Janakpur Bolts beat Pokhara Avengers by 9 runs in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Sunday. It was Janakpur's second win of the season.

Result: Janakpur Bolts won by 9 runs. Janakpur Bolts 147/7 (20.0 overs), Pokhara Avengers 138/9 (20.0 overs).

Pokhara won the toss and chose to field. Janakpur scored 147/7 and then defended it, bowling Pokhara out for 138/9 while chasing 148.

Das anchors the innings.

Opener Trit Raj Das made 61 off 55 balls, with seven fours and two sixes. Moeen Ali scored 21 off 16 balls, and Jimmy Neesham made 11. Janakpur had 100 on the board in 15.2 overs, and Abhishek Tiwari then hit an unbeaten 24 off 10 balls, including two sixes, to push them to 147.

Shakib Al Hasan was the best Pokhara bowler with 3/15, taking the wickets of Moeen Ali, Saif Hassan, and captain Harmeet Singh. Chamika Karunaratne took two wickets, and Mahedi Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin took one each.

Moeen and Neesham closed it out.

Pokhara captain Kushal Bhurtel made 35 off 24 balls in the chase, but Moeen Ali took 3/13, and the Avengers lost wickets regularly. Pokhara were 131/8 after 19 overs and needed 17 off the last over. Jimmy Neesham bowled it, conceded seven, and Janakpur won by nine runs.

Second win for Janakpur, second defeat for Pokhara

Janakpur had lost their opening match to Karnali Yaks by 19 runs and then won by 8 wickets against Kathmandu Gorkhas in Match 5. Pokhara, who have never reached the NPL playoffs, have now lost both their matches this season, after a six-wicket defeat to Sudurpaschim Royals.

What is next?

Janakpur Bolts play Biratnagar Kings on Tuesday, November 3, at 12:30 PM NPT. Pokhara Avengers face Lumbini Lions the same day at 5:00 PM NPT.

Read the full scorecard on the Janakpur Bolts vs Pokhara Avengers live score page. See the NPL 2026 schedule and points table for more.