Nepal Police Club has won the Jai Trophy Men's Elite Cup cricket title for the second consecutive time after Rashid Khan and Kushal Bhurtel shared a 94-run partnership. Police defeated Tribhuvan Army Club by 4 wickets in the final match held at the Upper Cricket Ground in Mulpani on Thursday.

Police achieved the target of 227 runs after the tea session on the third and final day of the match. Police completed it by scoring 230 runs in 57 overs. Last year, Police defeated Army to win the title in Birgunj. Dilshad Ali hit 4 fours and 1 six in 57 balls to make 31 and Shankar Rana remained unbeaten on 13 with 2 fours in 8 balls.

After Amit Shrestha was dismissed for zero and Dinesh Kharel for 25, Rashid and Kushal put on a solid partnership for the third wicket. Kushal scored 51 and Rashid 81 runs. Kushal hit 5 fours in 64 balls and Rashid hit 8 fours and 3 sixes in 128 balls. Captain Arif Sheikh hit 1 four and 1 six in 21 balls and Gulshan Jha got out for 14 runs. Army's Pawan Karki took 2 and Shahab Alam took 1 wicket. Police, who started the third day's play at 178-9, added 48 more runs. Akash Chand and Sompal Kami, who was batting while injured, added 49 runs for the tenth wicket. Sagar Dhakal broke the partnership by dismissing Akash. Akash scored 37 runs in 122 balls with 5 fours. Sompal, who played despite an injury to his left hand, remained unbeaten on 23 runs. He hit 3 fours in 76 balls. Sagar took 4 wickets for 43 runs in 16.2 overs, including 2 maidens. Karan KC and Lalit Rajbanshi took 3 wickets each.