Region No 3 Kathmandu stunned Region No 5 Nepalgunj by becoming the Wai Wai Woman’s Twenty20 National League champions at the TU Ground.
Region No 3 Kathmandu win Wai Wai Women's T20 National League. Photo: Republica
In a low-total match, Kathmandu bowled out Nepalgunj for 46 in 16.4 overs to register a eight-run win after scoring 54 in 16 overs.
Captain Neera Rajopadhyay took five wickets in her four overs giving away 10 runs to wreck the Nepalgunj innings and lifted the title. Neera was supported by Geeta Khadka and Shraddha Aryal, who each grabbed two wickets.
Nepalgunj began the chase well adding 18 runs for opening stand before Geeta Chudal got Sita Rana (10) in the seventh over. From then on, it was a disaster for Nepalgunj as Neera and co began taking wickets at regular interval.
No other batswomen reached double-digit.
Earlier, Kathmandu won the toss and elected to bat first but Sita Shahi and Binu Buda Magar took four wickets each to bowl out the hosts, playing the final for the first time in three events, for a lowly total.
Only Shraddha got double-digit scoring 17 off 40 balls while Kathmandu also benefitted from 18 extras. Nary Thapa and Samana Pun got a wicket each for Nepalgunj.
Kathmandu Captain Neera Rajopadhyay: the player of the final & best batswoman. Photo: Republica
Neera was also named the best batswoman of the event for scoring 117 at an average of 29.25 in 5 league matches while Nepalgunj captain Nary was named the best bowler. She took 11 wickets in 5 matches.
Khina Thapa of Region No 4 Bhairahawa got the player of the series award for her 70 runs and 12 wickets in 5 league atches.
Prizes were distributed by chief guest Peter Bakker, the operation manager of CQ University of Australia which donated Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) equipment worth $10,000; CAN president Binaya Raj Pandey and vice president Upendra Prasad Bhattarai.
Also present were Tarak Dixit (Secretary of CAN), Santosh MardanThapa (Member of CAN), Binod Raj Rajbhandari (Member of CAN), Arun Satyal (Member of CAN), Bhim Shrees (Ex. President of Free Student Union of T.U) and Lal Babu Chaudhary (Representative from Chaudhary Group).
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Congrats Kathmanduites’ gals ! Your male counterparts have failed in their mission; however, you have saved the blushes with this victory. You gals truly deserve to be the winner of this tournament. Despite the chips were down and with a paltry total to defend, Captain Neera Rajopadhyay leading from the front by taking five wickets is a terrific performance. The gals displayed grit, determination, resiliency and self-belief in winning this final game. The women’s cricket is truly gaining popularity, but it is sad to see there were scarcely a fewer number of spectators at the ground. I reckon with proper planning by adding a little bit of extravaganza and razzmatazz elements should draw spectators at the ground. Not only at the woman’s games, even at the man’s games, was it the same tale to tell. Besides, it is sad to say that our buddies have not been sending in their comments on these Man’s and Woman’s domestic games. In this context, Cricket Association of Nepal should do something to draw spectators at the ground. The boisterous crowd really adds zing to the ambience and peps up the game. Having big crowds only at the time of international tournaments will not popularise the game further. I reckon the games should be organised at the Tundikhel to get more coverage and participation of the crowd with proper security facilities, running commentaries, quiz contest, music, song, etc… If Cricket Association of Nepal needs suggestions and advice for these matters, it should ask the cricket lovers to send in their viewpoints as such.
congrats gals!!!!u were trrruely the best in the field dat day!!geeta chudal setting up wid the 1st wicket, n then captain performing wid a brilliant 5 wicket haul,,shilu rijal in particular cheering up to the intense by moving closer to the batswomen n giving them more pressures,,and at last shraddha aryal, closing up wid 2 wickets!!!earlier Shilu Rijal and shraddha aryal created a solid partnership to guide their team to 54 runs from a very poor situation!!!congrats gals!!!we cudnt do it, coz bhairawa juss didnt showed their sportsmanship!!!having said that, it was us who performed horribly in earlier matches losing to bhairawa n biratnagar…i cudnt take wickets earlier as well!!!bt had bhairawa showed sum sportsmanship, ktm wud also have been in the finals today!!!m hapi that bhairawa lost, coz they played negative game, it was nt cricket wat they played yesterday!!