{"id":57645,"date":"2026-11-01T08:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57645"},"modified":"2026-11-01T08:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T02:50:40","slug":"janakpur-bolts-aim-for-second-consecutive-win-against-pokhara-avengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/janakpur-bolts-aim-for-second-consecutive-win-against-pokhara-avengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Janakpur Bolts aim for second consecutive win against Pokhara Avengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 1:<\/strong> Janakpur Bolts will take on Pokhara Avengers in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) today. The match is scheduled to begin at 5 PM at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be looking for a victory as they head into the contest with different objectives. Janakpur will aim to secure their second consecutive win, while Pokhara will be hoping to register their first victory of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Janakpur began their campaign with a 19-run defeat against Karnali Yaks but bounced back strongly in their second match, defeating Kathmandu Gorkhas by eight wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pokhara started their campaign with a six-wicket loss against Sudurpaschim Royals and will be eager to get their first points on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Janakpur currently sit fifth in the points table with two points from two matches. Pokhara, having played one match fewer, are yet to open their account and occupy the bottom position.<\/p>\n<p>After rain disrupted Saturday&#8217;s NPL fixtures, there is a strong possibility of today&#8217;s match being played in full. Saturday&#8217;s first match was abandoned due to rain, while the second was reduced to a five-over contest, with the boundaries also shortened due to wet outfield conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 1: Janakpur Bolts will take on Pokhara Avengers in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) today. The match is scheduled to begin at 5 PM at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. Both teams will be looking for a victory as they head into the contest with different objectives. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645"}],"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=57645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57648,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645\/revisions\/57648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}