Sarfraz helps PCB blow Nepali hopes

THE KATHMANDU POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, May 9 - Sarfraz Ahmed displayed a brilliant batting performance as visiting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy registered an impressive 109-run victory over Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI at the TU Ground on Friday.

Ahmed, who captained Pakistan to U-19 World Cup victory in 2006, scored unbeaten 94 to rescue his team from 53/5 and take the total to 218/7 in 50 overs. CAN XI could only add 109 in 34.2 overs. Ahmed’s 100-ball knock was played with perfection as the 21-year-old showed a lot of maturity to rescue his team. PCB Academy had started well with openers adding 33 runs before CAN XI captain Binod Das ended Raheel Majeed’s innings. Majeed scored 22 off 26 balls before giving a catch to Paresh Lohani.

Binod forced Khurram Manzoor to edge one to wicket-keeper Mahesh Chhetri four overs later. Manzoor could not score. Paras Khadka bowled a brilliant first ball to undid stumps of captain Khalid Latif (17). Two more quick wickets - one close run-out off Asad Safiq and other a nicely held diving catch by Dipendra Chaudhary off Paras troubled PCB Academy.

Nepali bowlers were bowling hearts out but Ahmed calmly tackled all them. With Ali Asad (16), he added 42 runs for sixth wicket. Left-handed Asad was bowled behind his leg by off-spinner Sanjam Regmi, who together with Basant Regmi, put a lot of pressure.

Sanjam also claimed Imad Wasim (12) who added 23 with Ahmed but then it was the visitor’s say. The pair of Ahmed and No 9 Wahab Riaz added unbeaten 100 runs with such acceleration during the slog overs that Nepal gave away 63 runs in last five overs.

Riaz scored 23 runs in last eight balls he faced to total 37 off 39 balls with a four and three big sixes - two of which were against Shakti Gauchan in an over while Ahmed hit eight fours and two sixes.

Sanjam, who was 2/10 after seven overs, went for 29 runs in nine overs while Binod, with 2/12 in seven, was hit 12 and 14 runs in last two overs. Paras finished 2/21.

Nepal need a strong foundation for the victory but the pace of Pakistani opening bowlers was something they had never played against. With Riaz and Sohail Khan breathing fire, Nepali batsmen could only hit occasional shots.

At 13, Paresh Lohani walked away on an edge, and half of the team was back by the time scoreboard read 20 runs. Sharad Vesawkar, Gyanendra Malla, Dipendra and Mahesh could not reach double-figure.

Paras Khadka played with some authority for 29 off 44 balls hitting three fours and a six while Shakti Guachan 14, Mehboob Alam 17 (with two sixes) and Basant Regmi 18 got some runs to help Nepal cross three-digit mark.

“Nepal played well in first innings,” Pakistani coach Ijaz Ahmed said. “But they lack experience.” He also praised bowling of Binod and spinners while adding that his team was under pressure at 53/5.

Riaz took three wickets while Khan, Yasir Shah and Wasim each took two. The final match will be played on Sunday.

PCB Academy beat CAN-XI

From CAN’s site:

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy team cruised to a seven-wicket win over CAN-XI in the first of the three friendly one-day matches here at the Tribhuvan University Stadium today.

Batting first, the Nepali national team players - who are under the closed camp for the World Cricket League Division-V Tournament to be held in Jersey later this month - could only muster 152 runs with 24 balls to spare in their allotted 50 overs.

After rain interrupted the PCB Academy run-chase twice, the visitors were given the revised target of 112 in 29 over which they overcame losing three wickets in 23.2 overs.

Earlier, CAN-XI openers Paresh Lohani and Mahesh Chhetri made a confident start against the formidable pace attacks of Wahab Riaz and Sohail Khan guiding the home side to 38 runs before Chhetri (nine) was trapped leg before wicket by Riaz. Lohani soon departed after scoring a fluent 23 off 30 balls that included five hits to the fence. Lohani was caught behind by wicketkeeper Sharfaraz Ahmed off Sohail Khan.

No 4 batsman Gyanendra Malla played a superb innings although CAN-XI wickets fell at regular intervals. Malla made 45 runs from 51 deliveries before spinner Imad Wasim deceived him with a quicker delivery to clean bowl him. Malla struck seven fours and a six. Basanta Regmi contributed 14 and allrounder Mehboob Alam 10 for the hosts.

