Yeti, which included a number of national players in their squad, defeated Far Western Regional Cricket Club, Baitadi in the final by six wickets. [break]
Baitadi won the toss and elected to bat. Baitadi were all out for 126 runs in 19.1 overs in the match of 30-over format. Naresh Budhair topscored the side with 29 runs while Pradeep Airi added 27 and Manu Khatri struck 25 runs.
Yeti´s Mehboob Alam took three wickets while Praphulla Baidya, Binod Das, Gyanendra Malla claimed two wickets each. National team skipper Paras Khadka took a wicket.
Yeti met the target in 18.2 overs losing their four wickets. Man-of-the-match Sanjay Shrestha topscored the side with 40 runs off 19 balls. Dipendra Chaudhary remained unbeaten on 36 runs. Khadka contributed 19 runs for the team while Suvash Khakurel struck 16 runs. Gyanendra Malla remained unbeaten on nine runs.
Baitadi´s Naresh Budhair took two wickets while Hari Khatri and Binod Chhetri claimed a wicket each.
Yeti, along with the title, bagged Rs 20,000 cash prize in the tournament participated by six cricket teams from Nepal and India.
Ajay leads Yak Attack
KATHMANDU, Mar 9: Nepal Champion Ajay Pandit took lead in the first stage of the Fourth Yak Attack Mountain-bike championship.
Ajay clocked 2 hours 10 minutes 40 seconds to cover the 45 km from Budhanilakantha to Nuwakot. Australian Phil Hystek remained in the second position with a timing of 2 hours 11 minutes 20 seconds.
After a ceremonious send off from the Durbar Square, Kathmandu and a group ride accompanied by many of Kathmandu´s mountain bikers out of the city, Yak Attack 2010 started from Budhanilakantha on Tuesday morning.
Another Nepali rider Mangal Krishna Lama clocked 2 hours 26 minutes 24 seconds to stand in the third position after the completion of the first stage. The stage winner will get 100 pounds.
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