KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Gorkhas have posted a total of 157 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 8 wickets in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) match underway at TU International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.

Put into bat first after losing the toss against Lumbini Lions, Kathmandu were able to put up a challenging total, thanks to a late flurry of runs by Captain Karan KC, who scored 34 runs in only 11 balls. He hit 4 sixes and 1 four to take his team to a respectable total.

Other significant contributors to the Kathmandu total were opener Aakash Tripathi who scored 32 runs in 36 balls while Santosh Yadav scored 26 runs in 16 balls. Milind Kumar and Gerhard Erasmus scored 17 runs each.

For the bowling side, captain Rohit Paudel, Sher Malla, Gulbadin Naib and Ruben Trumpelmann took 2 wickets each.

Kathmandu Gorkhas and Lumbini Lions both have 2 points so far, and stand in third and fourth position respectively. Kathmandu have played three games while Lumbini is playing their third game under the second season of the franchise-based Nepal Premier League.