With the help of brilliant century from Shawn Findlay, Nepali Rhinos enters Semi Final as group Topper from Group by defeating Somerset Cavaliers by 44 runs in their last group match encounter.
Nepali Rhinos will be facing Florida Underdogs who are the runner up from Group B in their Semi Final encounter which will be played today at 9:45pm.
Electing to bat first Nepali Rhinos only managed to post 71 runs with the loss of 3 wickets in their first 10 over’s. Chasing down the first Innings score Cavaliers made 80 runs with the loss of 2 wickets taking lead with 9 runs in their first innings.
Coming down to bat in second innings Rhinos showed some destructive cricket as they managed to score 129 runs in their 10 over’s, thanks to brilliant century from Shawn Findlay who scored 113 in just 46 balls with the help of 12 sixes and 3 four. For Rhinos Subash Khakurel made 22 runs whereas Sharad Veswakar contributi
ng 39 alongside Sompal Kami making 29 runs.
Cavaliers chasing down 121 runs in their 10 over only managed to score 75 runs with West Indies Cricketer Xavier Marshall scoring 58 runs and Former Bangladesh Cricketer Tapash Baishya contributing 21 run. To stop Cavaliers in this score Shawn Findlay and Basant Regmi took 2-2 wickets whereas Sompal Kami, Paras Khadka and Sharad Veswakar took 1 wicket each.
In previous encounters Nepali Rhinos defeated Montgomery Sports Management England (MSM) by 7 wickets and UAE Falcons by 5 wickets.
Winner of this Tournament will win a Mitsubishi Car along with 60,000 USD.
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