Indo-Nepal Cricket: Patna and Biratnagar in title race

Chaitra 29, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

Indo-Nepal Cricket: Patna and Biratnagar in title race

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India Hyper Cricket Club of Patna and home team YRCC Cricket Club of Biratnagar will compete for the title of the 4th Mills Cup Indo-Nepal Twenty20 cricket tournament.  Patna and Biratnagar will play for the title on Saturday.

Mills Cricket Club and Academy has decided to enter the final after defeating the Horizon Cricket Club of Biratnagar by 5 wickets in the first semi-final match held on Friday at Jute Mill Stadium in Biratnagar.

After winning the toss, Horizon scored 113 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the scheduled 16 overs. In which Minas Thapa contributed 37 runs, Firdos Ansari 17 runs and Prem Kamat contributed 14 runs. In bowling, Risab Rakesh took 3 wickets, Vicky Ranjan took 2 wickets, Nand Kishore and Purusottam Kumar took 1 each. 

Patna achieved the target of 117 runs losing 5 wickets in 14 overs 4 balls. In which Vicky Ranjan contributed 34 runs, Purushottam Kumar 32 runs and Anuj Ranjan contributed 27 runs. In bowling, Firdos Ansari took 3 wickets and Dipesh Kadel took 1 wicket for Horizon.  Patna's player of the match Vicky Ranjan got 3 thousand rupees.  

Similarly, in the second semi-final that was completed on Friday, YRCC of Biratnagar beat Siddharth Cricket Club of Biratnagar by 6 wickets and set the final journey.  YRCC won the toss and ruled the fielding and gave Siddharth the opportunity to bat first. Siddharth, who batted first, scored only 77 runs by playing 13 overs and 4 balls. In which Avinash Karn contributed 20 runs, Nitesh Yadav 19 runs, Numar Ahmed 13 runs. In bowling, Ram Naresh Giri took 6 wickets for YRCC while Naren Saud and Amit Shrestha took 2 each.

YRCC got the victory target of 78 runs, losing 4 wickets in 7 overs and 5 balls. In which Imran Sheikh scored 30 runs, Shankar Rana scored 18 runs and Lokesh Bam scored 14 runs. In bowling, Shravan Yadav and Dewan Pun took 2 wickets each for Siddharth.  The player of the match Ram Naresh Giri of YRCC received a cash prize of Rs 3,000. 

According to the secretary of Mills Cricket Club and Academy, Shanta Shrestha, the winning team of the final on Saturday will get 2 lakh 1 thousand and the runner-up team will get 1 lakh 1 thousand rupees. 

Kantipur

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