Santosh Yadav's three for 11 and Warner's 44 give Kathmandu a nine-wicket win over Biratnagar

Kathmandu Gorkhas beat Biratnagar Kings by nine wickets on Thursday in the second game of the day at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. It was Match 15 of NPL Season 3. Kathmandu have won two of their three games and went from seventh to second. Biratnagar have won two of five and dropped from second to fifth.

Biratnagar's 83

Kathmandu won the toss and chose to field. Biratnagar lost seven wickets for 35 runs inside 10 overs. Shehan Jayasuriya, Lokesh Bam and Imran Sheikh were all gone by 20, and Narayan Joshi and Shubham Ranjane both went without scoring.

This was the game Andre Russell stayed on for. He made 3, caught by Jahandad Khan off Dev Shah.

Angelo Mathews (22 off 31) and Rupesh Singh (26 off 27) added 39 for the eighth wicket, but Biratnagar were all out for 83 in 18.3 overs.

Santosh Yadav took three for 11 from three overs. Sahan Arachchige, in his first game of the season, took two for 7 from two, and Jahandad two for 19. Shahab Alam went for just 13 in his four overs.

Warner finishes it

Aparajit Poudel bowled Sahil Patel for 10 with the score on 17, and that was Biratnagar's only wicket. David Warner made 44 not out off 24 balls, with two fours and three sixes, and Will Bosisto 23 not out off 24. They put on an unbroken 69, and Warner ended it with two sixes in a row off Imran Sheikh.

Kathmandu reached 86 for 1 in 9.4 overs, with 62 balls left. Russell's only over went for 14.

Santosh Yadav was player of the match.

The scorecard and the points table are on the match page.