Himal Friends Cricket Club has entered the final four of the second edition of the KP Oli Cup National Open T20 cricket tournament in Pokhara. Himal Friends entered the semi-finals of Group 'C' after defeating Madhesh Pradesh Cricket Club by 3 runs at the Pokhara Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Himal Friends won by 3 runs based on Duckworth Louis Stern (DLS) method. At the end of 11 overs, Madhesh scored 64 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. After the game was stopped due to rain, Himal Friends won by 3 runs according to DLS system. 

Madhesh opener Rohan Vick scored 30 runs before the game was stopped.  He hit 4 fours off 27 balls. Ravi Singh scored 18 runs. He hit 1 four and 1 six off 23 balls. Acub Ansari was dismissed for 4 runs and Araniko Yadav for 5 runs. Vishal Susling 3 and Dipesh Das remained not out for 1 run. 

Before that, Hima Friends, who won the toss and started batting, scored 123 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Ayuv Chand scored the highest 36 runs. He hit 6 fours and 1 six off 34 balls. Abhinash Singh contributed 16 runs. Arun Dani remained not out for 15 runs. Sanjay Bohora added 22 runs. He hit 2 fours and 1 six off 20 balls. Opener Subodh Airy 8, Sandeep Bhandari 5, Mansun Singh 3, Sunam Budhathoki, Deepak Rokaya and Abhinash Basyal were out for zero runs.  For Madhesh, Vishal Susling took 3 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs. Rupesh Singh and Pradeep Paswan took 2 wickets each. 

In the next match of Group C, Lumbini Khukuri Cricket Club defeated Karnali Academy by 5 wickets. Chasing a target of 102 runs, Lumbini scored 102 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 17 overs. Tul Bahadur Thapa remained unbeaten with the highest score of 28 runs. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in 14 balls. Sandeep Rajali remained unbeaten on 27 runs. He hit 1 four and 1 six in 37 balls. Opener Dev Khanal was dismissed for 2 runs. Ranjit Khatri got out for 21 runs, Mohammad Hussain got out for 8 runs, Nischal Chaudhary got out for 7 runs and Prajwal Thapa got out for 6 runs. For Karnali, Narendra Shandya and Subhas Bhandari took 2-2, Krishna Karki took 1 wicket.  

Before that, Karnali, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 101 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Subas Bhandari contributed 26 runs for Karnali. He hit 5 fours in 22 balls. Saurabh Sakrami scored 23 runs. He hit 3 fours and 1 six off 22 balls. Vipin Shahi contributed 19 runs, Krishna Karki 13, Himanshu Shahi 8 runs. Narendra Shandya and Dipendra Yadav remained not out at 5 runs each. Rabindranjung Shahi and Rajprasad Shah scored 1-1 runs and got out. Openers Aditya Vikram Shah and Arun Airey returned to the pavilion for zero runs.

For Lumbini, Eklak Ahmed took 4 wickets with 21 runs in 4 overs. Ajay Kumar Chauhan took 3 wickets with 2 maidens in 4 overs for 9 runs. Mohammad Hussain and Sandesh Thapa took 1 wicket each. In Sunday's match, Himal Friends' Deepak Rokaya and Lumbini's Eklak Ahmed became the player of the match. They got a trophy with 5 thousand rupees each.