Chitwan, who started batting after losing the toss at the Tribhuvan University ground, scored 142 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs, with Bopara contributing 66 runs.
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Chitwan Rhinos set a target of 143 runs for Lumbini Lions in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Thursday after Ravi Bopara scored a half-century for the second consecutive match.
Chitwan, who came in to bat after losing the toss, scored 142 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs at the Tribhuvan Cricket International Ground.
Bopara scored 66 runs in 55 balls. He hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. Gulbadin Naib got Bopara caught by Dilip Nath in the last over.
Chitwan did not have a good start. Ruben Trumpelman bowled David Malan for zero in the first over. After Devrehate spinner Abhishek Gautam dismissed Deepak Bohra for 10 and Dev Khanal for 14 runs, Chitwan reached 41-3 in the eighth over.
Captain Kushal Malla scored 21 runs in 18 balls. Kushal, who escaped a return catch by Sher Malla for 12 runs, hit 1 six. He became Trumpman's second victim. Trumpman also dismissed Saif Zaib. Zaib scored 15 runs in 7 balls, hitting 2 fours and 1 six. Sohail Tanvir was dismissed for 5 runs.
Trumpman took 3 wickets in 4 overs for 23 runs. Naib took 23 runs in 4 overs and Abhishek took 2 wickets each in 3 overs for 15 runs.
Chitwan has changed one player from the team that played the previous match. The team is playing Amarsingh Rautela in place of Bipin Acharya.
This is Lumbini's first match. Chitwan had defeated Karnali Yaks by 4 wickets in the first match. Chitwan achieved the target of 167 runs by scoring 171 runs with 5 balls to spare.
Last year, Lumbini was at the bottom of the table and the team lost 6 out of 7 matches in the league stage. But Lumbini won by 33 runs in the match against Chitwan. In the only match Lumbini won, captain Rohit Poudel scored 80 runs in 57 balls and took 4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
