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Lumbini Lions v Pokhara Avengers: Lions won by 8 wickets

Lions 98-2; our pre-match call 65%. Avengers 97-9; our pre-match call 35%.

NPL 2026, match 13

Lions won by 8 wickets

Tuesday 3 November 2026, 10:45am GMT (4:30pm local)Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, KirtipurNeutral ground: the Lions are the designated home side

Prediction locked on Tuesday 3 November, 6:30am GMTWhen we've said 60–70%, the favourite won 69 of 105How the win chances work

Our call and the result

Our callResultWinner
Lions 65%Called Right favourites
Lionswon by 8 wickets
Batting first
Avengers 32%Called Right to win batting first
AvengersLions won the toss and chose to field
First innings
153 projected for Avengers batting first; par 150
9797-9 (20 overs), 53 under par

Avengers 97-9 (20 overs). Lions 98-2 (11.4 overs).

Win probability

Biggest swings

  1. 1st inns 2.1Sadeera Samarawickrama caught off Ruben TrumpelmannLions 70% to 77%
  2. 1st inns 3.5Bipin Acharya caught and bowled by Sher MallaLions 80% to 86%
  3. 1st inns 7.1Kushal Bhurtel caught off Tilak BhandariLions 87% to 91%

Scorecard

Avengers batting
BatterRB4s6sSR
Arjun Kumalb Trumpelmann02000.0
Kushal Bhurtel (c)c Trumpelmann b Bhandari14201070.0
Sadeera Samarawickramac Gautam b Trumpelmann781087.5
Bipin Acharyac & b Malla180012.5
Shakib Al Hasanc Sheikh b Paudel380037.5
Mahedi Hasanc Short b Bhandari13241054.2
Arjun Gharti (wk)lbw b Trumpelmann6200030.0
Chamika Karunaratnerun out (Dickwella)251702147.1
Kiran Thagunnac & b Gautam12611200.0
Bipin Khatrinot out671085.7
Aakash Chandnot out1100100.0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 4, nb 1)9
Total (20 overs)97-9

Fall of wickets 1–0 (Arjun Kumal, 0.2 ov), 2–11 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 2.1 ov), 3–15 (Bipin Acharya, 3.5 ov), 4–29 (Kushal Bhurtel, 7.1 ov), 5–31 (Shakib Al Hasan, 8.3 ov), 6–50 (Arjun Gharti, 14.4 ov), 7–52 (Mahedi Hasan, 15.2 ov), 8–70 (Kiran Thagunna, 16.6 ov), 9–91 (Chamika Karunaratne, 19.2 ov)

Lions bowling
BowlerOMRWEcon
Ruben Trumpelmann401634.00
Kishor Mahato301404.67
Sher Malla402416.00
Abhishesh Gautam411513.75
Tilak Bhandari402225.50
Rohit Paudel10212.00

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