Imad Wasim was the pick of the PCB Academy bowlers with 3-20 off nine overs. Riaz (2-31), Khan (2-25) and Yasir Shah (2-23) claimed two wickets apiece.

Chasing the revised target, PCB lost opener Khurram Manjoor Khan (1 at 39-1 but his opening partner Rahil Mazid went on to score 60. Man of the match Mazid hit 10 fours and a six and was the last PCB Academy wicket to fall.

Skipper Khalid Latif struck four fours in his unbeaten 24-ball 19 and Ahmed Shahzed chipped in 14. CAN-XI skipper Binod Das, Shakti Gauchan and Sanjam Regmi bagged one wicket each. The two teams will meet again here on Friday before playing their final match on Sunday.

Nepal Play PCB Academy Today, may be the toughest one till now

The Himalayan times, Kathmandu, May 8Nepali cricket team will be tested when they open first of the three one-day friendly cricket series against Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Cricket Team here at the Tribhuvan University Stadium on Thursday.

Propably the toughest team Nepali side have ever encountered so far, the PCB team is coach by former Pakistani International Ijaz Ahmed. The Pakistani team flew in from Dhaka here after winning a triangular one-day series against academy teams of South Africa and hosts Bangladesh.

Khalid Latif, who made his one-day international debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in January, will lead the side that includes four other Pakistani internationals. Fawad Alam played six ODIs and Sohail Khan have three for Pakistan. Kurram Manzoor Khan has also capped for Pakistan.

The PCB Academy team also include five players who were part of the U-19 World Cup-2008. Syed Imad Wasim led the U-19 Pakistan team in the World Cup where they lost against South Africa in the semi-finals. Others from the U-19 sqads are Mohammad Aamer, Adil Raza, Ahmed Shehzad and Ali Asad.

Speaking at an interaction programme here on Wednesday, coach Ahmed wished the Nepali side to do best against his team. Ahmed, who played 60 Tests and 250 ODIs for Pakistan, said he was happy to help the Nepali cricket.

Manager of the PCB Academy team Syed Azhar Hussain Zaidi said that recent display of Nepali team has shown that they are upcoming cricketing nation. Hoping the friendly series to be of high quality, Zaidi said the matches will provide an international exposure to young players of both the teams. Nepal’s Sri Lankan coach Roy Luke Dias said the visiting team was very strong and it would be a good exposure for Nepali team.

President of Cricket Association on Nepal Binay Raj Pandey, general secretary Tanka Paneru, PCB Acedemy team captain Khalid Latif among others were present on the occasion.

Practice matches galore for cricket team

THE KATHMANDU POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, April 27 - Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced a busy preparation schedule for the World Cricket League Division 5 Tournament that begins on May 23 in Jersey.

Announcing the final team for the event, Nepal’s only chance to qualify for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, CAN announced seven practice matches before meeting Germany in the opening match of the 12-nation event.

Nepal plays Bangladesh’s Dhaka Club Limited on May 2 before playing three one-day matches against visiting Pakistan Cricket Board Academy team. The matches against PCB Academy are scheduled on May 8, 9 and 11 in Kathmandu.

On the way to Jersey, Nepal will play English county side Sussex’s Academy Team at Gatwick, London and will stop in Guernsey for two friendly matches - one each against Bahamas and Guernsey.

“More practice matches have been scheduled to hone the ability of the players since WCL Div 5 is an important event for Nepal,” a CAN release signed by spokesperson Tarak Mani Dixit said.

Nepal is in Group A alongside USA, Germany, Mozambique, Norway and Vanuatu for WCL Div 5. Group B consists of Afghanistan, Japan, Jersey, Singapore, Bahamas and Botswana.

Nepal plays Germany on May 23, Mozambique on May 24, Norway on May 26, Vanuatu on May 27 and USA on May 28. All semifinals, including the playoff semifinals, will be played on May 30 while the final and matches to decide rankings will be played on May 31.

