A four hit by Akash Chand, who came in as the last wicket, gave Army the victory against Lumbini.
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The departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club has won the PM Cricket Cup Men's One-Day National Tournament by a hard-fought one wicket in an exciting match.
Batting first in the match held at the proposed Ramjanaki Multi-Purpose International Stadium in Janakpur on Wednesday, Lumbini Province scored 138 runs in 39.2 overs after losing all their wickets.
Lumbini Province's opener Prajwal Thapa scored 15 runs in 33 balls and Ranjit Khatri Khadka scored 28 runs in 55 balls. Another batsman Dev Khanal scored 23 runs in 36 balls, Dinesh Bohara scored 10 runs in 13 balls, Akash Tripathi scored 21 runs in 40 balls and Santosh Yadav scored 11 runs in 10 balls. The remaining batsmen Darsh Sonar, Sallauddin Khan, Nirmal Gurung and Biparshan KC could not add double-digit runs. Lumbini Province got an extra 7 runs.
Kushal Malla, the bowler of the departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club, took the highest number of wickets at 26 runs in 8 overs. Naren Saud took 2 wickets at 38 runs in 7 overs, Bhim Sarki took 2 wickets at 2 runs in 1.2 overs, Sahab Alam took 1 wicket at 26 runs in 9 overs and Wasir Ahmed took 1 wicket at 29 runs in 10 overs.
Tribhuvan Army Club's opening batsmen, who were given a winning target of 139 runs, returned to the pavilion cheaply. Opener Tritaraj Das was dismissed after scoring 10 runs in 4 balls, while captain Binod Bhandari returned to the pavilion after playing 2 balls for zero runs. Another Army batsman Bhim Sarki scored 18 runs in 13 balls, Kushal Malla scored 41 runs in 36 balls, Arjun Saud scored 28 runs in 36 balls, Imran Sheikh scored 16 runs in 28 balls, Jitendra Singh Thakuri scored 10 runs in 15 balls and Wasir Ahmed scored 12 runs in 14 balls.
After two batters Naren Saud and Sahab Alam were dismissed consecutively, Army scored only 134 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. With the last wicket remaining, Army was 5 runs behind the victory. A four hit by Akash Chand, who came in as the last wicket, gave Army the victory. Before Chand hit the four, Imran Sheikh added 3 runs.
Army scored 141 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 25.2 overs and defeated Lumbini Pradesh by 1 wicket. Lumbini bowler Santosh Yadav took the highest number of 5 wickets for 17 runs in 6 overs, while Nirmal Gurung took 4 wickets for 40 runs in 9 overs.
