2020 Gautam Buddha Cup

Cricket tournament in Nepal

2020 Gautam Buddha CupDates| 12 – 15 December 2020

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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[edit]

Team Bagmati | Team Narayani  | Team Rapti

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* 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 He was withdrawn from the squad and Subash Khakurel was named the captain in his absence.[n 1]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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | Pts

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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[edit]

### League Matches[edit]

12 December 2020
11:00 AM
Scorecard

Team Bagmati
117/8 (20 overs)

Team Narayani
117/9 (20 overs)

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Bikram Sob 37* (31)
Shahab Alam 3/23 (4 overs)

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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)

Team Bagmati
118 (19.4 overs)

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Amit Shrestha 26 (33)
Sagar Dhakal 2/15 (4 overs)

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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)

Team Rapti
139/9 (19.5 overs)

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Kishore Mahato 36* (14)
Surya Tamang 2/27 (4 overs)

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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[edit]

15 December 2020
11:45 AM
Scorecard

Team Rapti
143/8 (20 overs)

Team Narayani
134/9 (20 overs)

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Kushal Bhurtel 42 (31)
Shahab Alam 3/19 (4 overs)

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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[edit]

### Most runs[edit]

Player  | Mat | Inn | Avg | SR | Runs

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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[edit]

Player  | Mat | Inn | Econ | Wickets

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Shahab Alam | 3  | 3  | 4.00  | 7
Abinash Bohara | 3  | 3  | 7.27  | 7
Sushan Bhari | 3  | 3  | 4.16  | 5

Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b Karan KC captained the team in the last league match.

## References[edit]

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[edit]

* Series home at ESPNcricinfo