Nepal Police Club Dominates APF Club by 185 Runs in Prime Minister's Cup Cricket Tournament

Kathmandu. In the eighth match of the Prime Minister's Cup Cricket Tournament, Nepal Police Club defeated another departmental team, Armed Police Force (APF) Club, by a massive margin of 185 runs on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 356 runs, APF was bowled out for just 170 runs in 44 overs.

For the team, tail-enders Nandan Yadav and Kamal Airi saved them from a bigger defeat by scoring 44 and 35 runs respectively. Apart from them, Sandeep Jora scored 24 runs and Purnabik scored 20 runs. Arif Sheikh managed only 18 runs while captain Rohit Paudel scored just 11 runs.

Lalit Rajbanshi took 3 wickets for Police. Karan KC, Rashid Khan, and Dinesh Kharel took 2 wickets each, while Sagar Dhakal took 1 wicket.

Earlier, Nepal Police Club, after losing the toss and electing to bat first, scored 355 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Four batsmen from the team scored half-centuries.

Shankar Rana (61 runs), Dinesh Kharel (60 runs), Dilsad Ali (51 runs), and captain Arif Sheikh (50 runs) guided the team towards a huge total by scoring half-centuries. Similarly, Rashid Khan added 44 runs, Amit Shrestha added 39 runs, and Gulshan Jha added 23 runs.

Kamal Airi and Amar Rautela took 2 wickets each for APF. Nandan Yadav, Rohit Paudel, and Yuvraj Khatri took 1 wicket each.