Police Club defeating Bagmati qualified for final

KATHMANDU: JAN. 18 – Nepal Police Club has reached the final of the Prime Minister’s Cup T-20 men’s cricket tournament. On Tuesday, Police Club qualified to the final after defeating Bagmati State by 51 runs in the first semi-final. Pawan Sharraf and Dipendra Singh Airee’s performance was exceptional in order to win over the police.

Police Club batted first after losing the toss and scored 155 runs despite losing 5 wickets. Pawan had 59 runs scored for the Police Club. Dilip Nath and Anil Sah also contributed 31 and 25 runs, respectively. Aarif Sheikh also contributed 12 runs. Nandan Yadav and Rajan Dhakal took 2-2 wickets for Bagmati.

Bagmati’s middle order fell short of the 156-run mark due to poor batting. Other than Adil Khan (27) and captain Gyanendra Malla (23), the other players were unable to perform fast. Region Dhakal (17) and Ram Naresh Giri (22) stayed undefeated, but Bagmati failed to reach the target despite having played the entire over.

Dipendra took 5 wickets to make Bagmati helpless. He took 5 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs.