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Kathmandu Saturday November 24, 2001 Marga 09, 2058.
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Radisson, NB Bank make
flying start in Soaltee Super Sixes
Post Report
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.
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