Kathmandu, who came into bat after losing the toss against Chitwan, ended their innings on 142 runs, losing their last 7 wickets in 23 balls.
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Kathmandu Gorkhas were prevented from scoring a big score against Chitwan Rhinos in the first match of Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Friday after the middle order collapsed dramatically despite John Simpson's half-century.
Kathmandu, who came in to bat after losing the toss in the 'Bagmati Derby', were all out for 142 runs in 19.4 overs. Kathmandu lost their last 7 wickets for 20 runs in 23 balls.
After scoring 24 runs in the first 5 overs of the power play, Simpson had already lost 3 wickets when he shared a 98-run partnership with Milind Kumar in 71 balls for the fourth wicket at the Tribhuvan University Cricket International Stadium, Kirtipur.
Simpson scored 60 runs. This is the first half-century of a Kathmandu player in the ongoing tournament. He hit 3 fours and a six in 29 balls. Milind scored 38 runs in 43 balls and hit 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.
After that, Kathmandu players were out in turn. In the 17th over, Sohail Tanvir took 3 wickets. He took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Ranjit Kumar took 28 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 Khan, who was sent to the third position, hit a six and scored 6 runs. Ben Charlesworth scored 13 runs in 14 balls. Gerard Erasmus, who came after Simpson was out, was stumped by a wide ball. Adil Alam Ansari scored 8 runs in 5 balls.
Santosh Yadav also failed to open his account, while captain Karan KC was out for 1 run. Dipesh Kandel was out for 6 runs. Sahab Alam remained unbeaten on 2 runs.
Both teams have 4 points each. Chitwan and Kathmandu are in third and fourth place respectively after playing 3 and 4 games respectively. The team that wins this match will have a strong chance of reaching the playoffs.
When these two teams met in their first match last season, Chitwan defeated Kathmandu by 5 wickets. Chitwan reached the playoffs with an equal score of 8 points, while Kathmandu was eliminated in the league stage.