Binod Das will lead the Nepali team in the event while U-19 captain Paras Khadka will be his deputy. Other members of the team are Paresh Lohani, Shakti Gauchan, Mehboob Alam, Sanjam Regmi, Sarad Vesawkar, Dipendra Chaudhary, Gyanendra Malla, Mahesh Chhetri, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Amrit Bhattarai, Basanta Regmi and Dhirendra Chand.

WCL Division 5 Tournament

Nepal’s Schedule

Date Match Venue

May 23 Nepal vs Germany Les Quennevais

May 24 Nepal vs Mozambique Grainville

May 26 Nepal vs Norway Farmers’ Field

May 27 Nepal vs Vanuatu Victoria College

May 28 Nepal vs USA Les Quennevais

Team announced for WCL Division Five

THE KATHMANDU POST

KATHMANDU, April 15 - Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced the 18-member national team on Tuesday for the closed-camp training to prepare for the World Cricket League Division Five.

The training begins on April 18 in Kathmandu. The team will travel to Jersey to compete in the 12-nation event scheduled from May 21 to 31 this year.

The WCL Division Five is Nepal’s only remaining chance to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. The finalists of the event qualify for Divison Four - a six-team event that decides two teams for six-team Division Three. The finalists of the Division Three then qualify for 12-nation World Cup qualifier to be held in 2009.

The teams in the Division Five are Afghanistan, Bahamas, Botswana, Germany, Japan, Jersey, Mozambique, Nepal, Norway, Singapore, United States and Vanuatu.

Binod Das will lead the team while U-19 captain Paras Khadka will be his deputy. Other members of the team are Paresh Lohani, Shakti Gauchan, Mehboob Alam, Sanjam Regmi, Sarad Veswakar, Dipendra Chaudhary, Gyanendra Malla, Mahesh Chhetri, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Amrit Bhattarai, Basant Regmi, Dhirendra Chand, Manjeet Shrestha, Pramod Basnet, Antim Thapa and Yashwant Subedi.

Kathmandu edges valiant Bhairahawa

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KATHMANDU, April 6 - Region No 3 Kathmandu lifted the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament title after emerging the winner in an epic battle with defending champion Region No 4 Bhairahawa at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The final was decided on the last ball with Bhairahawa falling short by just one run. Requiring 169 in 36 overs as a revised target, Bhairahawa ended at 167/9. Kathmandu had earlier scored 199 in 49.3 overs. Some terrific batting from the tail-enders put Bhairahawa back on track after the match looked dead for them at 136/9 with five overs to go. No 10 Mohan Thapa then made 29 runs off 27 balls with a four and a six, but his efforts went in vain as he could not get four off the last two balls. Having gone into the last over with eight required, Mohan and last man Faizal Khan ran a run each in the first four balls bowled by Paras Khadka. The fifth ball was a straight ball that Mohan could only defend back to Paras. On the last ball, the team needed four to win but Mohan could get only two as Kathmandu won the title for the first time in their fourth final.

Before Mohan’s heroics, it was Rahul Biswokarma who scored 36 in 37 balls with two fours and a six to take his team near the required total after the top-order failed to get good runs. Among the seven top-order batsmen, only Shakti Gauchan (24), Antim Thapa (21) and Bijaya Thapa (19) got to double figures while the other four totaled just 16.

It was Pramod Basnet who pegged Bhairahawa back by getting two openers early and in between that Bijaya got run out in a mix up with opener Manoj Vaishya. Left-arm spinner Raju Basnet too got two in the middle while Sarad took two vital wickets - of Shakti and Rahul to douse Bhairahawa hopes of becoming only the second team after Biratnagar to defend the title.

“Rain played the spoilsport,” Bhairahawa captain Shakti said. The match was played in overcast condition and was stopped after three overs of Bhairahawa innings for rainfall and the target was revised.

Earlier, Kathmandu’s decision to bat first proved a good one as its top-order batted well. Captain Paresh Lohani and Dipendra Chaudhary added 43 as openers with Dipendra scoring 35 off 48 balls. Dipendra paid penalty for not wearing spikes and tripped in the slippery wicket to get run out. Sarad got 44 off 81 balls and Gyanendra Malla topscored with 60 off 92 balls. Sarad and Gyanendra added 91 runs for the third wicket and took Kathmandu to a competitive total.

