PM Cup National ODI Cricket tournament: Koshi defeats Lumbini

Kathmandu, Jan 30: Koshi province defeated Lumbini Province by 16 runs to register its first win in the Prime Minister's Cup national one-day cricket tournament.     

Put into bat after losing the toss at the TU cricket ground today, Koshi scored 172 runs in 44.4 overs at the loss of all wickets.     

Captain Ankit Subedi contributed the highest 49 runs for Koshi while Saujan Ghimire scored 43 runs, Minas Thapa scored 25 and Sonu Ansari scored 17 runs.     

For the bowling side, Nara Sarki of Lumbini took 4 wickets. Similarly, Bir Magar took three wickets, Abhishek Gautam took two and Krishna Karki took one wicket.     

In reply, chasing a victory target of 173 runs, Lumbini ended with only 156 runs on the board, after losing all wickets in 46.5 overs.     

Dilsad Ali was the highest scorer for Lumbini with 32 runs. Similarly, Birat Bhandari scored 28 runs, Samrat Bhusal scored 26 runs and Krishna Karki scored 22 runs.(RSS)