The NPL season's top performers are Lahiru Milantha and Lalit Rajbanshi respectively

Janakpur Bolts’ Lahiru Milantha emerged as the driving run-scorer of the inaugural Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket season. His remarkable 87-run knock in the last against Sudurpaschim Royals impelled him to the best of the charts, outperforming Ravi Bopara, Rohit Paudel, and others.

Before the final, Chitwan Rhinos’ Ravi Bopara driven with 286 runs, taken after by Lumbini Lions’ skipper Rohit Paudel with 279. Milantha, who had gathered 206 runs some time recently the last, surged ahead to 293 after his match-winning innings off 49 balls. He too kept up a noteworthy strike rate over 130 all through the tournament.

Milantha’s NPL campaign included a standout execution of 75 not out off 53 balls in the competition opener against Biratnagar Kings.

Meanwhile, Janakpur’s Lalit Rajbanshi and Sudurpaschim’s Scott Kuggeleijn tied as the season’s highest wicket-takers, both claiming 17 scalps. Rajbanshi’s disciplined bowling was pivotal in Janakpur’s triumph. He bowled a lady over early in the last and rejected Sudurpaschim’s key player, Binod Bhandari, for 41 runs. Rajbanshi finished the coordinate with figures of 1 for 15 in 4 overs, counting a maiden.

In differentiate, Kuggeleijn battled in the last, conceding 28 runs in his to begin with two overs. He overseen to reject Milantha in the 17th over but gave absent 15 runs in the same over, counting wides and boundaries.

Despite Kuggeleijn’s lower economy, his normal of 12.35 in 9 matches edged Rajbanshi’s 12.52 in 10 matches. Some standout bowlers of the season included Sohail Tanvir from Chitwan and Kishore Mahato from Janakpur, who both took 14 wickets each, along with Saif Zaib from Sudurpaschim who claimed 12 wickets.

Milantha and Rajbanshi’s commitments were instrumental in Janakpur Bolts’ successful NPL campaign, making them the standout players of the season.

source: thekathmandupost.