Pentagon College, Kathmandu thrashed Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus, Kailali by 101 runs in the inaugural match of the third edition of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament, in Dhangadhi on Monday. Following the win, Pentagon secured berth in quarterfinal of the tournament.
Man-of-the-match Naresh Budaair receives the award. (Photo Courtesy:SPA)
Durga Laxmi won the toss and elected to field. Batting first, Pentagon put up 199/8 in allotted 20 overs as Naresh Budhayer blasted 59 runs and Pushpa Thapa scored unbeaten 56 runs. Opener Mahesh Chhetri (nine runs) and Mehboob Alam (24 runs) gave a good start to Pentagon putting up 43-run stand within 3.4 overs. Janak Kunwar dismissed Chhetri and Alam, both.
To guide Pentagon to the huge total, Budhayer struck eight boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball innings. Thapa hit five boundaries and a six in his unbeaten knock as opponent dropped his catch for four times.
Durga Laxmi bowlers Kunwar and Subodh Bhatta claimed two wickets each.
Chasing the mammoth total, Durga Laxmi was all out for 98 runs in 18.4 overs. Gyanendra Kunwar (22 runs) and Bhuwan Malla (21 runs) were the highest scorers for Durga Laxmi. Puran Thapa and Mahendra Bhattarai added 12 runs each while rest of the batsmen failed to produce double-digit scores.
Binod Chhetri showed the way to pavilion to the first three batsmen while man-of-the-match Budhayer took four wickets to wrap up Durga Laxmi’s innings. Budhayer bowled 3.4 overs and gave away 20 runs to claim the four wickets. He received Rs 5,000.