Well, one of the most awaited Cricket Tournament is started from today at Pokhara Cricket Ground in Nepal. Pokhara Premier League is the highest cash prize T-20 tournament till now in Nepal. The winner will be awarded 2.7 million Nepalese Rupee. While the first runner-up team will get 1 million NRS. The man of the series, best batsmen and the best bowler of the tournament, all will be awarded 155 CC Suzuki Gixer. While the man of the match of each match will get the 10 thousand cash from Super Tech Cement.
In the first match of Pokhara Premier League Pokhara Paltan defeated Biratnagar Titans by 58 runs. The two Nepali national players Sharad Veshwakar captaining the Pokhara Paltan while the 18-year-old Sandip Lamichane is captaining the Biratnagar Titans. The Biratnagar Titans won the toss, the captain Sandip Lamichane decided to bowl first. The Nepali national team player Jitendra Mukhiya also called yorker king started with the bowling for Biratnagar Titans while the Kushal Bhurtel and wicket-keeper batsmen Aasif Sheikh started the batting for Pokhara Paltan. Pokhara Paltan started the match really well, they didn’t lose any of their wickets in first six over and scored the 53 runs. In the first ball of the seventh over captain Sandip gave the breakthrough for the Biratnagar Titans, Kushal Bhurtel is caught out by the Pradip Airee at deep mid-wicket. He scored 38 runs from 26 balls. After that Biratnagar Titans waited so long to take the second wicket. At seventeenth over again captain S. Lamichane took the wicket for Biratnagar titans, Ravi Inder Singh is caught out at deep square leg by Pushpa Thapa. He scored 44 runs from just 27 balls with 2 fours and four sixes.
The Pokhara Paltan was at 160 for 2 after 18 over, the second opener Aasif Sheikh is caught out at long on, he scored 52 runs from 54 balls. Binod Bhandari played a blasted not out inning and score 41 runs from just 11 balls scoring 2 fours and 5 sixes with the strike rate of 372. The captain Sandip Lamichane was the most economical bowler for Biratnagar Titans he conceded 26 runs in 4 overs taking two wickets.
On chasing the target of 198, Pradip Airee and Sunil Dhamala Started for the Biratnagar Titans while the experienced bowler Mehaboob Alam started bowling for Pokhara Paltan, Biratnagar Titans lose their opening wickets in the second over of the match, S. Dhamala’s miss timed shot was caught out at deep cover by Rashid Khan in Krishna Karki’s over, S.Damala scored 11 runs from 8 balls. In very next over, Biratnagar Titans lost other openers Pradip Airee when their score was 22 runs. His miss hit shot is caught by K. Bhurtel at the cover in Lalit Rajbanshi’s over. After the end of the 20 over, the Biratnagar Titans managed to score only 139 losing 8 wickets. For Biratnagar Titans Wicketkeeper batsmen Raju Rijal and Puspa Thapa both scored the 30 runs. Pokhara Paltan bowler Lalit Rajabanshi took 3 wickets conceding only 17 runs his 4 over spell. While Mehaboob Alam, Krishna Karki, Sharad Veswakar, BK Bhusal, and Rashid Khan all took one wicket each.
Binod Bhandari from home team Pokhara Paltan was awarded man of the match for his blasting performance at end of the first inning. He was awarded the cash prize of 10K Nepalese Rupee sponsored by Super Tech cement. In tomorrow’s first match Nepali Captain Paras Khadka’s Chitwan Rhinos will face Sompal Kami’s Butwal Blasters and in second game Kathmandu Royals will face Dhangadi Blues. In addition to these match, ICC World Cup Trophy will be presented in tomorrow’s game at Pokhara Cricket Ground.
Full scorecard at http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1162758/scorecard/1162773/biratnagar-titans-vs-pokhara-paltan-1st-match-pokhara-premier-league-2018-19
Watch the Full match at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53dldiCNHQ
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