PM Cup Cricket: Madhesh defeats Sudurpaschim

Kathmandu, Jan 22: The Madhesh Province defeated Sudurpaschim Province by 80 runs in the match held today under the Prime Minister's Cup Men's One-Day National Cricket Tournament.     

In the match held at TU cricket ground, batting first after winning the toss, Madhesh scored 319 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. Mayan Yadav was the highest scorer for Madhesh, with 115 runs in 128 balls.     

Similarly, Pawan Sarraf scored 70 runs in 63 balls while Anil Shah contributed 69 runs in 70 balls. Rupesh Singh scored 21 runs, Avishek Tiwari scored 16 and Harishankar Shah scored 14 runs.     

For Sudurpaschim, Sher Malla took four wickets, Bikash Agri took two wickets and Narayan Joshi and Gajendra Bohra took one wicket each.     

Pursuing the victory target of 320 runs, Sudurpaschim was all out in 44.5 overs, with 239 runs. For Sudurpaschim, Naren Bhatt scored 121 runs off 122 balls while Narayan Joshi scored 26 runs and Kiran Thagunna scored 20 runs.     

For Madhes, Rajesh Yadav and Pradeep Paswan took three wickets each while Ranjit Kumar took two wickets and captain Harishankar Shah and Pawan Saraf took one wicket each.     

With today's win, Madhes has so far collected eight points, to remain third in the points table. Similarly, Sudurpaschim is in fourth place in the points table with six points. (RSS)