 maidens in 13 overs. Bhurtel took 2 wickets, Shravan Yadav and Lalit Rajvanshi took 1 wicket each.
