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With the help of Basir Ahmed's half-century, the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club defeated Lumbini Province in the Prime Minister's Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament on Sunday. Army defeated Lumbini by a wide margin of 131 runs in the match played at Siddharth Cricket Stadium in Bhairawa on Sunday and seemed to be heading towards the title.
This is the seventh victory of the army in the ongoing competition. Chasing the target of 244 runs given by the Army for victory, Lumbini was bowled out for 112 runs in 27.1 overs. Lumbini captain Dev Khanal scored the highest 37 runs. Manish Thapa and Biprasan KC scored 13/13 runs and got out.
Similarly, except Nar Sarki scored 12 runs, Nirmal Gurung scored 10 runs, other players could not score double digit runs. Army's Shahab Alam took the maximum four wickets to wrap up Lumbini cheaply. Alam bowled 9.1 overs and took 2 maidens for 25 runs. While Naren Saud took 2 wickets, Sompal Karmi, Akash Chand, Basir Ahmed had one wicket each.
Before that, Army won the toss and batted first at Siddharth Cricket Stadium. Bashir Ahmed became the hero in the victory of the army. He faced 104 balls and contributed 86 runs with the help of 6 fours. Basir was declared the player of the match.
Bhim Sarki scored 44 runs, opener Tritraj Das scored 31 runs, Sompal Kami scored 28 runs and Kushal Malla scored 17 runs. Ajay Chauhan of Lumbini alone took four wickets in bowling. Chauhan, who bowled 10 overs, cost 47 runs. Krishna Karki, Nirmal Gurung, Ramesh Kurmi, Biprasan KC, Nar Sarki and captain Dev Khanal took one wicket each. With this result, the title contender Army is in second place in the table with 14 points.
Another departmental team, Nepal Police Club, is at the top position with the same 14 points. On the basis of net run rate, Army stood second. Defeated Lumbini Province remains at the fifth position of the table with 8 points. Lumbini has won 4 out of 8 matches and lost 4 matches.
