Dipendra Rawat's all-round performance saw Karnali defeat Madhesh Pradesh in the ongoing Prime Minister's Cup One Day Men's National Cricket Tournament in Rupandehi. Karnali defeated Madhesh by 81 runs in the match held on Friday at the Extratech Oval ground in Tilottama. Along with this, Karnali has achieved the fourth victory in the ongoing competition.
Karnali defeated Lumbini Pradesh in the previous match on Thursday with Dipendra's best performance. Chasing the winning target of 221 runs given by Karnali, Madhesh was bowled out for 139 runs in 35.2 overs.
Rupesh Singh scored 30 runs for Madhesh. He hit three fours in 53 balls. Apart from Vishal Patel scoring 25, Harishankar Sah 18 and Shailendra Sah scoring 10 runs, other players could not score runs in double figures. Captain Anil Shah was dismissed for 5 runs.
Dinesh Adhikari took the most four wickets for Karnali to stop Madhesh cheaply. Officials who bowled 10 overs cost 41 runs. While Dipendra Rawat took 3 wickets and Prakash Jaishi took 2 wickets, Sunil Dhamala had one wicket.
Karnali, who won the toss and batted first, scored 220 runs losing all wickets in 49 overs. Dipendra Rawat contributed the most 61 runs for Karnali. Rawat hit 6 fours in 92 balls. He was declared the player of the match. Similarly, Arjun Gharti scored 26 runs in 20 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.
Dinesh Adhikari added 24 runs and Prakash Jaisi added 20 runs while captain Diwan Pun scored 18 unbeaten runs. Rupesh Singh, Ranjit Kumar, Harishankar Sah, Kamal Gupta and captain Anil Sah took 2/2 wickets for Madhesh in bowling. With this result, Karnali Province has managed to stay in the top four of the points table. Karnali has collected 8 points from 7 games, winning 4 and losing 3. Defeated Madhesh has dropped to seventh place in the table with four points from six games.
