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Kathmandu Thursday May 17, 2001 Jestha 04, 2058.
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TC in
quarter-finals
Post Report
KATHMANDU, May 16 - Tri-Chandra Campus (TC)
secured its place in the quarter-finals, defeating Nepal Engineering College (NEC) by nine
wickets in the 2nd Vice-Chancellor Running Shield cricket tournament, at the Tribhuvan
University cricket ground, Kirtipur today.
The decision of Nepal Engineering College’s
skipper Rabin Kumar Pandey to bat first, proved fatal for the team that managed only 28
runs at the expense of top five batsmen of the side. Ujjwal Prasai, 26, and Shekhar Aryal,
11, tried to consolidate the innings with a useful partnership of 37. However, the innings
was in trouble as both the batsmen failed in the same overs to Prabal Upadhya.
Man of the match, Prabal, with his precise
bowling attack, mutilated the lower order taking four wickets for 13 runs. He was mainly
responsible in limiting the NEC score at just 98 runs. Had it not been for number eight
batsman Devendra Yadav, who made unbeaten 15 runs, the NEC total could have been worse.
Yadav also belted two balls to the fence in the process.
Gaurav Pokhrel also bowled exceptionally,
clinching three wickets in his seven over spell that offered just 17 runs along with a
maiden over. Ritesh Baral claimed two wickets while Kiran Rana had to be satisfied with
just one.
TC eased through the target of 99 runs in just
19 overs and won the match losing only one wicket. Subash Thapa and Purushottam Bista
opened the TC innings and put on 73 runs for the first wicket. When Rajiv Panta came to
the crease after the fall of Subash Thapa, it was a mere formality to finish off the game.
Purushottam Bista remained unbeaten on 54, scoring run-a-ball. He drove the ball outside
the fence for six times during his innings.
Tomorrow, Saraswoti Campus and Nepal Travel
Tourism College will play for a place in the quarter- finals of the tournament.
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