Paras’s late assault of 18 off 17 with two sixes and Pramod’s 10 took Kathmandu to 199 in 49.3 overs. All Kathmandu wickets went to spinners with Basanta Regmi taking three, and Shakti and Rahul claiming two each.

Biratnagar finishes third on pace day

THE KATMANDU POST

KATHMANDU, April 4 - Region No 1 Biratnagar finished third in the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament after defeating Region No 2 Birgunj by two wickets in the pace dominated low scoring match at the TU Cricket Ground on Friday.

Mehboob Alam took five wickets and Manjeet Shrestha grabbed three as the four-time champions bowled out Birgunj for a paltry 68 runs in 20.5 overs. Binod Das ensured Biratnagar toil hard to achieve the victory by claiming six wickets. Birgunj got a disastrous start losing first eight wickets for only 25 runs in nine overs. It all began when Mehboob bowled Anil Mandal in the fourth ball to become the third player to get 50 wickets in the national league after Raju Basnet and Binod.

Mehboob’s deadly first five overs gave him five wickets and Manjeet got three in his first four overs as Birgunj was put in an embarrassing position of getting bowled for the lowest total in the event’s history. Kumar Prasun saved Birgunj’s blushes, scoring 18 off 36 balls with two fours and most importantly taking his team past 44 - the lowest score in the event. Sameer Thapa got nine and the pair added 36 runs to give the team something to bowl for.

Birgunj too struck early when Pashupati Mandal got out in the third over but Sunny Pun (21) and Puspa Thapa (16) added 37 runs before Birgunj pegged them down. From 43/1, Biratnagar went down to 43/5 in less than two overs - Binod grabbing four of them and Sanjam Regmi picking one.

Binod claimed two more wickets but Mehboob ensured his contribution with bat getting the deserved result with an unbeaten 21 off 30 balls that included three fours. With the performance, Binod took his wickets tally to 59 - five ahead of Mehboob and six of Raju, who still has the Sunday’s final to play.

At the Institute of Engineering Ground, the rehearsal of the title-clash between Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 4 Bhairahawa was abandoned due to rainfall after a farcical event that saw the match stopped for more than 100 minutes.

Bhairahawa won the toss and invited Kathmandu to bat first. Paresh Lohani followed his two half-centuries with 11 and Sharad Veswakar got 5 before Dipendra Chaudhary complained about the lack of the sight screen and Kathmandu decided to stop the match.

Dipendra complained that as the ball got older it looked like the wall on the background. “When we last played here, we told Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), we can not play without the screen,” captain Paresh Lohani said. The match originally scheduled for Lab Ground was shifted in the last minute.

The match was resumed after 102 minutes when the technical committee and two teams talked the matters and reduced the match to 45-overs affair. Kathmandu lost Dipendra immediately and Gyanendra Malla played an aggressive knock of 31 hitting two fours and two sixes.

Raju Basnet got 28 in 27 balls to take the team to 143/8 in 45 overs. Basant Regmi got out in the first ball of the innings for the second time in a row as he was trapped in front by Abhaya Rana. Manoj Baishya (10) and Amit Shrestha (1) fell to Pramod Basnet, who scored 32 in 122 balls as opener earlier, as Bhairahawa went down to 27/3 in 10 overs.

The match was stopped by rain in the 15th over with Shakti Gauchan (3) and Antim Thapa (13) at the crease.

Springwood National League Cricket

Points Table

Region                                             Matches          Win         Lost           NR             Pts             NRR

Region No. 4 Bhairawa                        5                   4              0               1              13            +3.02

Region No. 3 Kathmandu                     5                   4              0               1              13            +2.19

Region No. 1 Biratnagar                      5                   3              2                0               9            +0.71

Region No. 2 Birgunj                           5                   2              3                0               6            -0.42

Region No. 6 Baitadi                            5                   1              4                0               3            -2.34

Region No. 5 Nepalgunj                        5                   0               5                0               0           -2.71

Nepal clean sweep series

The Himalayan Times, Lalitpur, April 3:

Hosts Nepal completed a clean sweep of the first Indo-Nepal International Youth Twenty20 Cricket Series against visiting Indian side at the Pulchowk Engineering College today.

