Kathmandu district has won its third consecutive victory in the Prime Minister's Cup Bagmati Province Men's Regional Cricket Tournament. Kathmandu defeated Bhaktapur by 80 runs in the match played at the Mulpani Lower Ground on Thursday. Bhaktapur suffered its second defeat in four matches.

After Uttam Thapa Magar scored 95 runs, Kathmandu, who lost the toss and came in to bat, scored 280 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Uttam hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in 72 balls. Rabin Joshi also scored a half-century. He scored 52 runs in 52 balls with 8 fours and 1 six. Despite losing

opener Prasidh Jaisi before opening the account, captain Ishan Pandey scored 29 runs in 51 balls with 3 fours, Rit Gautam scored 28 runs in 48 balls with 3 fours and 1 six, Samrat Shah scored 21 runs in 33 balls with 1 four, Sonu Devkota scored 17 runs, Upendra Khatri scored 16 runs. Bhaktapur's Akrit Pratap Karki and Subash Khatri took 3 wickets each, while Avinash Basyal and captain Chris Karki took 1 wicket each. Akrit cost 48 runs in 8 overs and Subash 55 runs in 10 overs.

In reply, Bhaktapur were all out for 200 runs in 41.5 overs. Sagar Ghimire scored the highest score of 43 runs. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in 36 balls. Subash added 41 runs. He hit 2 fours and 1 six in 47 balls. Opener Ringjin Lama scored 32 runs with 5 fours in 47 balls. Srijal Dhami remained unbeaten on 21 runs, while Saurabh Sakkarmi scored 18 and Kritik scored 15 runs. 

Sandeep Parajuli took 3 wickets from Kathmandu. He cost 56 runs in 8.5 overs. Ishan cost 27 runs in 6 overs and Sonu cost 40 runs in 10 overs, 2-2. Dayanand Mandal, Dheeraj Deuba and Upendra Khatri took 1 wicket each. 

Pratik's all-round performance

Pratik Shrestha's all-round performance helped Chitwan defeat Tribhuvan University (TRI) by 211 runs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. This is Chitwan's second victory in three matches. 

After Pawan Bahadur Thapa's strong batting performance, Chitwan won the toss and elected to bat and were all out for 267 runs in 43 overs. In reply, TRI was all out for 56 runs in 26.1 overs. This is Tribhuvan's third consecutive defeat. After Pawan, who had scored a century and a half-century in the previous two matches, scored 79 runs, Chitwan made a strong score. He hit 7 fours in 73 balls. 

Opener Prashant Mahat played with a batting-based approach and scored 44 runs, hitting 8 fours. Krijan Gurung scored 35 off 31 balls with 6 fours, Prateek scored 25 off 25 balls with 3 fours, captain Gautam KC and Dipesh Shrestha scored 20 each, Arya Mahato scored 13 and Roshan Jha scored 12 runs. Tribhuvan captain Sumit Jha and Sanjeev Manandhar took 3 wickets each. Sumit scored 23 runs in 7 overs and Sanjeev scored 58 runs in 10 overs. Lokendra Timilsina, Santosh Bahadur Chand and Suraj Tiruwa took 1 wicket each.

In reply, Tribhuvan batsman Naveen Rawal scored 13 runs off 42 balls with 2 fours, but none of them could reach double figures. The last 3 players of the team failed to open their accounts. Prateek took 4 wickets. He conceded only 12 runs in 4.1 overs. Dipesh and Krijan took 2-2 and Gautam took 1 wicket. 

Makawanpur's first win

Opener Shubha Kansakar and captain Suman Sunar scored centuries to secure Makawanpur's first win in the qualifiers. Makawanpur defeated Nuwakot by 279 runs in the Upper Mulpani. 

After Shubha scored 122 and Suman scored 110 runs, Makawanpur won the toss and elected to bat. They scored a huge total of 366 runs in the stipulated 50 overs, losing 9 wickets. Shubha hit 13 fours and 8 sixes in 74 balls and Suman hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in 98 balls. Shubha shared a partnership of 104 for the first wicket with Yubin Budhathoki and 96 for the second wicket with Suman.