Kathmandu. Janakpur Bolts registered their first win under Siddharth Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL).
In the first match at TU Stadium today, Janakpur won by 8 wickets against Kathmandu Gurkhaz. Chasing a modest winning target of 116 runs, Janakpur lost only 2 wickets in 17.2 overs. This is Janakpur’s first win in the second match. Earlier in the first match, Karnali was defeated by Yaks. On the other hand, the beginning was not pleasant for Kathmandu, which was playing its first match.
In Janakpur’s victory, English all-rounder Moeen Ali played a brilliant half-century innings of 58 runs, while Saif Hasan scored 40 runs and Mayan Yadav scored 9 runs.
Ripon Mandal took 1 wicket for Kathmandu.
Kathmandu, who won the toss and started batting first, were all out in 19.3 overs and scored only 115 runs. Kathmandu’s batsmen could not last long against the lethal bowling of Janakpur’s bowlers.
For Kathmandu, Bhim Sarki contributed the most 33 runs, while Rashid Khan added 17 runs and opener Smit Patel added 13 runs. Apart from Sumit Maharjan scoring 10 runs, the other batsmen could not touch the double figure score.
In terms of bowling, Janakpur’s Rahul Yadav has taken 4 important wickets with very excellent and deadly bowling. Similarly, Saif Hasan took 2 wickets while captain Harmeet Singh, Moeen Ali and Lalit Rajvanshi took 1/1 wicket each.