2020 Gautam Buddha Cup

The 2020 Gautam Buddha Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal. It was played at the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium, Chitwan, from 12 December to 15 December 2020.[1][2]

2020 Gautam Buddha Cup
Dates12 – 15 December 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN)
Bagmati Province Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 cricket
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Final
ChampionsTeam Rapti
Player of the seriesKushal Bhurtel (Team Rapti)
Most runsKushal Bhurtel (110)
Most wicketsShahab Alam
Abinash Bohara
(7 wickets each)

Squads

Team Bagmati Team Narayani Team Rapti

Originally, Paras Khadka was the captain of Team Narayani. However, he tested positive for COVID-19 few days before the tournament was about to start. He was withdrawn from the squad and Subash Khakurel was named the captain in his absence.[n 1]

Source:[3]

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Team Rapti 2 2 0 4
2 Team Narayani 2 1 1 2
3 Team Bagmati 2 0 2 0
  The top two teams qualified for the final.

Matches

League Matches

12 December 2020
11:00 AM
Scorecard
Team Bagmati
117/8 (20 overs)
v
Team Narayani
117/9 (20 overs)
Bikram Sob 37* (31)
Shahab Alam 3/23 (4 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 44 (45)
Sompal Kami 2/27 (4 overs)
Match Tied
(Team Narayani won the Super Over)

Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium
Player of the match: Karan KC (Team Narayani)
  • Team Narayani won the toss and elected to field.
  • Super Over: Team Narayani 25/0, Team Bagmati 20/0

13 December 2020
9:45 AM
Scorecard
Team Rapti
129/9 (20 overs)
v
Team Bagmati
118 (19.4 overs)
Amit Shrestha 26 (33)
Sagar Dhakal 2/15 (4 overs)
Sompal Kami 35 (28)
Jitendra Mukhiya 2/11 (3.4 overs)
Team Rapti won by 11 runs
Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium
Player of the match: Abinash Bohara (Team Rapti)
  • Team Bagmati won the toss and elected to field.

14 December 2020
11:00 AM
Scorecard
Team Narayani
138/8 (20 overs)
v
Team Rapti
139/9 (19.5 overs)
Kishore Mahato 36* (14)
Surya Tamang 2/27 (4 overs)
Team Rapti won by 1 wicket
Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Team Rapti)
  • Team Narayani won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

15 December 2020
11:45 AM
Scorecard
Team Rapti
143/8 (20 overs)
v
Team Narayani
134/9 (20 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 42 (31)
Shahab Alam 3/19 (4 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 48 (31)
Abinash Bohara 3/27 (3 overs)
Team Rapti won by 9 runs
Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Team Rapti)
  • Team Narayani won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player Mat Inn Avg SR Runs
Kushal Bhurtel 3 3 36.66 146.66 110
Aarif Sheikh 3 3 33.33 113.63 100
Binod Bhandari 3 3 19.33 118.36 58

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player Mat Inn Econ Wickets
Shahab Alam 3 3 4.00 7
Abinash Bohara 3 3 7.27 7
Sushan Bhari 3 3 4.16 5

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Notes

  1. Karan KC captained the team in the last league match.

References

  1. "Gautam Buddha Cup 2020 to kick off on December 12". The Himalayan Times. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. "Gautam Buddha Cup 2020 cricket tournament to kick off on December 12". My Republica. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. "Nepal Cricket to Commence with Gautam Buddha Cup 2020". Emerging Cricket. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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