Lumbini Lions out of NPL

 

Kathmandu Gurkhas defeated Lumbini Lions by 18 runs in the second match of the Nepal Premier League on Wednesday.

In the match held at the TU International Cricket Ground, Lumbini failed to reach the target of 104 runs set by Kathmandu Gurkhas.

Sandeep Zora was the highest scorer with 26 runs for Lumbini. For Kathmandu, captain Karan KC took four wickets and Dipesh Kandel took three wickets. Similarly, Jehard Erasmus took two wickets.

Earlier, Kathmandu, won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 103 runs in 19.2 overs.

Bhim Sarki top-scored with 31 runs followed by Dan Dwthwaite who contributed 21 runs.

For the bowling side, Saad Win Zafar took three wickets while Abhishesh Gautam and Ramon Simmonds took two wickets each.

Lumbini managed to collect just two points in six matches with five loss and one win.

With this defeat, Lumbini have been eliminated from the competition in the league stage, before playing one last game.

With the win, Kathmandu have risen to the fifth place in the points table.