Karnali Yaks reached 102 for the loss of four wickets in 11.5 overs against Kathmandu Gorkhas at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Monday in the Nepal Premier League (NPL), with Ariful Islam leading the scoring. A match report later said Karnali set Kathmandu a target of 181 runs, while the innings update detailed the dismissals of Deepak Dumre and Mark Watt as the Yaks moved through the middle overs.
Karnali pass 100 after two middle-order wickets
Karnali had reached 76 runs in 8.2 overs when they lost their third wicket. Deepak Dumre was dismissed for eight, bowled by Santosh Yadav. His departure came as the Yaks continued their innings against Kathmandu, leaving the side to rebuild while maintaining its progress toward a competitive total.
The fourth wicket fell at 80 in 9.3 overs. Mark Watt made 17 before being dismissed by Dev Shah, giving Kathmandu a second wicket in a short stretch of the innings. The two dismissals came after Karnali had passed the 76-run mark, and left the Yaks with further work to do in the remaining overs.
Despite losing those wickets, Karnali went on to cross 100, reaching 102 for four after 11.5 overs. Ariful Islam was identified as the team’s top scorer. The available score update did not give his individual total, nor did it provide a complete breakdown of the runs scored by the other batters.
Target of 181 reported for Kathmandu
A separate match report said Karnali set Kathmandu Gorkhas a target of 181 runs. That target places the 102-for-four score in the context of a developing innings: the Yaks continued batting after the 11.5-over update to build their eventual total. The report did not provide further details about the remaining scoring or the full fall-of-wickets sequence in the information available here.
For Kathmandu, the dismissals of Dumre and Watt were the two wicket-taking moments specified in the update. Yadav accounted for Dumre, while Shah took Watt’s wicket. Karnali, meanwhile, continued beyond those setbacks and passed the century mark, with Islam at the top of the scoring chart.
The match was played at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur as part of the Nepal Premier League. The score update records Karnali’s progress at a particular point in the innings, while the later report gives the target set for Kathmandu. Together, the reports show the Yaks recovering from the loss of two wickets between 76 and 80 runs and continuing to build toward a target of 181.
