At the Sainik Awasiya Mahavidhyalaya grounds, NCops cruised to their third consecutive victory edging Everest Burners (Mount Everest School) by 16 runs to top the group. Sainik Seals, meanwhile, defeated Rajan Warriors (Rajan Memorial School) by three wickets in a must-win game to follow Ncops as group runners-up.

Ncops finished with nine points from three matches and Seals ended up with six points. Warriors (three) and winless Burners are out and will now battle in the playoffs.

Ncops were restricted to 95 in 18.5 overs thanks to contributions from Suraj Chaudhary and Subham Chaudhary. Burners managed just 79-7 in 20 overs crumbling against the disciplined Ncops’ bowling.

Openers Avinash Shah and Sandesh Aanjakhya (13) were the only Burners batsmen to make runs in double figures. Subham and Prakash Rauniyar picked up two wickets each for NCops, who also themselves didn’t have great time with the bat either.

Suraj Chaudhary and Subham lifted NCops from 25-4 with a 43-run stand that helped them reach close to double figures. Suraj made 34 off 39 balls with four boundaries, while Subham chipped in 26 from 41. Sabin Pudasaini (3-8) and Sachindra KC (3-22) shared six wickets between them with Sushil Kunwar also picking up two wickets.

In another low scoring game, Seals bundled out Warriors for 84 in 16 overs before they crawled to 86-7 in 19.2 overs with 28 extra runs helping their cause. Bishal Budhathoki (14) and Samit Shreshta (13 not out) were the only Seals batsmen to score in double digits. Ashim Shrestha took two wickets for Warriors.

The only positive for Warriors in the match was a 49-run third-wicket stand between Prabesh Panta (16) and Bikram Tamang, who made a run-a-ball 23 with four boundaries. Sudip Khadka was the major tormentor for Warriors picking up 4-17. Aashish Chaulagain also took three wickets.