Kathmandu. Sudurpaschim Royals has become the first team to reach the playoffs of Nepal Premier League NPL T20 cricket by remaining undefeated. They reached the playoffs after defeating the former champions Janakpur Bolts by 6 wickets. Sudoor completed the challenge of 146 runs by losing 4 wickets in 17 overs and 4 balls. Ishan Pandey scored 56 off 35 balls, Vinod Bhandari 42 off 49 balls and Harmit Singh scored 25 runs unbeaten off 10 balls. 

Earlier in the match, Janakpur won the toss and batted first and scored 145 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored 50 off 38 balls and Jan Nicole Lofty Eaton scored 39 off 33 balls. Abhinash Bohra took 4 wickets and Scott Kuglezin took 3 wickets. With this defeat, pointless Janakpur is almost out of the playoff bid. 

Janakpur has removed the regular captain Anil Shah from the captaincy and appointed South African player Wayne Parnell as the captain. Even though Parnell became the first foreign captain, he could not win the team. 

Score table
So far only Far West is undefeated in NPL with eight teams participating. Sudoor has won all five matches played. Became the first team to reach the far playoffs. Biratnagar is in second place with 8 points after winning 4 matches out of 5 matches played. 

Kathmandu Gorkhaz is in third place with 6 goals in 5 games. Chitwan Rhinos are in fourth place with 4 points from 4 matches. Lumbini has reached the fifth position with 4 points from 5 matches. 

Karnali is in sixth place after winning one out of four matches. Pokhara is in seventh place with 2 points after winning one game in four games.

Former champions Janakpur are without points from only 4 games.