Magar, Shahi enter final

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KATHMANDU, April 25 - Shree Ram Magar and Chandra Shahi entered the final defeating the pair of Boby Sloose and Raju Shrestha in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 in the semis of the ongoing 2nd King’s Cup Tennis tournament held here today.

Magar and Shahi pears with perfection of their combination, did not allow their opponents to take chance for the final against Shubha Ratna Shahi and Krishna Ghale. Shahi and Ghale fought hard to register their name for the final. Their opponents Nasir Saheed and Amit Tilak pair bet everything to insure victory but finished with near margin of 7-5, 7-6 in the tough match held earlier today.

In the quarter-finals of women’s double, Bindiya Dayanand and Saamia Khan defeated Ijami Murakami and Mili Schultz in the straight set of 6-1 and 6-3 to move on to the semis of the tournament.

Veteran’s doubles of today offered a balanced match of Steve Hunt/Asko Luukk Ainen against their opponents Laxman Rana and Ashok Gurung 6-4, 6-4. Now, they will play in the semis against Manoj Rana and Chamba Dhondup who entered into the semi because of walk over.

Malika Rana and Shreeyams Karki will take on Mohit and Abishek in the semi-final of the junior doubles, as both pair are through to the semi by walk over.

Woman single’s quarter between Nayna Karsolia and Lizze remained charm less as Nayna thrashed her opponent on a straight set of 6-1, 6-0 However Lizze entered into the next round, winning as a consolation over Saania Shaha 9-4 on sub junior girl’s leg.

Kaplibastu knock out Bara

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KATHMANDU, April 25 - Kapilbastu entered the final of ongoing 17th Jay Trophy National Cricket tournament, pulling out favourite looking Bara by a huge margin of 112 runs in today’s match held at Tribhuvan University ground Kirtipur today.

Winning the toss, Kapilbastu skipper Basanta Shahi elected to bat first resulting in a solid start for the first wickets partnership of 64 runs between Sanju Thapa, 21 and Basanta Regmi, 71. Bara’s skipper Pawan himself claimed the first wicket when he decided to take charge of settled batsman. After loosing the first wicket, Kapilbastu didn’t shacked at all and pulled the scoreboard 104, losing the wicket of Binaya Tripathi who added 20 runs off just 22 balls which includes two boundaries. Almost all the tail enders played an easy game because of the long innings of their team-mate Basanta Regmi. Regmi was declared man of the match who batted almost through the inning, made 71 runs off 132 balls which included five beautifully driven boundaries. Regmi faced most of the dangerous spells of all the bowlers of Bara, which helped Kapilbastu to set the target of 207 including 31 extras in 49 overs.

On the other hand, Bara lacked bowling consistency as Regmi made the mess of their attacks. However, Pawan 09-00-39-02, Rupesh Uprety 10-00-45-03 and Binod Das 10-00-28-02 managed with good figures.

Chasing a descent target of more than 4 runs per over of 207 runs, Bara suffered with the loss of wickets in regular intervals and managed just 95 runs in 32.5 overs. Jeetendra Yadav and Binod Das tried to lead their team home but failed before being set at the pitch on 20 and 19 respectively. Basanta Shahi damaged aspiring Bara’s hope to enter into the final by getting rid of 4 wickets in his full quota of bowling conceding only 2.40 runs per over, plus one run out. Shahi showed his excellence when he cleanly bowled Nepal National Team captain who might be the obstacle in their victory. Mohan Thapa also rewarded with three wickets in his short spell of 5 overs conceding just 23 runs. Man of the Match Basanta Regmi also claimed one wicket.

Meanwhile, the result of abandoned match went in favor of Morang as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) decided Morang and Parsa to play for second semi final tomorrow, according to a press released issued today. Nevertheless, Mahottari was out of the contest with Morang earlier, when Siraha snatched a victory by 40 runs, at Engineering College Pulchowk.