The Senior Nepali team won by 108 runs and U-19 team beat the visitors by 40 runs. The hosts had won the Under-17 match on Wednesday.

Batting first, the Senior Nepali team scored 184 and packed Indian team for 76 in 16 overs. Skipper Mehboob Alam scored an explosive 53 off 23 balls that included six sixes and two fours. Yaswant Subedi made quickfire 40 from 30 balls. Rahul Kumar BK chipped in 26-ball 36.

In reply, Mahesh Goshwal top-scored with 23-ball 22. Alam took three and Santosh Baral and Basanta Regmi two wickets each for the hosts.

In the U-19 clash, Nepal scored 146-5. Das made 49 while Karki scored 48. Sunam Gautam took four and Ritesh Singh three wickets for Nepal.

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Prithu leads Nepal to victory

KATHMANDU, April 2 - Nepal Select U-17 XI defeated All India Youth Twenty20 Federation U-17 team by 65 runs in the First Indo-Nepal Youth Twenty 20 Cricket Series at the Pulchowk Engineering College Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

Captain Prithu Baskota scored 36 while Subendu Pandey contributed 24 as Nepal made a respectable total of 143 before being bowled out off the last ball of the innings. Sharan picked up 4/18 in his four overs for the visitors. Man-of-the-match Prithu then took the responsibility with the ball taking 3/18 in his three overs to bundle the Indians out for 68 runs in 14.1 overs. Pradeep Aire, Subendu and Ayush Sharma all chipped in with a wicket each. S

haran was the top contributor with the bat too for the losing side with 11. Nepal Select U-19 XI and Nepal Senior Select XI are in action against the respective teams of the federation on Thursday.

Paresh puts Kathmandu into final

KATHMANDU POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, April 3 - Paresh Lohani played yet another captain’s innings as Region No 3 Kathmandu set up the title clash in the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament with Region No 4 Bhairahawa defeating Region No 5 Nepalgunj by eight wickets at the TU Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Paras Khadka’s 3/14 restricted Nepalgunj to a lowly total of 109 in 46.1 overs before Paresh hit second half-century in a row as the hosts raced to victory in 29.2 overs losing just two wickets. At Lab School Ground, Region No 2 Birgunj beat Region No 6 Baitadi by three wickets.

Abhaya Rana took a wicket off his first ball to put Nepalgunj on the back foot straightaway and it could hardly score early on. When Nepalgunj lost second wicket off the last ball of the 12th over, it was 23/2 with a run-rate of less than two. Anupam Singh (21) and Navin KC (11) provided some defiance against the bowling attack that gave away 22 extras to take the team past three digits. Paras bowled eight overs for his three scalps and Raju Basnet got 2/25. Sharad Vesawkar got the last two wickets in 13 balls to end the innings.

Kathmandu too did not start well losing Dipendra Chaudhary (4) in third over to Navin Shahi but the skipper shouldered the responsibility and carried on from Wednesday’s 79-run knock against Region No 1 Biratnagar to add 99 runs with Sharad Vesawkar and took Kathmandu two runs short of victory. His 87-ball knock with 10 boundaries came to an end while trying to hit Ismail Ansari for a four to finish the game in style. Paras Khadka (2) and Sharad (16 in 72 balls) finished the match.

At Lab Ground, 2006 champion Birgunj, playing for the pride, needed a valiant innings from No 9 Kumar Prasun to pull off a narrow victory against lowly Baitadi. Prasun scored 34 off 36 balls with three fours and three sixes to rescue his team from 88/7 in 18.5 overs chasing Baitadi’s 141.

He partnered Sanjam Regmi (7) for 56 runs to take his team home after a batting failure. Binod Das (21), Sanjay Bomjam (19), Shovakant Pandey, Hasim Ansari and Raj Mohammad (all 10) got starts but could not continue as Rajendra Bam (4/32) and Sher Singh Khatri (3/32) pegged them down. Birgunj also benefited from 33 extras with Chandra Saud once again leading the wayward bowling with 12 wides.

