Madhesh Pradesh, which lost 3 matches in a row, won the Nepal Telecom Prime Minister's Cup ODI Men's Cricket Tournament by 3 wickets against Tribhuvan Army Club.

The winning target of 218 runs given by the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club was completed by Madhesh Pradesh with the loss of 7 wickets in 48 overs. Pursuing the target given by the Tribhuvan Army Club on Wednesday at the Deukhuri International Cricket Stadium in Lamhi, Madhesh Pradesh stopped the series of consecutive defeats and won against the departmental team Army. 

Madhesh Pradesh won against Army with mature batting. Madhesh Pradesh's Nikhil Singh and Rupesh Singh put an end to the losing streak by sharing a 50-run stand in 39 balls against the Army. For Madhesh, who lost 7 wickets for 169 runs, Nikhil scored 14 runs off 26 balls with 1 four. Rahada Rupesh Singh scored 38 runs off 20 balls. He added 38 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 fours and Madhesh won against the Army. 

Similarly, Anil Kumar Sah captained the game for Madhesh. After Anil shared 75 runs with Harishankar Saha for the third wicket, Madhesh became the basis for victory. Anil Shah scored 45 runs with the help of 7 fours playing 48 balls and got out LBW off Bashir Ahmed. 

Harishankar Sah faced 75 balls and scored 37 runs with 1 six and was stumped by Naresh Saud. Pawan Sarraf also played 43 balls with 1 six and 3 fours and 37  After adding a run, Narine Saud was caught out by Sahab Alam. Opener Mayran Yadav and Shailendra Hal shared 23 runs for the first wicket.

to Mayan Yadav  Sompal Kami dismissed for 10 runs and Shailendra Sah for 15 runs. Vishal Patel was out for 6 runs and Dipesh Das was out for 10 runs. For Army  Neran Soudley  He took 3 wickets at the cost of 54 runs in 10 overs. Sompal Kami scored 49&nbsp in 9 overs. After taking 2 wickets at the cost of runs, Basir Ahmed also took 2 wickets by giving away 31 runs with 1 maiden in 10 overs. Rupesh Singh, who took 2 wickets with 38 runs against Army in the tournament, became the player of the match.

Earlier, the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club won the toss and batted first and scored 217 runs in the entire over at the loss of 7 wickets. Bhim Sarki of Tribhuvan Army scored the highest 89 runs. After facing 126 balls, Bhim scored 89 runs with 4 fours and was dismissed lbw by Pawan Sarraf. He played 80 balls to complete his half century.

Army added 39 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the first power play and added 113 runs for the loss of 3 more wickets when they reached the second power play. Army lost 3 wickets after scoring 65 runs in the last power play. Tritraj Das scored 14 runs in 24 balls with 3 fours and Santosh Karki scored 33 runs in 58 balls with 3 fours for Army. Captain Vinod Bhandari scored 11 runs off 27 balls and was dismissed LBW by Kamal Gupta.

Sompal Kami was caught at long-on by Anil Sah for 1 run. Basir Ahmed returned to the pavilion with 10 runs off 22 balls and Vivek Yadav scored 16 runs off 21 balls. Kushal Malla was unbeaten in 24 runs with 2 sixes in 20 balls and Rahada Naren Saud also remained unbeaten in 8 runs with 1 four in 5 balls.

Rupesh Singh of Madhesh took 2 wickets by giving 39 runs with 1 maiden in 7 overs. Kamal Gupta took 2 wickets with 1 maiden in 10 overs for 22 runs. Pawan Sarraf also took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 5 overs. Ranjit Kumar gave 52 runs with 1 maiden in 10 overs and took 1 wicket. 

In the PM Cup men's cricket tournament organized for the first time in Lamhi, Army, which has played 6 matches so far, has won 5 matches and lost 1 match, and remains in second place with 10 points.

In the ongoing tournament, Army defeated Bagmati by 134 runs, Sudurpaschim by 8 wickets, Karnali by 127 runs, Koshi by 7 wickets and APF club by 3 wickets.

Similarly, after Madhesh Pradesh won by 165 runs against Koshi Pradesh, they lost in the remaining 3 matches. Madhesh lost by 2 wickets against APF, 193 runs against Police Club and 83 runs against Lumbini Pradesh.