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Karan KC bats Pokhara to a huge win

Karan KC

Kathmandu- How many of us know Karan KC bowls well? Of course, we all know. How many of us know Karan KC can bat as well? Probably, none of us know. But, today, in senior national cricket tournament 2015, against R-7 (Janakpur) Karan showed that he can bat as well. His innings of 89 runs off just 55 balls gave Pokhara 89 runs win over Janakpur in the last league match from Group A.

With this win, Pokhara finished in 5th position ahead of Janakpur in points table of Group A. Karan’s 89 runs off 55 balls included nine fours and five sixes. Pokhara made 272/6 in 50 overs and packed Janakpur for 183 runs in 41.2 overs to win the match by 89 runs.

Bidhan Shrestha 36, Santosh Neupane 28, and Aakash Thapa 26 were the other contributors for Pokhara. Hari Shankar Shah was the only fighter for Janakpur with 58 runs off 62 balls for Janakpur. Shish Kandel picked four wickets for Pokhara while Santosh Upadhaya grabbed three wickets.