Radisson, NB Bank make flying start in Soaltee Super Sixes

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KATHMANDU, Nov 23 – Defending Champions Khetan Group made a poor start to their title defence in the Soaltee Super Sixes cricket tournament, which started Friday at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground.

A total of 16 corporate teams are participating in the three-day six-a-side event. Khetan Group were completely outplayed by Radisson Hotel and Embassy of India in the pool A matches.

While Radisson Hotel defeated Khetan by 22 runs, the Embassy of India scored a one-wicket victory over them as Ghai scored a six off the last ball of the innings.

Khetan, batting second in the first match, failed to chase a target of 64 put up by Radisson while in the second match they could not check the Indian batsmen below 38, which they scored with the loss of three wickets batting first.

Hotel Radisson also defeated Embassy of India by 5 wickets in another pool A match. With two victories in two matches Radisson tops the pool and needs one more win for a place in the semi-finals.

Last year’s semi-finalists, Kantipur Publications, also failed to qualify to the next round losing both of their league matches played on the opening day. Winning the toss on both the occasions, Kantipur were unsuccessful as they decided to bat first, losing them by identical margin – 5 wickets.

Kantipur’s first loss came at the hands of Nepal Bangladesh Bank, who successfully chased the target of 44 runs while the 37 runs they scored for the loss of two wickets in five overs in the second match against British Gorkhas Nepal proved too low a total as the latter overwhelmed them inside four overs.

For Kantipur, Bhaskar Sharma and Jay Nishant took a wicket each in the first and second match respectively. Tarun of Indian Embassy bagged the cash prize of Rs 500 for hitting a six against Radisson. The prize was set up by Suraj Pokharel, an accountant at Kantipur Publications and will be awarded for every single six hit in the tournament.

Results of other matches:

Group B:

Everest Insurance (58 for 4) lost to Yak & Yeti (59 for 0)

Nabil Bank (59 for 1) beat Yak & Yeti (51 for 2)

Nabil Bank (67 for 1) beat Everest Insurance (40 for 3)

Today’s matches:

0900-0945 hrs – Standard Chartered Vs Embassy of India, 0945-1030 hrs – Nabil Bank Vs ILFC, 1030-1115hrs – Standard Chartered Vs Khetan Group, 1115-1200 hrs - Yak & Yeti Vs ILFC, 1200-1245 hrs – Radisson Vs Standard Chartered, 1245-1330 hrs – ILFC Vs Everest Insurance, 1330-1415 hrs – Kumari Bank Vs Kantipur Publications, 1415-1500 hrs – Surya Tobacco Vs Bank of Kathmandu, 1500-1545 hrs – NBOC Vs Soaltee Crowne Plaza.

Football team leave for Delhi

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KATHMANDU, Nov 23 - A 20-member Nepali Under-17 football contingent headed towards the Indian capital New Delhi to compete at the on going Subrato Mukharji Cup football tournament, says a press release from Ganesh Thapa-led All Nepal Football Association on Friday.

Nepal will play their first match against Sports Authority of India (SAI) on November 26 followed by matches with J&K and Manipur team on November 27 and 28 respectively. The Subrato Mukharji Cup, which started from November 15 and will end on December 13, will draw the best schools of Indian states and a team each from Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Nepali Under-17 football contingent includes: Bikash Malla, Lok Bahadur Gurung, Som Bahadur Gurung, Anjan KC, Shekhar Thapa, Pradip Dangol, Bijaya Gurung, Susan Bhandari, Prashant Giri, Saugat Subba, Deepak Khawas, Rajib Shrestha, Sunil Lama, Subash Rai, Gaurab Thapa, Birat Thapa, Prabin Manandhar and Subash Lama; officials: Diken Suwal and Meg Raj KC.

Meanwhile, the association also informed its president Ganesh Thapa, who is also the president of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), left for Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur Friday to attend a SAFF executive committee meeting scheduled on November 25.

Prime agendas of the meeting, according to ANFA, include a draw ceremony for the 3rd SAFF Championship slated to begin from January 26 to February 4 and talks between SAFF and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Marketing Limited over sponsorship.