Kathmandu. Chitwan Rhinos won the second match of the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) today. Chitwan defeated Janakpur Bolts by 4 wickets in the third match. Chitwan’s win has strengthened its playoff hopes. Chitwan has 7 points with one match left to play. With Chitwan’s victory, Karnali Yaks have also been eliminated along with Janakpur. Janakpur won only 2 out of seven matches. Karnali also lost one match before the last match as they had only four points left.
With Sudurpaschim and Lumbini safe in the playoffs, 2 teams from Kathmandu, Chitwan and Biratnagar will now reach the last 4.
Chitwan set a target of 89 runs set by Janakpur for 17 runs today. They lost 6 wickets in 2 overs. In which Dawid Malan scored 35 runs, Kushal Malla scored 15 runs.
Rahul Yadav took 3 wickets and Lalit Rajbanshi took 2 wickets for Janakpur. Invited to bat first after winning the toss, Janakpur made 88 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Skipper Harmeet Singh was the top scorer with 25 runs. Ranjit Kumar took 3 wickets for Chitwan, Sikandar Raja and Kamil Misra took 2 wickets each.
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