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.
This win of Chitwan has strengthened its chances of making the playoffs. Chitwan has 7 points with one match left to play. With Chitwan’s victory, along with Janakpur, Karnali Yaks have also been eliminated. Janakpur won only 2 out of seven matches. Karnali also had only four points in the last match and was eliminated before one match. With Sudurpaschim and Lumbini safe in the playoffs, 2 teams from Kathmandu, Chitwan and Biratnagar will now reach the last 4.
Chitwan achieved the target of 89 runs set by Janakpur in 17.2 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. Dawid Malan scored 35 runs and Kushal Malla scored 15 runs.
Rahul Yadav took 3 wickets and Lalit Rajbanshi took 2 wickets for Janakpur. Janakpur, who won the toss and elected to bat first, scored 88 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Captain Harmeet Singh scored the highest 25 runs. For Chitwan, Ranjit Kumar took 3 wickets, Sikandar Raja and Kamil Misra took 2 wickets each.
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