Lumbini Province and Sudurpaschim Province won the two matches held on Wednesday under the ongoing Under-19 National Tournament in Kathmandu.
At TU Maidan Kirtipur, Sudurpaschim Pradesh won their fifth consecutive victory by defeating Madhesh Pradesh by 7 wickets. This is Madhesh’s fourth defeat in a row.
The target of 123 runs given by Madhesh was met by Sudurpaschim in 18.5 overs for 3 wickets. South West opener Deepak Bohara scored the highest 53 runs. Another opener, Dipak Bohra scored 24 and Gajendra Bohara scored 23 not out.
Madhesh, who won the toss and batted, could score only 122 runs in 38.1 overs. For him, Ali Ansari scored 32, Imran Shaikh 28 and Mayan Yadav 23.
Naren Saud, the left-arm spinner of Far West, took the maximum 5 wickets during which 24 runs were spent with 1 maiden over in 9.1 overs. Hemant Dhami took 3 wickets and created pressure from the start. While playing the first match, Yuvraj Khatri took 2 wickets in which only 15 runs were spent in 9 overs.
Bagmati’s first loss, Lumbini’s final chances still alive
Lumbini won by 85 runs in a desperate match at the Mulpani Ground, in which Bagmati lost all wickets for 149 runs in 35.3 overs, chasing a target of 235 runs given by Lumbini.
Bagmati captain Ashok Paudel scored the most 31 runs, Pratik Shrestha scored 27 runs, Roshan BK scored 23 runs.
Lumbini bowler Durgesh Gupta took 4 wickets in which 15 runs were spent in 5.3 overs. Abhishek Gautam and Tul Bahadur Thapa took 2/2 and Nirmal Gurung and Nar Sarki took 1/1 wicket.
After winning the toss, Lumbini lost all wickets for 234 runs in 49 overs.
Openers Dev Khanal scored 46 runs and Akash Tripathi scored 40 runs for Lumbini. Durgesh Gupta scored 38 runs, Tul Bahadur Thapa scored 28 runs and Vishal Bhusal scored 20 runs. Dev and Aakash shared an opening partnership of 72 runs. Tul Bahadur and Durgesh shared 51 runs for the ninth wicket.
Bagmati bowler Pratik Shrestha took 3 wickets. Abishek Koirala and Omkar Yadav took 2/2 and Ahmed Raja and Yogesh Bhat took 1/1 wicket.
