Kathmandu, March 30

Golden Gate International College and Triton College advanced to the final of the Golden Gate College Cricket League here at the TU Stadium today.

Golden Gate defeated Kathmandu University by 72 runs, while Triton beat Himalaya College by eight wickets in the semi-final matches. The final is slated for Sunday.

Invited to take the first strike, Golden Gate posted 143-9 in their allotted 20 overs before packing KU for a paltry 72 runs with two balls to spare. Golden Gate had a horrible start and were struggling at 17-3 inside six overs after they lost star batsmen trio — Sharad esawkar (five), Dipendra Singh Airee (Naught) and skipper Prithu Baskota (naught) — cheaply.

Sumit Maharjan and Anil Kumar Sah revived the innings with a 60-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Man-of-the-match Maharjan scored 37 off just 19 balls hitting three each fours and sixes, while Sah struck two fours and a six in his 39-ball 32. Sonu Tamang hit three fours and six in his 14-ball 27, while Amar Singh Routela scored 10 and Dipendra Rawat remained unbeaten on eight.

For KU, Rupesh Shrivastava and Bikash Yadav took three wickets each, while Navin Yadav, Sonu Devkota and Ishan Pandey grabbed one apiece.

In reply, only two batsmen scored in double figures for KU. Navin Yadav scored 18-ball 19, while Sonu Devkota contributed 19 off 17 balls. Both batsmen hit one each four and six.

Amar Singh Routela was the pick of the Golden Gate bowlers taking three wickets, while Nandan Yadav, Dipendra Airee and skipper Prithu Baskota claimed two each and Sharad Vesawkar grabbed one.

Earlier, Himalaya scored 23-4 in a match which was reduced to five-over-a-side because of rain and Triton raced to 26-2 with three nine balls to spare. Man-of-the-match Arun Airee scored 11-ball 14 hitting two fours to take Triton home.