NPL: Janakpur Bolts defeat Kathmandu Gorkhas

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१२ कार्तिक २०८३, बिहीबार १७:१९October 29, 2026

Kathmandu. Janakpur Bolts registered their first win in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) T20 Cricket Tournament. Janakpur Bolts defeated Kathmandu Gorkhas by eight wickets in today’s match.

Janakpur lost the first match against Karnali Yaks by 19 runs. Janakpur chased down the target of 116 runs in 17.2 overs at the loss of 2 wickets.TAG_OPEN_div_22

Moin Ali scored an unbeaten 58 off 51 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. Saif Hasan scored an unbeaten 40 runs. Ripon Mandal took one wicket for Kathmandu.TAG_OPEN_div_20

Elected to bat first after winning the toss, Kathmandu scored 115 runs in 19.3 overs at the loss of all wickets. Bhim Sarki top-scored for Kathmandu with 33 runs off 29 balls with four fours.TAG_OPEN_div_18

Rashid Khan scored 17 runs, Smit Patel scored 13 runs and Sumit Maharjan scored 10 runs. The rest of the batters could not reach double digits.TAG_OPEN_div_16

For Janakpur, Rahul Yadav took 4 wickets for 31 runs in four overs. Saif Hasan took two wickets while captain Harmeet Singh, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi and Moeen Ali took one wicket each.TAG_OPEN_div_14

The next match of TAG_OPEN_div_12 the tournament will be played between Biratnagar Kings and Karnali Yaks at 5:00 pm. Biratnagar is looking for its first win in the ongoing tournament. It had lost to Chitwan Rhinos by eight runs in the first match. Karnali is also looking for its second consecutive win. It had defeated Janakpur Bolts by 19 runs in the first match.