2020 Gautam Buddha Cup

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2020 Gautam Buddha Cup

Dates	12 – 15 December 2020
Administrator(s)	Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Bagmati Province Cricket Association
Cricket format	Twenty20 cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Final
Champions	Team Rapti
Player of the series	Kushal Bhurtel (Team Rapti)
Most runs	Kushal Bhurtel (110)
Most wickets	Shahab Alam Abinash Bohara (7 wickets each)

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]}

Squads

Team Bagmati	Team Narayani	Team Rapti
Gyanendra Malla (c) Anil Kumar Sah Sompal Kami Rashid Khan Lalit Rajbanshi Sagar Dhakal Rohit Paudel Pawan Sarraf Sunil Dhamala Bikram Sob Pradeep Airee Bhim Sharki Aakash Thapa Sangharsha Paudel	Paras Khadka Subash Khakurel (c) [n 1] Karan K.C. Kishore Mahato Sushan Bhari Shahab Alam Aarif Sheikh Sandeep Jora Rit Gautam Sidhhant Lohani Ishan Pandey Raju Rijal Dipesh Shrestha Bibek Yadav	Binod Bhandari (c) Kushal Bhurtel Abinash Bohora Kamal Airee Surya Tamang Bhuwan Karki Sharad Vesawkar Lokesh Bam Aasif Sheikh Jitendra Mukhiya Amit Shrestha Sumit Maharjan Hari Chaudhan Swapnil Adhikari

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 He was withdrawn from the squad and Subash Khakurel was named the captain in his absence.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

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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.

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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)		Kushal Bhurtel 65 (41) Karan KC 3/24

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.

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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.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo