Model Blaster has entered the final of the ongoing Koshi Premier League cricket tournament at Bhokraha in Sunsari. In their last match of the league stage, which ended on Wednesday, Model Balan Bihul defeated Saptari Tiger by 41 runs and became the first team to reach the finals.
In the single round robin match, the team has 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 6 matches and is at the top with 9 points and is close to the title. Saptari Tiger is out of the competition.
In the match held at Doctor Khalil Azad Cricket Ground in Bhokraha, after winning the toss and batting first, Model Blaster made a total of 163 runs after losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Manish Thapa played the highest innings scoring 51 runs for sample. He faced 29 balls and hit 2 fours and 4 sixes. Deepak Dumre scored 38 runs. Under pressure to win today's match, Naamal made Dipendra Singh Airi pale . Airy, who played the first game, scored 18 runs and got out. He played only 8 balls and hit 3 fours and 1 six. Kushal Bhurtel scored 17 runs, Rupak Baral scored 16 runs unbeaten and Kushal Malla scored 14 runs. In the bowling of Saptari Tiger, Rupesh Singh and Abhishesh Gautam took 2 wickets and Vishal Patel and Vishal Susling took 1/1 wicket.
Chasing a target of 164 runs in reply, Balan Bihul Saptari Tigers were bowled out for 122 runs in 19.3 overs. For him, Rupesh Singh played a half-century innings with aggressive batting . He scored 53 runs off 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. Similarly, while Amit Shrestha scored 29 runs, other batsmen could not score runs in double digits. Kushal Malla took 4 wickets in exemplary bowling. Malla overs 2 maidens in 4 overs and spends only 3 runs . Prakash Karki took 3 wickets while Durgesh Gupta and Dipendra Singh Airi took 1 wicket each.
Itahari Adarsh Giants defeated NBC Lions Biratnagar by 5 wickets in the first match on Wednesday. Itahari Adarsh met the target of 108 runs given by NBSC Lion in 9.2 balls. Bhim Sarki contributed the highest score of 52 runs in Itahari Adarsh's victory. Sarki played a half-century innings hitting 8 fours and 2 sixes in 21 balls.
Asif Shaikh scored 23 runs in 11 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Itahari Adarsh's Dipesh Kandel and Bhupal Luintel took 2 wickets. Bipin Khatri, Gulsan Jha and Firdosh Ansari took 1 wicket each. With today's win, Itahari Adarsh will have to depend on the result of the match between Bhokraha Narsingh Arnaz and Purveli Superking on Thursday to enter the final. If Bhokraha Narasimha is defeated in that match, the final match of Itahari Adarsh will be confirmed. If Bhokraha Narsingh wins, there will be a title clash between Model Blaster and Bhokraha.
