Sudurpaschim Royals, batting after losing the toss, posted a competitive total of 193 runs in 20 overs, losing 7 wickets.
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With a century partnership between opening duo Josh Brown and Binod Bhandari, Sudurpaschim Royals set a target of 194 runs for Pokhara Avengers in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Friday.
Sudurpaschim Royals, who came after Pokhara captain Kushal Bhurtel won the toss and invited to bat at the Tribhuvan University Cricket International Stadium, scored 193 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Brown and Binod had given Sudurpaschim a great start by putting on 99 runs without loss in the first 10 overs. Jimmy Neesham dismissed Brown in the 11th over, breaking the partnership when Sudurpaschim's score was 108 runs.
Brown scored 68 runs off 35 balls, including 6 fours and 5 sixes. Binod scored 43 runs off 42 balls, including 6 fours. Between Brown and Binod, Chris Lynn scored 31 runs off 13 balls and captain Dipendra Singh Airee scored 13 runs off 10 balls. Lynn hit 4 fours and 2 sixes, while Dipendra hit 1 four and 1 six.
Harmeet Singh, who batted aggressively against Kathmandu Gorkhaz, was dismissed for 4 runs in 6 balls, Scott Kugglen for 8 and Arif for zero. Pokhara's Jimmy Neesam took 3 wickets for 47 runs in 4 overs, Dan Douthwaite took 24 wickets in 4 overs, and Akash Chand took 2 wickets for 43 runs in 4 overs.
Pokhara lost to Biratnagar Kings by 53 runs in the first match. Sudurpaschim defeated Kathmandu Gorkhaz by 29 runs in the first match. Sudurpaschim won the match between these two in last year's league by 5 runs.
Pokhara has fielded Bipin Khatri in place of Tritaraj Das and Sumit Verma in place of Matt Taylor from the previous match team.
