Riders has played 4 matches in the tournament out of which they have registered win in 3 matches and 1 game was undecided. A total of 7 points are there for them. They are sure to march towards the final of the Mayor Cup that is being help in Saptari. The winner of the match between Giants and Dragon will face Riders in the final of the tournament.
Riders won their last match by 112 runs. On this match, there were two hundreds while 434 runs was made in total by both the teams. Riders won the toss to bat first in the match. They scored 273 runs. Chasing the target, Thunders were dismissed in 161 runs in 18.3 overs. Manjet Shrestha made an unbeaten 66 runs in 39 balls. He scored 4 fours and 6 sixes in the match. Amit Yadav scored 31 while Bidhan Goswami scored 22 runs for Thunders. Amatya took 3 wickets, Anoj Yadav and Pradeep Paswan took 2 wickets each for Riders.
In the first innings, Riders scored 273 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 1 wicket. Santosh Karki and sonu ansari both scored the century for their team. It's happens rarely in a t-20 game. Santosh scored 100 runs in 45 balls with the help of 5 fours and 11 sixes. Sonu Ansari was unbeaten on 114 runs in 56 balls with the help of 5 fours and 13 sixes in the match. Both these batsman are from Birgunj. In the later half, Mehboob Alam scored unbeaten half century in the match facing 20 balls with the help of 1 four and 7 sixes. The captain of the thunders took single wicket for them but he was expensive to give 64 runs in 4 overs. Open Rai gave 55 runs in 4 overs. Amit Yadav gave 45 runs in 2 overs and Bidhan gave 51 runs in 4 overs. The match was too tough for the bowlers.
Riders defeated Thunders by 112 runs and booked the ticket to the finals and Santosh Karki was declared as the man of the match.
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