NCT vs EVE

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MATCH OVER!

Everest win by 13 runs!

Everest 123/2 (10)
Nicosia Tigers 110/6 (10)

Rashidul Hassan 63* (30) | Munnah Rahman 14 (6)

Arjun Shahi 2-0-18-2 | Mohammad Husain 2-0-12-1

A superb flourish from Rashidul Hassan and Munnah Rahman in the end but Everest still register a comfortable victory. Chasing 124 for victory was always going to be difficult and Nicosia Tigers lost Roman Mazumder off the second delivery itself. Rashidul Hassan and Zeeshan Mahmoud tried to bat positively but Arjun Shahi turned the game on its head. He removed Zeeshan and Yasir Mehmood off consecutive deliveries as Nicosia Tigers were reduced to 31-3. The duo of Iftekar Jaman and Jahid Hassan also didn't last for long as Rashidul was stranded at one end. 

It was only from the eighth over that Nicosia started to bat fluently with Rashidul and Munnah taking the attack to the Everest bowlers. The pair added 35 runs off two overs before Munnah was run-out in the final over. Rashidul ended the innings with a blitz but he still fell 14 short of the target!

9.6 Bhuwan Khatri to Rashidul Hassan, MAXIMUM TO FINISH, BUT EVEREST WINS! Full delivery at the stumps. Hassan comes forward and heaves this away high and long to clear the long-on boundary. However, the Tigers fell short by 13 runs.

9.5 Bhuwan Khatri to Rashidul Hassan, CREAMED AWAY! Pitched up delivery outside off. Hassan drills this one through the covers to find the ropes.

9.2 Bhuwan Khatri to Rashidul Hassan, DIRECT HIT AND GONE! Length ball outside off. Rahman hits this towards the off-side of the pitch. Rahman calls him through for a single. However, Hassan was not interested in the run at all. The bowler gathers the ball and hits the stumps at his end to run out Rahman.

Munnah Rahman run out (Bhuwan Khatri) 14 (6b) (4*1 6*1)

9.1 Bhuwan Khatri to Rashidul Hassan, Full toss outside off. Hassan comes down the track and gets the cue end of the bat. The ball trickles away towards short third.

8.5 Ram Jaishwal to Munnah Rahman, LAUNCHED! Tossed up delivery outside off. Rahman fetches for it and heaves this over wide long-on for a maximum.

8.3 Ram Jaishwal to Rashidul Hassan, TWO IN TWO! Tossed up delivery outside off. Hassan comes down the track and hammers this straight back over the bowler's head for six runs.

8.1 Ram Jaishwal to Rashidul Hassan, Leg break delivery outside off. Hassan comes down the track and swings for the fences but misses. The keeper fails to gather the ball and miss out on a stumping chance.