{"id":58036,"date":"2026-11-09T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=58036"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:13:14","slug":"kathmandu-gorkhaz-maintain-winning-run-to-top-npl-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/kathmandu-gorkhaz-maintain-winning-run-to-top-npl-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathmandu Gorkhaz maintain winning run to top NPL standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 9:<\/strong> Kathmandu Gorkhaz continued their impressive run in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), climbing to the top of the points table with a fourth consecutive victory. Kathmandu defeated Chitwan Rhinos by 10 runs in Monday evening\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a target of 181 runs, Chitwan managed 170 for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Ravi Bopara top-scored for Chitwan with a half-century, scoring 55 off 35 balls, including three sixes and two fours. Dan Mousley contributed 29 runs, while Kamil Mishra scored 28, Arjun Saud made 23 and Kushal Malla added 13.<\/p>\n<p>For Kathmandu, Sahan Arachchige claimed two wickets, while Jahandad Khan, Karan KC, Santosh Yadav and Ganesh Gautam picked up one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, after being put in to bat at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu posted 180 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid Khan led the batting effort with a half-century, scoring 52 off just 30 deliveries, including four sixes and two fours. Sahan Arachchige contributed 33 runs, while William Bosisto scored 27 and Karan KC added 20.<\/p>\n<p>For Chitwan, Rijjan Dhakal was the leading wicket-taker with three wickets. Kamal Singh Airee and Sikandar Raza claimed two wickets each, while Dan Mousley took one.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Kathmandu moved to the top of the points table with eight points from five matches, maintaining a perfect winning record. Chitwan, meanwhile, remain fourth with five points from five matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 9: Kathmandu Gorkhaz continued their impressive run in the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), climbing to the top of the points table with a fourth consecutive victory. Kathmandu defeated Chitwan Rhinos by 10 runs in Monday evening\u2019s match. Chasing a target of 181 runs, Chitwan managed 170 for the loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58036","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\/58036"}],"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=58036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58038,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58036\/revisions\/58038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}