Region No. 3 Kathmandu defeated Region No. 6 (Baitadi) to secure third consecutive victory in the ongoing Pepsi Standard Chartered Senior T20 National (Cricket) Tournament on Saturday.

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In the match held at Pulchowk Engineering Campus Ground, Kathmandu beat Baitadi by eight wickets. Kathmandu easily met the target of 96 runs set by Baitadi in 13.4 overs as Bivitsu Thapa scored 39 runs and Niraj Bhattarai 22 runs.

Kathmandu had defeated Region No. 9 (Mahendranagar) and Region No. 4 (Bhairahawa) in its previous matches.

Similarly, Region No. 2 (Birgunj) secured victory against Region No. 8 (Pokhara) by 2 runs to register second win held at Kirtipur TU Ground. However, it had lost to Armed Police Force (APF) by 76 runs on Friday’s match.

Hasim Ansari of R-2 (Birgunj) receiving the player of the match award from guest Sanjeev Pandey (Member of CAN)
Pokhara was held to 150 runs against the target of 153 runs set by Birgunj as Jitendra Mukhiya and Irshad Ahmed took two wickets each for the winning side. Both teams lost five wickets each.

Likewise, Region No. 4 (Bhairahawa) thrashed Region No. 9 (Mahendranagar) by five wickets to register first win in the tournament. However, this is a second straight defeat to Mahendranagar as it has lost to Kathmandu by 42 runs in its previous match.

In the first inning played at TU Ground, Mahendranagar posted a target of 108 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. Surendra Chand scored 26 runs for the team.

However, Bhairahawa chased the target in 16.4 overs as Fazlur Rehman Khan made half century to the team. He was also declared player of the match.

Meanwhile, the match between APF Club and Region No. 5 (Nepalgunj) was abandoned due to rain. They both shared one point each. Both the teams have won two matches earlier. Nepalnews.com