{"id":58027,"date":"2026-11-09T16:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=58027"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:33:43","slug":"pokhara-end-losing-streak-with-dominant-63-run-win-over-karnali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/pokhara-end-losing-streak-with-dominant-63-run-win-over-karnali\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokhara end losing streak with dominant 63-run win over Karnali"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 9:<\/strong> Pokhara Avengers registered their first victory in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), defeating Karnali Yaks by 63 runs in a convincing performance on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a challenging target of 218 runs, Karnali Yaks were bowled out for 154 in 18.3 overs. Pawan Sarraf top-scored with 32 runs, while Ariful Islam contributed 24, Deepak Dumre scored 22 and captain Sompal Kami added 21.<\/p>\n<p>For Pokhara, Maheesh Theekshana claimed three wickets, while Dhananjaya Lakshan, Kushal Bhurtel and Bipin Khatri picked up one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, batting first after winning the toss at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Pokhara posted an impressive 217\/3 in their allotted 20 overs. It was the second-highest team total in the ongoing NPL season.<\/p>\n<p>Yuvraj Samra stole the show with a brilliant century, while Kushal Bhurtel contributed a half-century. Samra smashed 102 runs off just 48 deliveries, hitting 10 fours and six sixes. His innings also marked the first century of the ongoing NPL season.<\/p>\n<p>Bhurtel provided excellent support with 62 runs off 39 balls, including seven sixes, while Chamika Karunaratne remained unbeaten on 35.<\/p>\n<p>For Karnali, Sompal Kami took two wickets, while Mark Watt claimed one.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Pokhara opened their account in the points table, collecting two points from five matches, although they remain at the bottom of the standings. Karnali, meanwhile, sit sixth with four points from five matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 9: Pokhara Avengers registered their first victory in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), defeating Karnali Yaks by 63 runs in a convincing performance on Monday. Chasing a challenging target of 218 runs, Karnali Yaks were bowled out for 154 in 18.3 overs. Pawan Sarraf top-scored with 32 runs, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58027","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\/58027"}],"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=58027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58030,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58027\/revisions\/58030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}