Kathmandu. Sudurpaschim Royals defeated Janakpur Bolts in the second match of the Nepal Premier League (NPL).

Sudurpaschim Province defeated Janakpur Bolts by 27 runs.

Chasing the target of 121 runs, Janakpur scored 93 runs in 19.5 overs with all wickets. Trit Raj Das scored 21 runs and Jimmy Neesham scored 20 runs for Janakpur.

Scott Kuggeleijn took 3 wickets while Hemanta Dhami, Tharindu Ratnayake, Dipendra Singh Airee, Anil Kharel and Ishan Pandey took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, Batting first after winning the toss, Sudurpaschim Royals scored 120 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Janakpur Boult skipper Harmeet Singh took 4 wickets to restrict Sudurpaschim Royals to a paltry total.

For Far-Western Royals, Brendan McMullen top-scored with 33 runs, while Binod Bhandari and Saif Zaib scored 10 runs each. Ishan Pandey and Dipendra Singh Airee returned to the pavilion on 3 and 1 runs respectively. Aarif Sheikh returned to the dugout for 11 runs. Tharindu Ratnayake scored an unbeaten 37 runs.

For Janakpur Bolts, Harry Tector, Rahul Yadav, Aditya Mahat and Abhishek Tiwary took 1-1 wickets.