Biratnagar Kings vs Lumbini Lions Highlights, NPL 2025 Qualifier 2: LUL Roll Over BIK By 40 Runs To Enter Finals

Hello and welcome to all the cricket fans! We are back with the live coverage of the Qualifier 2 of NPL 2025 between Biratnagar Kings and Lumbini Lions at the Tribhuvan University Ground. Stay tuned with us for the live score and real-time updates of the match.

Lumbini Lions: Sumit Maharjan, D Arcy Short, Rohit Paudel(c), Niroshan Dickwella(w), Sundeep Jora, JJ Smit, Dilip Nath, Ruben Trumpelmann, Sher Malla, Tilak Bhandari, Abhishesh Gautam, Bishal Patel, Dinesh Adhikari, Durgesh Gupta, Aadil Khan, Thomas Draca, Sameer Ali Musalman

Biratnagar Kings: Sam Heazlett, Faf du Plessis, Martin Guptill, Naren Bhatta, Basir Ahamad, Lokesh Bam(w), Narayan Joshi, Pratis GC, Marchant de Lange, Sandeep Lamichhane(c), Surya Tamang, Shehan Jayasuriya, George Munsey, Shankar Rana, Shubham Ranjane, Subash Bhandari, Sharwan Kisku, Sahil Patel

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If you are in Nepal, then you can watch the telecast for free on Kantipur Max TV and the live streaming will be available on the Dish Home Go app.

The news is Out! Biratnagar Kings have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Lumbini Lions.

Lumbini Lions (Playing XI): D Arcy Short, Dinesh Adhikari, Rohit Paudel(c), Sundeep Jora, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Dilip Nath, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Tilak Bhandari, Sher Malla, Abhishesh Gautam

Biratnagar Kings (Playing XI): Sam Heazlett, Faf du Plessis, Martin Guptill, Naren Bhatta, Basir Ahamad, Lokesh Bam(w), Shankar Rana, Pratis GC, Marchant de Lange, Sandeep Lamichhane(c), Subash Bhandari

It's not the kind of start, Lions would be looking for in a knockout match. Dinesh Adhikari is dismissed cheaply (1) by Subhash Bhandari. The Lions would be hoping Australian D'Arcy Short to fire in this do-or-die match.

D'Arcy Short (23*) and Rohit Paudel (18*) have stabilized the Lions innings after the initial loss. Short has gotten a good start and the Lions would love him to convert it into a big one to take them to a big 1st innings total.

The Kings have not let the LUL batter open their much as the run-rate is under control but the Lions still have 9 wickets in hand and both Short (35*) and Paudel (29*) are set which gives them a good base to explode in the last 10 overs.

LUL's batting had a dramatic collapse from 74/1 to 104/6. Subash Bhandari, proved out to be the initiator of the collapse as he dismissed the well set D'Arcy Short (45) and Rohit Paudel (34) back-to-back.

LUL's innings comes to an end. They have posted a target of 135 for BIK to win in 20 overs. Subhas Bhandari and Pratis GC were the pick of the bowlers for BIK, who took 3 wickets each to restrict LUL to 134.

What a sensational 1st over by Rubel Trumpelmann as he gets picks up Martin Guptill and Niroshan Dickwella in the first over of the innings. It's a dreadful start to the chase by BIK.

BIK are in serious trouble against LUL as they have lost 3 wickets within the powerplay including veterans like Faf du Plessis (3) and Martin Guptill (2). Trumpelmann picked up 2 out of the 3 wickets.

BIK have lost half their side inside 10 overs. They still need 77 runs off 60 balls to win the game but currently, LUL are on top as BIK lost the well-set Sam Heazlett for 34.

The Biratnagar Kings are on the verge of defeat against LUL as they have lost 8 wickets and they still need 61 runs to win in 30 balls. All their big guns are back in the hut and they need a miracle from the tail-enders to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

That's it! BIK's 10th wicket is down in the form of Naren Bhatta and with this Lumbini Lions win the match by 40 runs. Tilak Bhandari picked up the most 3 wickets for LUL. The Lions enter the finals to play SPR for the NPL title.

That's a wrap from our end. We'll meet you soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.