The departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club defeated Gandaki Pradesh by 6 wickets. In the ongoing Nepal Telecom Pradhan Mantri Cup Men's One Day Cricket Tournament held in Lamhi, Army completed the medium target of 117 runs given by Gandaki Province with the loss of 4 wickets in 26.5 overs with 139 balls ahead.
Army's Tritraj Das scored 37 runs off 68 balls with 3 fours in the match held at Deukhuri International Cricket Stadium in Lamhi on Friday. Basir Ahmed remained unbeaten on 32 runs off 38 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Imran Sekh scored 12 runs in 16 balls with 1 four while Bhim Sarki got out with 14 runs in 15 balls with 1 four.
Sompal Kami faced 21 balls and remained unbeaten on 10 runs. Chandra Paudel of Gandaki gave 23 runs in 6 overs and took 1 wicket. Bipin Khatri took 1 wicket after conceding 20 runs in 4 overs while Subas Bhandari took 1 wicket in 7.5 overs. Sudeep Aryal gave away 22 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket.
Earlier, after losing the toss and being invited to bat first, Gandaki Pradesh scored 116 runs losing all wickets in 30.3 overs. Opener Arjun Kumal scored 33 runs for Gandaki. He scored 33 runs playing 49 balls with the help of 4 fours and was bowled out by Sahab Alam. Arjun and Sameer Kandel, who shared 46 runs in 12.3 overs for the first wicket, fell after the fall of Gandaki's other players.
After Sameer scored 8 runs and was dismissed as the first wicket by Sahab Alam, other players of Gandaki had to struggle to handle the innings. Deepak Dumre was dismissed for 19 runs, Kamal Pariyar for 17 runs, captain Bipin Khatri for 15 runs. Other players could not add double runs. Army's Sahab Alam alone took five wickets. He took 5 wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs with 1 maiden.
Kushal Malla took 2 wickets by giving 24 runs with 1 maiden in 10 overs while Naren Saud bowled 3 balls and took 2 wickets by giving 1 run. Sahab Alam, who took five important wickets to give victory to the Army, became the player of the match.
In the PM men's cricket tournament organized for the first time in Dang, the match is going on between the Army Club, which is in the second place in the points table, and the Gandaki Pradesh team, which is at the bottom.
Army, which has played 7 games so far, has won 6 and lost 1, and remains in the second place with 12 points, while Gandaki Province, which has played the same 6 games, has won 1 game and lost 6 consecutive games, and is in the tenth place of the points table with 2 points.
organized by Nepal Cricket Association CAN, coordinated by Provincial Cricket Association and managed by Dang Cricket Association, seven provincial teams including 3 departmental teams Army Club, APF Club and Nepal Police Club are playing the tournament in Rupandehi and Dang of Lumbini Province from February 25th. The competition, which is being held on a round-robin basis, will continue till 16th of Chait.
