{"id":57948,"date":"2026-11-07T20:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57948"},"modified":"2026-11-07T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T15:06:35","slug":"kathmandu-gorkhas-hand-lumbini-lions-first-defeat-with-third-consecutive-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/kathmandu-gorkhas-hand-lumbini-lions-first-defeat-with-third-consecutive-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathmandu Gorkhas hand Lumbini Lions first defeat with third consecutive win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 7:<\/strong> Kathmandu Gorkhas continued their impressive run in the third edition of the Siddhartha Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL), securing their third consecutive victory with a 36-run win over Lumbini Lions on Saturday evening. The defeat was Lumbini&#8217;s first of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a target of 161, Lumbini Lions were bowled out for 124 in 19.3 overs. After losing six wickets for just 28 runs in 4.3 overs, Lumbini were in deep trouble before Sandeep Jora&#8217;s fighting knock helped them reach a respectable total.<\/p>\n<p>Jora was Lumbini&#8217;s top scorer with 44 runs off 45 balls, including three boundaries. Abhishek Gautam contributed 16 runs, while Niroshan Dickwella scored 14. Sher Malla and Rubin Trumpelmann added 12 and 11 runs respectively. The remaining batters failed to reach double figures.<\/p>\n<p>For Kathmandu, Jahandad Khan was the standout bowler, claiming four wickets for 23 runs in his four overs. Karan KC picked up two wickets, while Shahab Alam, Santosh Yadav, Rashid Khan and Sahan Arachchige took one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, after being put in to bat at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu posted 160 for eight in their allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>David Warner led the batting effort with a half-century, scoring 66 off 50 deliveries, including nine fours and a six. Sahil Patel contributed 38 runs off 36 balls, hitting two fours and two sixes, while Sahan Arachchige remained unbeaten on 34.<\/p>\n<p>For Lumbini, Rubin Trumpelmann, Sher Malla and Abhishek Gautam claimed two wickets apiece.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Kathmandu moved to second place in the points table with six points from four matches. Lumbini remain at the top with seven points from five matches, despite suffering their first defeat of the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 7: Kathmandu Gorkhas continued their impressive run in the third edition of the Siddhartha Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL), securing their third consecutive victory with a 36-run win over Lumbini Lions on Saturday evening. The defeat was Lumbini&#8217;s first of the tournament. Chasing a target of 161, Lumbini Lions were bowled out for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57948","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\/57948"}],"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=57948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57951,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57948\/revisions\/57951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}