{"id":57574,"date":"2026-10-29T20:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57574"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:10:59","slug":"sompal-kamis-heroics-lead-karnali-yaks-to-second-consecutive-npl-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/sompal-kamis-heroics-lead-karnali-yaks-to-second-consecutive-npl-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Sompal Kami\u2019s heroics lead Karnali Yaks to second consecutive NPL win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Oct 29:<\/strong> Karnali Yaks secured their second consecutive victory in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), defeating Biratnagar Kings by four wickets in a thrilling encounter on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a challenging target of 187 runs, Karnali reached 190 for six in 19.5 overs, with captain Sompal Kami delivering a match-winning unbeaten half-century.<\/p>\n<p>Sompal smashed 62 not out off just 32 balls, hitting four boundaries and three sixes to guide Karnali across the finish line. Gulshan Jha provided crucial support with an unbeaten 28 off 21 balls, including two fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n<p>Pawan Sarraf contributed 36 runs, while Ariful Islam scored 32 and Dipak Dumre added 20 to keep Karnali on course for victory.<\/p>\n<p>For Biratnagar, Angelo Mathews was the leading wicket-taker with three scalps. Charith Asalanka, Pratis GC and Sandeep Lamichhane claimed one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Biratnagar Kings posted a competitive total of 186 for six in their allotted 20 overs after being put in to bat at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.<\/p>\n<p>Lokesh Bam starred with the bat, smashing 87 runs off 52 balls, including nine sixes and three fours. Angelo Mathews contributed 31 runs, while Andre Russell scored 27. Basir Ahamad and Shehan Jayasuriya added 13 and 11 runs, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Karnali captain Sompal was equally impressive with the ball, taking four wickets for 33 runs in his four overs. Nandan Yadav and Mark Watt picked up one wicket apiece.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Karnali moved to the top of the points table with four points from two matches, having won both their games. Biratnagar Kings, meanwhile, remain without a point after suffering defeats in their opening two matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Oct 29: Karnali Yaks secured their second consecutive victory in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), defeating Biratnagar Kings by four wickets in a thrilling encounter on Thursday night. Chasing a challenging target of 187 runs, Karnali reached 190 for six in 19.5 overs, with captain Sompal Kami delivering a match-winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57576,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57574\/revisions\/57576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}