Janakpur, which had lost four games, kept alive a slim hope of reaching the playoffs after the win. Chitwan has won only 2 out of 5 games.
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Defending champions Janakpur Bolts defeated Chitwan Rhinos by 6 wickets on half-centuries from Anil Sah and Maj Sadaqat. This is Janakpur's first win.
Janakpur, who lost four games, kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive after the win. Chitwan has won only 2 out of 5 games. Chitwan will play their last game on Thursday against Sudurpaschim Royals. Last year, Janakpur won the title, but Chitwan defeated Janakpur by 34 runs in the group stage.
Anil scored 61 off 36 balls and Sadakat 63 off 30 balls, helping Janakpur achieve the target of 177 runs by scoring 180 runs in 17.3 overs. After Asif Sheikh was dismissed for 18 runs with 3 fours off 18 balls, the two batsmen played openly and shared a partnership of 79 runs off 37 balls.
Player of the Match Anil hit 4 fours and 3 sixes off 36 balls and Sadakat hit 6 fours and 4 sixes off 30 balls. Yan Nicole Lofty Eaton was dismissed for 11 runs. Aditya Mahata remained unbeaten on 18 off 7 balls with 2 fours and 1 six, while Sanjay Krishnamurthy remained unbeaten on 5 runs.
Regular captain Anil could only score 5 runs in the first 3 matches in Janakpur. Due to poor personal form and Janakpur's continuous defeats, Anil was not included in the playing 11 in the previous match. Despite being recalled to the team against Chitwan, Wayne Parnell captained Janakpur.
Janakpur also made a big decision to keep Lalit Rajbanshi and Kishor Mahato out. Lalit had taken only 2 wickets and Kishor had taken 1 wicket in 4 matches this season. Anil and Sachin Bhatt took their places. Earlier, after David Malan and Arjun Saud had put up a partnership of 112 runs for the first wicket, Chitwan won the toss and scored 176 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
Even though Sadaqat bowled a maiden over in the first over of the match, Chitwan made a good total by adding 38 runs in the power play of 6 overs and 76 runs in 10 overs. Malan and Arjun took full advantage of half a dozen catches dropped by the Janakpur fielders. Anil dropped a very easy catch for Malan on 35 runs off the ball of Sachin Bhatt, who was playing his first match. Malan scored 80 runs off 54 balls. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixes.
Lofty Eaton dismissed Arjun in the 14th over to give Janakpur its first success. Arjun scored 52 runs off 39 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Saif Zaib was out for 7 and Ravi Bopara for 3 runs. Captain Kushal Malla remained unbeaten on 30 off 14 balls with 2 fours and a six and Amar Rautela on 1 run. Anil, Rupesh Singh, Sadaqat and Lofty Eaton took 1 wicket each for Janakpur.
