Machhindra Slams Saraswati in Gurkha Cup Opener

The white lions thrashed Saraswati club 6-1 in the opening match of the tournament. Although the first match was scheduled between Nepal Police club and Jhapa’s Munal club, the match was postponed as Munal club could not attend the game due to east-west highway strike.

It took Bishal Rai 20th minute in the game to gift the winning team first goal before Karna Limbu closed the first half with second goal in the extra time. MFC saw themselves 2-0 up till the end of first half.
Ajay B.Ka tripled the lead for Machhindra just two minutes before Ramesh Ghishing could add a chasing goal to drop down the lead to two  goals.
Karna Limbu then fired three for Saraswati to make the final score 6-1 on a game played at heavy rain at Dasarath Rangashala.