Karnali Yaks face Janakpur Bolts in T20 tournament match

The cricket encounter in Kathmandu features Karnali Yaks competing against Janakpur Bolts. The fixture is hosted at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. Janakpur won the toss and elected to field first, putting Karnali into bat for the scheduled twenty-over innings. During the first innings, Karnali lost early wickets beginning with Mark Watt on the final ball of the opening over, contributing a single run from five balls. Deepak Dumre followed in the third over, dismissed by Rahul Yadav. Husain Talat was the third wicket to fall, caught off Rahul Yadav after making three runs from fourteen deliveries. Further into the innings, Jimmy Neesham contributed significantly with the bat, putting up 37 runs from 37 deliveries before being caught off a delivery by Lalitnarayan Rajvanshi, with Neesham taking a catch as well. Aditya Mahata was dismissed without scoring, while others like Nisham made 15 runs from 14 balls. Karnali concluded their allotted 20 overs having lost nine wickets, reaching a total of 132 runs and establishing a target of 133 runs for their opponents. Janakpur subsequently began their run chase in the second half of the match. In the reply innings, Janakpur encountered early losses, including players falling within the same over. Bowlers who claimed wickets for Janakpur across the match included Harmit Singh with three dismissals, alongside Rahul Yadav and Moin Ali with two wickets each, and Lalit Rajvanshi taking one wicket. Ariful Islam also took a catch during the proceedings.