# 2020 Gautam Buddha Cup

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.

## Squads

| Team Bagmati | Team Narayani | Team Rapti |
| 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) 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 He was withdrawn from the squad and Subash Khakurel was named the captain in his absence.
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## Points Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | Team Rapti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Team Narayani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Team Bagmati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Matches
### League Matches

* 12 December 2020 11:00 AM Scorecard
| Team Bagmati 117/8 (20 overs) | v | Team Narayani 117/9 (20 overs) |
| Bikram Sob 37* (31) Shahab Alam 3/23 (4 overs) | | 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
* 13 December 2020 9:45 AM Scorecard
| Team Rapti 129/9 (20 overs) | v | Team Bagmati 118 (19.4 overs) |
| Amit Shrestha 26 (33) Sagar Dhakal 2/15 (4 overs) | | 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.
* 14 December 2020 11:00 AM Scorecard
| Team Narayani 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Team Rapti 139/9 (19.5 overs) |
| Kishore Mahato 36* (14) Surya Tamang 2/27 (4 overs) | | 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.

### Final

* 15 December 2020 11:45 AM Scorecard
| Team Rapti 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Team Narayani 134/9 (20 overs) |
| Kushal Bhurtel 42 (31) Shahab Alam 3/19 (4 overs) | | 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
### Most runs

| Player | Mat | Inn | Avg | SR | Runs |
| 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

| Player | Mat | Inn | Econ | Wickets |
| Shahab Alam | 3 | 3 | 4.00 | 7 |
| Abinash Bohara | 3 | 3 | 7.27 | 7 |
| Sushan Bhari | 3 | 3 | 4.16 | 5 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo