Itahari retained the top spot with six points from three matches after defeating Mills Cricket Club by eight wickets, while Chinnamasta moved up to second place after defeating India's RML by 14 runs.
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Itahari Super Kings have registered their third consecutive win in the KPL Cup International Invitational Cricket Tournament. Itahari defeated Mills Cricket Club and Academy Biratnagar by 8 wickets in their third match of the league stage on Monday.
Chasing a modest target of 134 runs for victory, Itahari achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in just 13.2 overs. In Itahari's victory, Shubh Kansakar batted aggressively and scored 71 runs in 38 balls. He hit 2 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 186.84 and led the team to victory. Similarly, Deepak Dumre remained unbeaten on 51 runs in 36 balls. He hit 1 four and 5 sixes. Both made a great partnership for the second wicket and made the game one-sided.
Opener Akash Saraf was dismissed for 1 run while Sujan Thapaliya remained unbeaten. Earlier, Mills Cricket Club and Academy, which had won the toss and elected to bat first, had scored 133 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Ritik Kamat scored 32 runs for Mills, while Imran Sheikh scored 31 and Munna Das scored 28 not out. The Itahari bowlers did not allow the opposition to score a big score, so the batters chased the target easily. With their third consecutive win, Itahari has collected 6 points from 3 matches.
In the second match held on Monday itself, Chinnamasta Lions defeated India's RML Sports Academy by 14 runs. Chinnamasta, which had won the toss and elected to bat first at the Dr. Khalil Azad Sports Ground in Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-4, had scored 168 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Santosh Karki batted aggressively for Chinnamasta and scored 73 runs in 42 balls. He hit 2 fours and 8 sixes. Similarly, Tritaraj Das contributed 54 runs in 49 balls. Chasing a target of 169 runs, RML Sports Academy could only score 154 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For them, Amar Chandra scored 49 runs while Anubhav Singh scored 40 runs.
Aditya Pandey scored 23 and Chakradhar Dwivedi scored 19 runs, but that was not enough for the victory. While chasing the target, the Indian team started well, but could not control the run rate in the last overs and lost. With this win, Chinnamasta Lions have reached the second position with 4 points from 2 matches.
India's HPCA Patna is in third place with 2 points from 2 matches, while KCC India is also in fourth place with 2 points. Mills Cricket Club is in fifth place after losing two matches and remaining without points. RML Sports Academy, which lost three consecutive matches, has also reached the bottom without points.
The winner of the tournament, which will feature 6 teams, including three Indians, will receive 251,000, the second place 125,000 and the third place 50,000. The final match of the tournament will be played on the 23rd, said Afzal Hussain, chairman of the organizing KPL Group.
