With Lumbini's spinners shining, Lumbini Province secured a low-scoring target and won by 48 runs against Bagmati Province.

Chasing the modest target of 116 runs given by Lumbini on Sunday, Bagmati was bowled out for 67 runs in 22.5 overs in the ongoing Prime Minister's Cup Men's One Day Cricket Tournament in Lamhi.

The eighth day of the tournament at Deukhuri International Cricket Stadium in Lamhi. Batting back in the 20th match, Bagmati scored 36 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the first power play. Coming to the second power play, Bagmati was all out.

Lumbini's spinner bowled brilliantly and dismissed 6 batters to stop Bagmati at a low score. One batsman was caught LBW while 2 batsmen were caught out and 1 was stumped out  .

 For Bagmati, captain Prithu Baskota scored 15 runs in 26 balls with 2 fours. Viprasan was bowled by KC. As the first wicket, Rit Gautam was dismissed by spinner Nirmal Gurung for zero runs in the last ball of the second over, and the streak of wickets falling was maintained by the sharp bowling of the spinner.

opener Ashutosh Ghiraiya scored 11 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 fours and Ramesh Kurmi's ball  Out. Shubh Kanshakar was bowled for 2 runs by Nirmal Gurung. Ishan Pandey stumped off Ramesh Kurmi for zero runs  happened

Surya Tamang scored 6 runs in 10 balls when he was bowled by Ajay Chauhan and Viprasan KC bowled Vivek Magar for 3 runs. Suman Sunar scored 11 runs and was caught out by Nar Bahadur Sarki at mid-on off Ajay Chauhan.

While Gautam KC remained unbeaten on 8 runs, Viprasan KC dismissed Sonu Devkota for zero runs and Ajay Chauhan returned the pavilion to Region Dhakal for zero runs as the last wicket. Lumbini won the match in 22.5 overs.

Lumbini's Ajay Chauhan took 3 wickets by giving away 14 runs with 2 maidens in 5.5 overs. Viprasan KC also bowled 6 overs and took 3 wickets at the expense of 13 runs.

Nirmal Gurung took 2 wickets by spending 19 runs with 2 maidens in 5 overs while Ramesh Kurmi took 2 wickets by spending 15 runs with 3 maidens in 5 overs. Viprasan KC of Lumbini, who laid the foundation of victory by bowling hard in the tournament, became the player of the match.

Lumbini Pradesh, who won the toss and batted first, scored 115 runs. Lumbini Pradesh scored 115 runs in 32.4 overs. All the Bagmati bowlers bowled brilliantly to wrap up Lumbini cheaply. All the bowlers of Bagmati who used five bowlers took wickets. The fall of wickets that started from the sixth over ended in the 33rd over.

Apart from Akash Tripathi adding 33 runs, other players could not gather  . In the fifth ball of the sixth over, Rijan Dhakal returned the opener Mrinal Gurung to the pavilion for a personal 5 runs. The players from Lumbini region, who started a slow run, added 35 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the first power play. Another opener, Manish Thapa, faced 35 balls and scored 15 runs with the help of 1 four. .

Lumbini captain Dev Khanal scored 15 runs with 1 four off 27 balls and was dismissed as the third wicket by Surya Tamang  . Prajwal Thapa scored 6 runs and was bowled out by Ishan Pandey.

Viprasan KC scoring 9 runs off 20 balls  Gautam was caught out by the wicketkeeper Vikek Magar on KC's bowling. Krishna Karki scored 7 runs with 1 six off 15 balls and returned to the pavilion after a brilliant catch by Sonu Devkota at long-on off Gautam KC. When Nirmal Gurung was out for zero runs after playing five ball dots, Nar Bahadur Sarki was caught out by Rit Gautam on the ball of Surya Tamang  . Ramesh Kurmi was bowled by Gautam KC after playing 8 balls   . Gautam KC took 4 wickets for 21 runs in 5.4 overs to reduce Lumbini to a low score.

Surya Tamang took 2 wickets by giving away 14 runs with 1 maiden in 8 overs while Eshan Pandey also took 2 wickets by spending 19 runs with 1 maiden in 7 overs. While Rijn Dhakal took 1 wicket with 24 runs, Sonu Devkota took 1 wicket with 37 runs.

In the ongoing competition, Lumbini has won 3 out of 4 matches and has risen from the fourth place to the third place with 6 points. Bagmati province has not been able to get good results in other games except winning 1 out of four games. As part of the competition, there will be a match between Lumbini Province and Madhesh Province in Lamhi on Monday.