Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts have registered their fourth consecutive victory in the Prime Minister's Cup Bagmati Province Men's Regional Cricket Tournament. Kathmandu defeated Chitwan by 5 wickets and Lalitpur defeated Nuwakot by 6 wickets in the match held on Friday.

These two teams have advanced to the finals with consecutive victories. After the 7 participating teams, including 6 from Bagmati Province and Tribhuvan University, competed in the round-robin league, the top two teams will play in the finals. 

Opener Prashant Mahat scored 78 runs, but Chitwan, who won the toss and elected to bat, was all out for 225 runs in 46.2 overs.  Prashant hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in 99 balls.  Pawan Bahadur Thapa, who was in excellent form, scored 47 runs.  He hit 6 fours in 62 balls. 

Arya Mahato scored 25 in 41 balls with 3 fours, Roshan Jha and captain Gautam KC scored 17 each and Dipesh Shrestha scored 10 runs.  Robin Sharma was out for 5 runs, while Pratik Shrestha could not open his account.  Pratish GC and Dayanand Mandal took 3 wickets each from Kathmandu. Pratish scored 35 runs in 7 overs and Dayanand scored 41 runs in 7.2 overs. Sonu Devkota took 2 wickets in 10 overs for just 22 runs, while Sandeep Parajuli and captain Ishan Pandey took 1 wicket each.

Kathmandu scored 229 runs in 36.2 overs after opening duo Rit Gautam and Samrat Shah scored half-centuries. Rit hit 12 fours and 1 six in 38 balls and Samrat hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in 69 balls. Sonu was the player of the match. He remained unbeaten on 35 runs in 38 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.

Uttam Thapa Magar was out for 39 in 42 balls with 2 fours and a six, Ishan was out for 11 in 16 balls with 1 four. Pratish remained unbeaten on 14 in 10 balls with 1 four and a six. Pratik of Chitwan took 2 wickets for 47 runs with 1 maiden in 10 overs, while Naresh Pradhan, Dipesh and Prashant took 1 wicket each.

Nuwakot, who won the toss and elected to bat on the lower ground of Mulpani, were all out for 205 in 49.3 overs. Manjit Thapaliya remained unbeaten on 64. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in 87 balls. Anubhav Khanal scored 27 off 50 balls with 2 fours, Roshan Bik 20, Rajesh Rimal 17, Yogesh Bhat Chhetri 16, Dinesh Subedi 15 and Bidhan Khatiwada were out for 11 runs. 

Surya Tamang was adjudged Player of the Match from Lalitpur. He took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 9.3 overs.  Bipin Acharya, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Saditya Banjara and Vivek Rana Magar took 1 wicket each. 

Lalitpur reached the target in 23.1 overs after opener Ashutosh Ghiraiya scored 69 runs off 41 balls. He hit 13 fours and 1 six. He had a partnership of 93 runs for the first wicket with opener Ronim Tiwari in nine overs.  Ronim scored 24 runs off 15 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Adil Khan scored 56 in 44 balls, hitting 3 fours and a six, Sachin Lekhak scored 23, Aryan Jung Chhetri scored 4 runs. Vivek remained unbeaten on 12 runs.

Makawanpur's second win

Makawanpur defeated Tribhuvan University by 9 wickets at the Tribhuvan International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Makawanpur, who had lost the first two matches, achieved its second consecutive victory. This is Tribhuvan University's fourth consecutive defeat.

Tribhuvan University, which won the toss and elected to bat, was all out for 136 runs in 35.3 overs. Makawanpur scored 138 runs in 14.5 overs. Player of the Match Shubh Kansakar scored 34 runs in 20 balls, hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes, and was dismissed by Sanjeev Manandhar. His opening pair Yubin Budhathoki hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in 46 balls and remained unbeaten on 49 runs in 24 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes.