Chitwan Rhinos (CR) has bagged the Pokhara Premier League (PPL) 2019 title by defeating Biratnagar Titans (BT) in the final match on December 28, 2019.
Match in Numbers:
Rhinos won by 32 runs
While chasing the mammoth 203-run target put forth by Rhinos, Titans could manage 170 runs for the lose of 7 wickets in their 20 overs.
Muhammad Zaid (57), top scorer for Titans, and Pradeep Airee (36) managed to draw runs but failed to take their team across the line.
Karan KC of Rhinos restricted the Titan batsmen by grabbing three wickets, while Sunny Patel picked up two wickets.
Earlier, asked to bat first, Rhinos lit up the stadium by scoring 202 runs for 5 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs.
Fifties by Rohan Mustafa and Anil Sah has powered Rhinos to the mammoth total.
Mohammad Zaid and Mehra took two wickets each for Biratnagar.
Nepal PPL 2019 Awards:
Pokhara Premier League (PPL) 2019 is the 2nd edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal and was started on a grand scale at Pokhara stadium on December 15, 2019.
TEAM | M | W | L | T | PT |
Chitwan Rhinos | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Butwal Blasters | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Biratnagar Titans | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Kathmandu Golden Warriors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Expert Dhangadi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Pokhara Paltan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |