Kathmandu registered its third win in five matches, bowling out Chitwan for 89 runs with excellent performances from captain Karan and Rashid Khan.
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Kathmandu Gorkhaz, after a stellar bowling performance, defeated Chitwan Rhinos by 53 runs in the first match of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Friday, making a one-sided entry into the 'Bagmati Derby'.
Chasing a target of 143 runs, Chitwan Tribhuvan Cricket International Stadium Kirtipur was all out for 89 runs in 17.2 overs. Rashid Khan took the last 3 wickets. He took 3 of the last 4 wickets in 1.2 overs, spending only 3 runs.
Captain Karan KC, Milind Kumar and Shahab Alam took 2 wickets each. Karan scored 23 runs in 4 overs, Milind 18 runs in 4 overs and Shahab 26 runs in 4 overs. Santosh Yadav took 1 wicket.
Dev Khanal and Ravi Bopara scored 21 runs each from Chitwan. Dev hit 2 fours and 1 six in 18 balls and Bopara hit 1 four and 1 six in 23 balls. Sohail Tanvir was out for 18 runs. Karan had dismissed Deepak Bohra for a duck in the first over. Another opener, David Malan, was out for 7 runs.
Saif Zaib 1, captain Kushal Malla 6, Arjun Saud 2 runs. Kamal Singh Airi added 2 runs. This is Kathmandu's third win in 5 matches. After this victory, Kathmandu's chances of reaching the playoffs have been strengthened. Chitwan suffered its second defeat in 4 matches.
Earlier, despite John Simpson's half-century, the middle order collapsed dramatically and prevented them from scoring a big score. Kathmandu, who came in to bat after losing the toss, was all out for 142 runs in 19.4 overs. Kathmandu lost the last 7 wickets for 20 runs in 23 balls.
After scoring 24 runs in the first 5 overs of the power play, Simpson had a 98-run partnership with Milind for the fourth wicket in 71 balls. Simpson scored 60 runs. This is the first half-century of a Kathmandu player in the ongoing tournament. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls. Milind scored 38 runs in 43 balls, hitting 5 fours. Both were out in consecutive balls. Milind was bowled by Ravi Bopara in the last ball of the 16th over, while Kamal Singh Airee dismissed Simpson in the first ball of the 17th over.
Then the Kathmandu players were out in turn. Sohail Tanvir took 3 wickets in the 17th over. He took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Ranjit Kumar took 28 runs in 4 overs and Kamal took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 2.4 overs.
Earlier, Akash Tripathi was run out for 4 runs. Rashid, who was sent to number three, hit a six and scored 6 runs. Ben Charlesworth scored 13 runs in 14 balls. Gerard Erasmus, who came in after Simpson was out, was stumped by a wide ball. Adil Alam Ansari scored 8 runs in 5 balls. Santosh also failed to open his account, while Karan was out for 1 run. Dipesh Kandel was out for 6 runs. Sahab Alam remained unbeaten on 2 runs.
