In the 6th day of Karnali Premiere League being held in Surkhet, New Horizon Cricket Academy (NHCA) defeated Himalayan Cricket Academy (HCA) by 5 wickets. Shakti Gauchan is the captain of NHCA.
After the matches in Group B, NHCA has played 3. They have won 2 of them and suffered a defeat in one of them. They have collected 4 points till now. APF has 2 wins from 2 matches played with 2 points on the table. Mahendranagar Cricket Academy (MCA) has 2 points in the table with a win from 2 matches. The match between APF and MCA will decide the two teams who will be selected for the semi final of the tournament. From the Group A, Karnali-11 has already marched to the semi final and the remaining team will soon be decided by the match between Tribhuwan Army Club (TAC) and Mid-Western Cricket Club.
NHCA batted first after winning the toss. In 18.2 overs, NHCA were dismissed in 92 runs. Dipendra Airi made 25 runs for HCA. Arjun Rayamajhi of NHCA took 3 wickets in 4 overs conceding 16 runs, Shakti Gauchan took 2 wickets in 3.2 overs giving 5 runs while Govinda Khatri took 2 wickets in 2 overs giving 13 runs. Chasing th target od 93 runs in Kalinchowk ground, they crossed the target in 14 overs losing 5 wickets. The agressive innings of Nischal Chaudhary, unbeaten 50 runs in 29 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes boosted their innings. Suraj Darai scored 11 runs, Arjun Rayamajhi scored 10 runs and Shakti Gauchan scored an unbeaten 10 runs for his team. At a situation, NHCA were 32 runs losing 5 wickets. The partnership of 66 runs from Nischal and Shakti was the game changing moment. Pawan Karki took 3 wickets in 4 overs with a maiden and 15 runs. Hemant Dhami took 2 wickets in 3 overs with 21 runs for HCA. Nischal Chaudhary was declared as the player of the match.
Originally posted in my scorum blog here