Chitwan beats Sudur Paschim by 33 runs in NPL

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec 8: Chitwan Rhinos beat Sudur Paschim Royals by 33 runs in the ongoing Nepal Premier League (NPL) on Sunday at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. 

Chitwan Rhinos defended its total of 164 runs stopping Sudur Paschim in 131 runs.

To limit Sudur Paschim to 131 runs Kushal Malla, Rijan Dhakal, Amar Routela and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton took two wickets each. Similarly, Ranjit Kumar and Sohail Tanvir took a single wicket each. 

Before being all out in 18.2 overs Sudur Paschim scored 131 runs.

Sudur Paschim's Ishan Pandey scored 35 runs, Saif Zaib 18, Scott Kuggeleijn 16, Brandon McMullen 13, Dilpreet Bajwa 12 and Binod Bhandari scored 10 runs. other batsmen failed to score runs in double digits.  

Earlier, Chitwan gave a target of 165 runs to Sudur Paschim for victory. To post a challenged target against Sudur Paschim Chitwan's batsman Hassan Eisakhil hit a half-century scoring 65 runs. Similarly, Ravi Bopara scored 36 runs, Bipin Rawal scored 17 runs and Kushal Malla scored 13 runs.