After winning by 6 wickets against Pokhara Avengers, Janakpur Royals will reach the playoffs of Nepal T-20 League. With this win, Janakpur has won 12 games with 6 wins in 9 games. Janakpur is the second team to reach the playoffs. After winning 8 out of 9 matches with excellent performances, Lumbini All Stars are sure to be in the top two and play the qualifiers. .
Janakpur lost 4 wickets in 9 overs to reach the target of 69 runs given by Pokhara at Trivi Maidan on Thursday. Janakpur’s opener Sarafuddin Ashraf scored the highest 37 runs. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes off 27 balls. Another opener and captain Trevon Griffith added 17 runs. Pawan Sarraf 4 and Rajesh Pulami remained unbeaten with 4 and 1 runs respectively.Kushal Malla of Pokhara took 3 wickets in bowling. Asitha Fernando took 1 wicket.
Sompal spent 8 runs in 3 overs and took 3 wickets. Lalit took 2 wickets at the cost of 6 runs keeping 1 maiden in 3 overs. Saifuddin took 2 wickets after spending 4 runs in one over. Jitendra Mukhia, Trayvon and Pawan Sarraf took 1 wicket each.
With this loss, Pokhara’s chances of reaching the playoffs are almost over. Pokhara, who has collected 6 points from 9 games, has one game left to play in the league. To reach the playoffs, it is not enough for him to win his game, he has to rely on the results of other teams.
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