Nepal Terai City defeated Durga Bhagwati Warriors and Samanpur Bolts defeated Ghodidevi Riders.
What you should know
In the Chandrapur Premier League match on Saturday, Nepal Terai City Unemployed Team defeated Durga Bhagwati Warriors by 7 wickets and Samanpur Bolts defeated Ghodidevi Riders by 6 wickets. This is Durga Bhagwati's second consecutive defeat.
Durga Bhagwati won the toss and elected to bat in the first match held at Kotihome Stadium in Chandrapur-8. Durga Bhagwati Warriors scored 100 runs in 20 overs after losing all their wickets. Team's Vivek Rana Magar scored 30 runs in 16 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Another batsman Umesh Patel scored 15 runs in 10 balls. Satyam Singh scored 11 runs in 11 balls. Other players could not score runs in double figures. Dayanand Mandal of Nepal Tarai City took the most wickets with 4. Chandan Thakur took 3, Ashiq Baitha took 2 and Ishan Pandey took 1 wicket.
Chasing a target of 101 runs, Nepal Tarai City won in 13.3 overs with the loss of 3 wickets. Sunny Sah of Nepal Tarai City scored 46 runs not out in 29 balls. Ranbir Yadav scored 23 runs in 30 balls. Another player Sachin Yadav scored 11 runs not out in 15 balls. Rit Gautam and Ishan Pandey scored 2 runs each. Nepal Tarai City had scored 10 extra runs. Durga Bhagwati's Arab Ram and Bikram Sah took 1 wicket each. Nepal Tarai City's Dayanand Mandal was declared the Player of the Match in the match.
In the next match, Samanpur won the toss and elected to field and invited Ghodidevi Riders to bat. The match was shortened to 18 overs due to light. Ghodidevi Riders players played the full overs and scored 120 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. For them, Avan Mukhiya scored the highest 34 runs in 24 balls. Anil Lamichhane added 24 runs in 12 balls. Rahul Yadav scored 14 runs in 12 balls. Rajiv Sada scored 13 runs in 8 balls. Vinay Gupta scored 12 runs in 15 balls. Other players could not score runs in double figures. Samanpur Bolts' bowlers Pappu Yadav, Firdosh Ansari and Sumit Shrestha took 2 wickets each. Sanjay Sah and Abhiraj Yadav took 1 wicket each.
Chasing a target of 121 runs, Samanpur Bolts achieved the victory by scoring 126 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 17 overs. Samanpur Bolts' Nishant Yadav scored 55 runs in 35 balls. Another player Gaurav Khadka added 33 runs in 36 balls. Sumit Shrestha scored 19 runs in 20 balls. Pappu Yadav scored 6 and Firdosh Ansari scored 5 runs. The team got 8 extra runs. Ghodadevi's bowler Abhay Yadav took 2 wickets. Rahul Yadav took 1 wicket. Samanpur Bolts' Nishant Yadav was named Player of the Match.
