Jiga upsets Okte

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, March 28:In the ongoing First Super Bowl AMF Bowling Championship, at Boudha. Tusal, sixteen seed took part in the first round Tuesday.

Jiga beat number one seed Okte Gurung by 135-127, 149-147 which was the biggest upset of the Pre Quarter Final knock out round. Okte Gurung who bowled the best average of 175.7 was not able to bowl at his average last surprisingly to Jiga, whose average is 144.8.

Meanwhile, Sonam Nepali beat Ale Gurung 140-104, 175-183 & 212-177, with Ale being unlucky in the eighth frame of the third game, where he made a spare but was unable to control his body and his right foot touched the foul line.

Fourteenth seed Kaancha upset third seed Karma Gurung in a tough battle of 155-148, 146-149 & 150-155.

Karma Ghale bowled exceptionally well scoring 223-185, 164-199 & 165-155 and beat Passang D Lama. Sixth seed Bijay Shahi and eleventh seed Surjay was another upset where Bijay knocked only two pins of the last frame of the deciding game to lose 125-166, 180-151 & 150-156. Tenth seed Chimmi Gurung beat seventh seeded Karna B. Gurung by 148-182, 143-126 & 189-146. Fifth seeded Dhondup P. Lama beat Kunsang Lama by 171-138 & 114-96. Ninth seed Passang Tsering beat eighth seed Tsewang in the most exciting game of the day by 132-157, 138-137 and 160-159.

Karma Ghale and Sonam Nepali were the only two Bowlers to score above 200 points today. The Quarter Finals will be played on the 30th from 10:00 to 2:00 PM.

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