Earlier, three wickets each from Sanjam and Raj had troubled Baitadi. Jagdish Budair and Binod Bhandari then played aggressively and got a few runs for the team. Jagdish hit three fours and four sixes for his 42 in 35 balls before Kumar got him out while Binod hit two sixes and three fours for a 32-ball 35. Dhirendra Chand contributed 21 not out while opener Shakti Bhandari got 15 and Kamal Raj Joshi 10. Binod Das, Sameer Thapa and Kumar each took a wicket.

Today’s Matches: Kathmandu vs Bhairahawa at IOE; Birgunj vs Biratnagar at TU

Bhairahawa in final

THE KATHMANDU POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, April 2 - Captain Shakti Gauchan guided Region No 4 Bhairahawa into the final of the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament with a 55-run victory over Region No 2 Birgunj at the Lab School Ground on Wednesday.

Shakti scored unbeaten 72 as the defending champion posted 198/8 in the 42-over match before Birgunj was bowled out for 143 in 39 overs. In the other match, Region No 3 Kathmandu thrashed four-time champion Region No 1 Biratnagar by 147 runs. Birgunj captain Binod Das gave his team a good start with a wicket in the first ball as Basanta Regmi skied one to Binay Sah at long-on. It was Binod’s 50th wicket in the national league and he became the second player after Raju Basnet to reach the landmark.

He then added two more while Sameer Thapa and Sanjam Regmi also grabbed two each as Bhairahawa went down to 74/7 in 20 overs. But then, Shakti turned the tables on Birgunj partnering 54 with Amrit Bhattarai, who hit 29 off 41 balls with two fours and two sixes.

Sagar Khadka, who had earlier went out of the field after sustaining injury on forehead hit by Binod’s delivery, came back to add unbeaten 68 with his captain to take the team to a good total. Sagar got 16 while Shakti hit eight fours and two sixes in his 89-ball knock.

Birgunj did not start well losing Suraj Timilsina in the second over and never recovered. In 12 overs, it was 53/5 needing heroics of opener Anil Mandal who was looking good. Anil got 50 of 81 balls with six fours but was undone by an arm ball from left-arm spinner Basanta to put Birgunj at 93/6.

Raj Mohammad (25) and Binod Das (1 tried to fight but it got all out for 143. Amrit took three wickets to cap an excellent day while Faizal Khan, Basanta and Rahul BK each took two wickets.

At TU Cricket Ground, Biratnagar proved no match to Kathmandu after captain Paresh Lohani’s fine knock. Paresh scored 79 off 108 balls with 11 fours and Raju Basnet added 41 off 39 balls with three sixes toward the end as Kathmandu posted 235 in 49.5 overs. Gyanendra Malla made a good contribution with 31. For Biratnagar, Mehboob Alam took three wickets and Raj Kumar Pradhan, bowling with injured hand, got two.

In reply, poor running between the wickets and fine bowling from Kathmandu bowled Biratnagar out for 88 runs in 22.1 overs - its fourth lowest total in the event’s history. Manoj Katuwal (18), Sunny Pun (16), Ajay Rajbanshi (15) and Pashupati Mandal (11) were the only batsmen to score in double-digit. Paras Khadka (3/9), Abhaya Rana (2/50) and Pramod Basnet (1/24) finished the match as other bowlers were not required.

Today’s Matches:  Kathmandu vs Nepalgunj at TU; Birgunj vs Baitadi at Lab

Binod’s 50 Wickets

Birgunj captain Binod Das became the second player to complete 50 wickets in the national league when Basanta Regmi of Bhairahawa skied the first ball of the innings straight to a fielder. Raju Basnet of Kathmandu was the first player to achieve the milestone two days ago.

Binod took two more wickets in the innings to take his individual tally to 52 wickets from 24 matches - without failing to take wickets in any of them - and become the leading wicket-taker as Raju did not bowl in Wednesday’s match.

Top Five Bowlers:
Player                                             Matches          Wkts           Avg                    Best

Binod Das (RN2)                              24                    52            11.94                   4/22

Raju Basnet (RN3)                           26                     51            13.22                   5/15

Mehboob Alam (RN1)                       24                     49              9.61                    7/25

Raj Kumar Pradhan (RN1)               22                     47              9.91                    5/42

Shakti Gauchan (RN4)                     22                     40             8.23                    5/19