KATHMANDU, May 27: Casino Royal and Casino Everest won their respective matches Wednesday under the UWTC Inter Corporate T-20 Cricket Tournament organized by the United World Trade Center at Tundikhel. [break]
Casino Royal registered a 54-run win over Casino Shangri-La while Casino Everest thrashed Everest Bank by 136 runs in another match.
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Put to bat first, Casino Royal garnered 120 runs in 18.5 overs and restricted Casino Shangri-La to a low score of 66 runs in 14.1 overs. Dipeshwor Manandhar (27), Anil Kumar Chhetri (22), Tara Joshi (16 not out) and Prem Chand (10) contributed to the winning side. Puran Chand and Kumar Acharya dismissed two wickets each for Casino Shangri-La.
Puskar Nath Yogi (13) and Subash Jung Thakuri (10) were the only players to reach double figure for the Casino Shangri-La. The man of the match, Hari Joshi of Casino Royal, claimed four wickets to dismiss Shangri-La for a low score.
In another match, riding on the half century each of Sanjay Shrestha (67) and Arun Chand (54 unbeaten) Casino Everest posted a mammoth 194 victory target losing only three wickets and restricted Everest Bank for 57 runs in 16.2 overs.
Rajeev Saud dismissed three batsmen while the man of the match Sanjay Shrestha, Chatur Bahadur Chand and Bedendra Gupta picked two wickets each for Casino Everest.
