KCC-B and Triton win

KATHMADNU, May 7: Organizer KCC Blue beat College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE) by 43 runs in the ongoing sixth KCC cricket tournament on Thursday. The first match played at Kirtipur cricket ground, KCC elected to bat and accumulated 128 runs in 20 overs losing 8 wickets. Dhan Bahadur Chhetri and Suraj Timilsena were the biggest contributors in the KCC innings. Chhetri scored 42 runs in 33 deliveries whereas Timilsena scored 28 runs of just 25 balls. Bhaskar Rana took 3 wickets for CITE. [break]



In reply, CITE could only muster 85 runs losing all its wickets in 16.4 overs. Only Ajay Rajbanshi (26) and Vaskar Rana (14) could reach double figures. Four of its batsmen could open account. Ashesh Adhikari took 4 and man of the match declared Suraj Timilsena took 3 wickets for KCC-Blue.



Meanwhile in another match played Thursday, Triton College(TC) defeated National College of Business Studies (NCBS) by 7 runs. Winning the toss, TC chose to bat and posted 112 runs in their 20 overs losing 7 wickets. Man of the match Rupesh Shrivastav( 29*) top scored for TC. Shrivastav hit 4 fours and a sixer to guide his team to the total as TC were reeling at 56 with half of the side back in the pavilion.



Bidhan Giri and Sandip Shrestha took two wickets each for NCBS. In reply, NCBS could only muster 105 runs, falling short by seven runs. Opener Bidhan Giri top scored for CITE. His 28 run knock off 29 balls comprised of 4 hits to the fence. Rupesh Srivastav, who bagged 2 wickets, was the pick of the bowlers for CITE.



Classic College International (CCI) will play Capital College and Research Centre (CCRC) in the first match on Friday. Kantipur City College- Red (KCC-R) will face Lord Buddha Education Foundation (LBEF) in the second match of the day.

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