Tribhuvan Army Club retained the top spot by defeating Sudurpaschim by 7 wickets, helped by captain Binod Bhandari's century.
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Captain Binod Bhandari's century has helped the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club continue its winning streak by defeating Sudurpaschim Province in the Prime Minister's (PM) Cricket Cup Men's National Competition.
After defeating Sudurpaschim, the Army is firmly at the top of the PM Cricket Cup with 13 points. Sudurpaschim is in second place with 10 points.
Batting first, Sudurpaschim scored 150 runs in 38.1 overs after losing all their wickets.
Sudurpaschim's opening batsmen Khadga Bohra and Abhishek Pal returned to the pavilion cheaply. Bohra was dismissed for 13 runs off 14 balls and Pal for 24 off 41 balls.
The Sudurpaschim batsmen who came after him could not score much runs either. Batsman Prakash Pandey scored 8, Naresh Bhatt scored 3, Deepak Bohra scored 7, Ashok Dhami scored 11, Bhim Bohra scored only 3 runs. Sudurpaschim struggled after losing 8 wickets for 98 runs after the batting order did not perform well from the beginning. Sudurpaschim's batter Narayan Joshi and Vikas Agri's partnership added a good run before the loss of the last wicket. Joshi scored 63 runs off 64 balls. Agri scored 9 runs. Sudurpaschim, who got an extra 8 runs, lost all their wickets in 38.1 overs.
Army bowler Bashir Ahmed took the highest number of 5 wickets for 35 runs in 9.1 overs. Another bowler Sahab Alam took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 10 overs, Naresh Saund took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 10 overs, and Ashok Chand took 1 wicket for 32 runs in 4 overs.
Batting with a winning target of 151 runs, Army Club batted explosively from the very first over. Army scored 155 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20.2 overs. Captain Binod Bhandari contributed a century in the victory of Tribhuvan Army Club, which defeated Sudurpaschim by 7 wickets.
Bhandari scored 100 runs in 75 balls. Similarly, another batter Kushal Malla scored 26 runs in 18 balls, Tritaraj Das scored 5 runs, and Bhim Sarki scored 16 runs in 25 balls. Army got an extra 5 runs. Sudurpaschim bowler Sher Malla took 2 wickets for giving 52 runs in 7 overs and Milan Bohra took 1 wicket for giving 23 runs in 4 overs.
