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Where did Sudurpaschim fail in the final game of NPL?

Janakpur Boltswon the Nepal Premier League (NPL)cricket title. By beating Sudurpaschim Royalsin the final, Janakpur became the historic winner of the NPL.
In a high-scoring game, Janakpur overturned the results of the last two meetings with Sudurpaschim and won, in which the batting that looked weak could be seen to have improved today.

After winning the toss, Sudurpaschim batted first and made 184 runs. The total is the highest total made in this competition. Although there were some low-scoring games with moderate totals in most of the matches, the final was played on a pitch that would yield so many runs. Sudur scored 184 runs despite expectations that more runs could be scored on a flat pitch, but even though the team was in excellent form throughout the tournament, where did it go wrong in the title fight?

Fail on the finishing

First of all, there was a lack of finishing in the Sudurpaschim game. After opening duo Binod Bhandari and Saif Zaibgave a brilliant start, Sudurpaschim scored 97 runs without losing any wickets in 10 overs and were 117-0 in the 12th over before the first wicket fell. Brandon McMullen and Harmeet Singh, who came in after Binod and Saif Zaib, got out after scoring 14 runs. After that, none other than Scott Kuggeleijn scored 13 runs in double figures.

Sudur scored 200 from the start and was in a strong position of 143-3 till 15 overs, but could only score 41 runs in the last 5 overs. All the batters were getting caught out in the tune of playing big shots.After the game, coachJagat Tamata also said that the runs were less. "I thought we were short by 10 runs, we played well, but Janakpur played better than us," he said. In the last 5 overs, we had a wicket left. If we could have added 10-15 runs, it would have been something"
Captain Dipendra also said that although their bowling was good, the victory was not possible as they scored a little fewer runs. He also praised the opening of Lahiru Milantha and Asif Shaikh.
Failed to take wickets and spent more runs in the powerplay

Sudur has been taking wickets in the power play in every match they played so far. In today's final match, Sudur could not take any wickets after scoring 71 runs in the powerplay.

Especially when the openers were taking charge, none of the bowlers performed to create pressure. Despite using four bowlers, the inability to take wickets in the powerplay and not stopping the runs was creating pressure for Sudur. If they were able to take 1 or 2 wickets in the powerplay, while chasing a big score, the coming batters would try to set themselves at the crease, which would have caused some break in the run rate.

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