Karnali Yaks has set a 150-run target for Kathmandu Gorkhas in the 19th match of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), a franchise-based T20 tournament, underway in Kirtipur.
Electing to bat first after winning the toss at the TU International Cricket Ground on Sunday, Karnali notched up 149 runs losing 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Gulsan Jha topped the score with 49 runs including 6 fours and 3 sixes off 22 deliveries followed by Pawan Sarraf with 35 runs while Mark Watt, Najibullah Zadran and Deepak Dumre scored 30, 12 and 10 runs, respectively. The other batsmen could not score double digit runs.
In reply, Rashid Khan took the highest 2 wickets while Karan KC, Milind Kumar and Santosh Yadav grabbed 1 wicket each for Kathmandu.
Kathmandu Gorkhas is in the third position with 6 points from five matches while Karnali Yaks is in the sixth position with 2 points from 4 matches.
Eight teams are competing in the league stage, each playing seven matches. Now Kathmandu Gorkhas will pay a match against Pokhara Avengers and Karnali is yet to play two matches one with Pokhara Avengers and the other Janakpur Bolts.
The four highest-scoring teams will advance to the playoffs.
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