Pokhara defeated Bharatpur Metropolitan City by 6 runs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Tuesday.
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Pokhara Metropolitan City has won its third consecutive PL Singh Memorial T20 Cup cricket. Pokhara defeated Bharatpur Metropolitan City by 6 runs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Tuesday.
Batting first, Bharatpur was all out for 123 runs in 18.4 overs. Opener Shubh Kansakar scored 30 off 22 balls, while Suryanshu Koirala, Gautam KC and Yogesh Bahadur Bhat scored 17-17 runs each. Sudeep Aryal, Aparajit Poudel, Krishna Poudel and Subash Bhandari took 2 wickets each from Pokhara.
Pokhara achieved the target in 18.1 overs. Muskan Thapa Magar scored an unbeaten 51 runs off 46 balls, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes. He was the player of the match. Deepak Dumre 23, Karan Pangeni 17 and Arjun Kumal were out for 12 runs. Sandeep Khatri Chhetri remained unbeaten on 15 runs in 7 balls, hitting 2 sixes. Gautam KC, Shubha and Prateek Shrestha took 1 wicket each from Bharatpur.
In the second match, Birgunj Metropolitan City defeated Biratnagar Metropolitan City by 58 runs. This was Birgunj's first victory in 3 matches. Birgunj won the toss and batted first and scored 135 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Pawan Saraf scored 63 runs in 44 balls. He was named Player of the Match for hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Anil Kumar Sah was out for 17 runs. Prateek Pokharel and Dipesh Kandel of Biratnagar took 2 wickets each.
In reply, Biratnagar was bowled out for 77 runs in just 18 overs. Prem Kamat of Biratnagar scored 23 not out and Dipesh Kandel scored 15 runs. Vishal Patel of Birgunj took 4 wickets in 4 overs, spending only 10 runs. Pawan took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs.
