In the opening match of the Indo-Nepal T-20 Knockout Cricket Tournament, which started on Wednesday at Bahundangi in Jhapa, the visiting team of India Siliguri Penorsi-11 won. He defeated Nepali team Dragon-11 by 44 runs.
After losing the toss and choosing to bat first in the opening match of the tournament organized by Bahundangi Youth Club, Siliguri lost 4 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and made a huge score of 189 runs. In which Rakesh played a half-century of 53 runs by playing 33 balls.
Subhankar scored 45 runs off 30 balls, Arindam scored 42 runs off 19 balls and Sotu scored 17 runs off 12 balls. Mohan Rajvanshi took 2 wickets and Raju Dhamal took 1 wicket for Dragon-11 on the bowling side. While chasing the target of 190 runs, Dragon-11 scored only 145 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Rajbhi Mahato scored the highest 39 runs for the Dragons. Normil Neupane scored an aggressive 34 runs in 16 balls. Malin Dhamal contributed 15 runs and Amit Dahal contributed 14 runs. Siliguri's bowler Rakesh took 3 wickets with an excellent performance. Arindam and Devashish took 2 wickets each. The Nepalese team proved to be innocent in the face of the deadly volleying of the visiting team. Indian player Rakesh was the best player of the
game. Mechinagar ward no. Arjun Kumar Karki, ward president of 4, inaugurated the competition. 12 teams from Nepal and India are participating in the competition. The winner will get 50,000 in cash and the runner-up will get 30,000. The final of the game will be held on Chait 4.
