Kathmandu. Siddharth Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL) playing its first match of the season against Kathmandu Gurkhaz Janakpur Bolts.

After winning the toss at TU Stadium, Kathmandu started batting first and scored only 115 runs in 19.3 overs.

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.