Janakpur Bolts Vs Sudur Paschim Royals, Highlights NPL 2025: Ishan Pandey's 56 Powers SPR To Clinical Win Over JAB

Hello and welcome to all the cricket fans for an exciting day of cricket ahead. It's a Saturday and we are here to make the weekend even better with our live coverage of the match 18 of the Nepal Premier League 2025 between Janakpur Bolts and Sudur Paschim Royals.

Sudur Paschim Royals: Josh Brown, Binod Bhandari(w), Chris Lynn, Aarif Sheikh, Harmeet Singh, Ishan Pandey, Dipendra Singh Airee(c), Scott Kuggeleijn, Naren Saud, Hemant Dhami, Abinash Bohara, Dipak Bohara, Milan Bohara, Dipendra Thapa, Tek Rawat

Janakpur Bolts: Maaz Sadaqat, Aasif Sheikh(w), Shubh Kansakar, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Anil Sah(c), Mayan Yadav, Wayne Parnell, Rupesh Singh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Kishore Mahato, Lahiru Samarakoon, Lahiru Milantha, Sangeeth Cooray, Bikash Aagri, Aaditya Mahata

The news is Out! Janakpur Bolts have won the toss in match 18 and have decided to bat first against the Sudur Paschim Royals.

Janakpur Bolts (Playing XI): Aaditya Mahata, Aasif Sheikh(w), Shubh Kansakar, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Maaz Sadaqat, Mayan Yadav, Wayne Parnell(c), Rupesh Singh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Kishore Mahato

Sudur Paschim Royals (Playing XI): Josh Brown, Binod Bhandari(w), Chris Lynn, Aarif Sheikh, Harmeet Singh, Dipendra Singh Airee(c), Ishan Pandey, Milan Bohara, Scott Kuggeleijn, Hemant Dhami, Abinash Bohara

Aasif Sheikh Bowled! That's a big blow for the Bolts as the dangerous Aasif Sheikh gets castled by Scott Kuggeleijn. Not a start JAB would have wanted in such a crucial game.

JAB off to a shaky start as they lose 2 out of their 3 top batters cheaply. The last one to go was Mayank Yadav who was trapped in front by Kuggeleijn. JAB need their middle order to fire against the in-form SPR bowling line-up.

SPR bowlers have not let JAB's innings take off till the half-way mark. They have taken three crucial wickets and have not let JAB score even run-a-ball so far.

JAB adds 57 runs in just 30 deliveries courtesy to some scintillating hitting by Sanjay Krishnamurthi who gets JAB out of a precarious position mid-innings towards a competitive 1st innings total.

At one stage, JAB were looking closer to the 160 mark when Krishnamurthy was batting but SPR bowlers pushed things back and restricted JAB to 145 in 20 overs. Scott Kuggeleijn took 3 wicket for SPR.

A wicket in the 1st over, that's the start JAB were looking for while defending a modest target of 146. Maaz Sadaqat cleans up Josh Brown for a duck.

JAB have started well with the bowl as they have not let SPR's run rate go more than run-a-ball and picked up two crucial wickets as well including the dangerous Chris Lynn.

Binod Bhandari (31*) and Ishan Pandey (28*) stabilizes the SPR's innings after a shaky start. SPR still need 83 runs to win in 60 balls.

The 82-run stand between Binod Bhandari (36*) and Ishan Pandey (39*) has brought SPR in a strong position in the chase. They now need 63 runs to win in 45 balls.

Maaz Sadaqat castled Binod Bhandari for 42 but it might be too late for JAB as need only 39 in 30 balls and they still have 7 wickets in hand.

Harmeet Singh hits 3 sixes to Ranjbanshi in an over to seal the deal for SPR as they win by 6 wickets with 14 balls still to spare. Harmeet Singh (25*) and Dipendra Airee (10*) steers SPR to a comfortable win against JAB.

That's a wrap from our end. We'll be back with another live blog soon, until then, bye bye.