Hemant Dhami concedes a boundary to Gulbadin at deep mid-wicket, but the batsman adds two more runs to sweeper cover in the same over.
Hemant Dhami concedes a boundary to Gulbadin at deep mid-wicket, but the batsman adds two more runs to sweeper cover in the same over.
Abinash Bohara keeps the runs ticking with singles to Dilip Nath at short mid-wicket and long-off, and to Rohit Paudel square of the wicket.
Dipendra Singh starts the over with a single to Dilip Nath at square leg, followed by two runs to Rohit Paudel at mid-wicket, keeping the scoreboard ticking steadily.
D Arcy Short’s promising start comes to an abrupt end as Hemant Dhami strikes, bowling him for 18 off 11 balls, which included four crisp boundaries.
At the crease, D Arcy Short and Sumit Maharjan get ready as Kuggeleijn opens the attack. The game bursts into life with D Arcy Short dispatching two cracking fours, first off the square of the wicket, then racing to deep extra cover.
Sudurpaschim Royals (Playing XI): Josh Brown, Binod Bhandari(w), Chris Lynn, Aarif Sheikh, Ishan Pandey, Dipendra Singh Airee(c), Harmeet Singh, Scott Kuggeleijn, Naren Saud, Hemant Dhami, Abinash Bohara
Lumbini Lions (Playing XI): Sundeep Jora, D Arcy Short, Rohit Paudel(c), Gulbadin Naib, Dilip Nath(w), Thomas Draca, Sumit Maharjan, Ruben Trumpelmann, Sher Malla, Abhishesh Gautam, Tilak Bhandari
Sudurpaschim Royals have won the toss and have opted to bowl first against Lumbini Lions.
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