NIC Asia Bank, Civil Bank, Ncell and Janata Bank close in on the semi-finals of the Qatar Airways Indoor 8’s Tournament on Thursday.
Held at the Royal Indoor Cricket in Golfutaar NIC Asia and Civil cruised to their third consecutive victories to lead Group ‘A’ with nine points. Max Media also have nine points but they have played four matches.
Title contenders Civil Bank made easy passage in their two comprehensive victories. In their first match, they stopped Apex Development Bank on five runs before reaching 135 in 12 overs. They later hammered Yeti Holidays by 59 runs after posting a tournament-high 189 runs and bundled out the opponents for just 59 runs.
NIC Asia defeated Max Media by 38 runs. NIC Asia made 116 runs in 12 overs and Max Media collected 78 runs. Max Media are well in the hunt bouncing back with a 21-run defeat of Radisson Hotel Kathmandu. Radisson earlier defeated Yeti Holidays by 45 runs making 116 and restricting the opponents to 114.
Ncell lead Group ‘B’ with nine points – one more than Janata Bank – from three matches. Ncell registered double victory defeating Janata Bank by 79 runs and Last Door Solution by 62.
Ncell piled up a mammoth 158 and bundled out Janata for 79 before making 106 against Last Door and tripping their opponents for just 44 runs. In their first match of the day, Janata Bank, who have already played four matches, filed a 41-run victory over Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF).
Results
Group ‘A’
NIC ASIA Vs Max Media
NIC ASIA 116 runs in 12 overs and Max Media 78 runs in 12 overs.
Result: NIC ASIA won by 38 runs.
Apex Dev. Bank Vs Civil Bank
Apex Dev. Bank 5 Runs in 12 overs and Civil Bank 135 Runs in 12 overs.
Result: Civil Bank won by 130 Runs.
Radisson Hotel Vs Yeti Holidays
Radisson Hotel 159 Runs in 12 overs and Yeti Holidays 114 Runs in 12 overs.
Result: Radisson Hotel won by 45 Runs.
Civil Bank Vs Yeti Holidays
Civil Bank 189 Runs in 12 overs and Yeti Holidays 59 runs in 12 overs.
Result: Civil Bank won by 130 runs.
Group ‘B’
Last Door Solutions Vs Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways 118 in 12 overs and Last Door Solutions 94 in 12 overs.
Result: Qatar Airways won by 24 runs.
Janata Bank Vs NSJF
Janata Bank 101 Runs in 12 overs and NSJF 60 Runs in 12 Overs.
Result: Janata Bank won by 41 runs.
Max Media Vs Radisson Hotel
Max Media 124 Runs in 12 overs and Radisson Hotel 103 in 12 Overs.
Result: Max Media won by 21 Runs.
NCELL Vs Janata Bank
NCELL 158 runs in 12 overs and Janata Bank 79 Runs in 12 Overs.
Result: NCELL Won by 79 Runs.
Ncell Vs Last Door Solution
Ncell 106 Runs in 12 overs and Last Door Solution 44 Runs in 12 overs.
Result: Ncell Won by 62 Runs
Qatar Airways Vs UNICEF
Result: Qatar Airways got bye from UNICEF
