Army's impact against Sudurpaschim in Binod Bhandari's century
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With Bashir Ahmed taking 5 wickets and captain Binod Bhandari taking an aggressive century, Tribhuvan Army Club defeated Sudurpaschim Province by 7 wickets in the Prime Minister's Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament on Thursday.
After the win, Army has strengthened its chances of reaching the final. The only unbeaten team, Army, has 13 points from 7 matches and Sudurpaschim has 10 points from 8 matches. Army and Sudurpaschim are in the top two positions. After the 10 participating teams competed in a round-robin format, the top two teams will play in the final.
After Bashir took 5 wickets, Sudurpaschim won the toss and was all out for 150 runs in 38.1 overs at the proposed Ramjanaki Multi-Purpose International Stadium in Janakpur. Sudurpaschim's opening batsmen Khadga Bohra and Abhishek Pal were dismissed for 13 and 24 runs respectively. Prakash Pandey 8, Naresh Bhatt 3, Deepak Bohra 7, Ashok Dhami 11, Bhim Bohra 3 were dismissed.
Narayan Joshi scored 63 runs in 64 balls for 98 runs, losing 8 wickets. He hit 3 fours and 5 sixes. Vikas Agri scored 9 runs. Bashir took the highest number of 5 wickets in 9.1 overs, spending 35 runs. Shahab Alam and Naren Saud took 29 and 28 runs, respectively, and Akash Chand took 1 wicket.
After Vinod scored 100 runs in 75 balls, Army scored 155 runs in 20.2 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Player of the match Vinod hit 12 fours and 5 sixes. When Army needed 8 runs to win, he was dismissed in the 20th over. Then Kushal Malla hit Agri for two consecutive sixes to give Army the victory. Kushal scored 26 runs unbeaten in 18 balls, including 2 fours and a six. Tritaraj Das scored 5 runs, Bhim Sarki scored 16 runs in 25 balls. Sudurpaschim's Sher Malla took 2 wickets for 52 runs in 7 overs and Milan Bohra took 1 wicket.
Police's impressive performance
Nepal Police Club won an impressive 48-run victory over Karnali Province in another match of the Prime Minister's Cup held at the TB Shah Cricket Ground in Birgunj.
Police performed well and scored important points. Police, who elected to bat after winning the toss, scored 261 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Although there was some pressure at the beginning, the middle order took control of the innings. Opener Dinesh Kharel batted patiently and scored 82 runs in 100 balls. He stabilized the innings and led the team to a big score. Supporting him, Amit Shrestha played a useful innings of 30 runs in 32 balls. Other batters made small partnerships to make the score competitive.
Karnali's bowler Prakash Jaisi was the most successful. He took 3 wickets for 57 runs in 10 overs. Anuj Chanara bowled economically and took 2 wickets for 36 runs in 6 overs. Chasing a target of 262 runs, Karnali felt the pressure from the start. The team could not get back into the game after losing wickets at regular intervals. Arjun Gharti put up some resistance by scoring 46 runs in 56 balls, while Sunil Dhamala tried to control the innings by adding 34 runs in 47 balls. However, as other batters were dismissed cheaply, Karnali kept moving away from the target.
Police's bowling attack looked disciplined. Spinner Lalit Rajbanshi performed brilliantly, taking 5 wickets for 36 runs in 9 overs and 2 overs. He destroyed Karnali's middle and lower order, turning the game in Police's favor. Fast bowler Karan KC took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 9 overs. Lalit Rajbanshi was named Player of the Match for his excellent bowling performance.
