On Monday, Dena Bank elected to bat and was all out for 150 runs in 40 overs. In reply, Nepal was all out for 122 runs.[break]
After making a solid start with a 50-run opening stand, Dena Bank lost its first wicket in the 11th over. Pradeep Airee stuck twice in two overs to leave Dena at 64/2. Sagar Pun then claimed four wickets and Dena was at 123/7. Bhuwan Karki also claimed three wickets giving away 25 runs in eight overs. CAN XI gave away 24 extras and 8 overthrows.
CAN XI started the chase cautiously to reach 21/0 in 6 overs. However, it failed to consolidate the innings and three quick wickets left it at 25/3 in 11 overs. Binod Bhandari batted superbly and added 44 runs with Naresh Budhayer. CAN XI was at 103/4 in 31 overs but it went down to 104/6 and soon collapsed to 122 all out.
Bhandari scored 66 runs but his wicket in bowling power-play did the damage.
´Overall we played well against a team that includes some Ranji Trophy players but we failed to win,´ said CAN XI coach Binod Das via email.
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