Region No 4 Bhairahawa set up title clash with Region No 3 Kathmandu in the ongoing Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament defeating Region No 1 Biratnagar by three wickets on day of league match at the TU Cricket Ground.
Sagar Khadka claimed three important wickets in his four-over spell conceding 21 runs as Biratnagar were restricted for a paltry 106/9 in the allotted 20 overs.
Basant Regmi took two wickets and Lal bahadur Adhikari and Vijay Thapa took one wicket each.
For Biratnagar, Mehboob Alam scored 27 runs off 20 balls with two fences and a six before being bowled out by Vijay. Likewise, Sunny Pun and Ajay Rajbanshi who added 19 runs each were the other batsmen to reach a double figure.
Antim Thapa of Bhairahawa hit 36 runs off 37 balls with two sixes as the team achieved the target by losing seven wickets in 19.3 overs. Manoj Vhaishya (19) and skipper Shakti Gauchan (14) played a 38-run unbeaten partnership for the win after the team was reduced to 71/7.
Amrit Bhattarai (10) and Basanta Regmi (11) were the other batsmen to reach a double figure. Ajay Rajbanshi dismissed three batsmen while Mehboob and Raj Kumar Pradhan took one wicket each of Bhairahawa.
In another match, Region No 6 Baitadi beat Region No 5 Nepalgunj by four wickets to register its second win of the tournament and finish at No 4 of the six-team tournament ahead of Birgunj and Nepalgunj.
Electing to bat first, Nepalgunj scored 86/8. Anupam Singh topscored with unbeaten 23 facing 31 deliveries. Subendu Pandey who scored 14 off 29 was the only other batsman to reach a double figure for the team.
Bhuwan Karki, Prem Budal and Naresh Budhayer of Baitedi claimed two wickets each.
Baitadi achieved the target in 19 overs losing six wickets. Man-of-the-match Binod Bhandari hit 24 runs off 32 balls with three boundaries before being stumped by wicket keeper Mahesh Chhetri and Naresh Budhayer (17) was the other batsman to reach a double figure.
Subendu Pandey claimed four wickets in his four-over spell conceding 13 runs but it could not help his team win the match. Sandeep Shrestha and Tajuddin Halwai claimed one wicket each.
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