Chauraha into the playoffs, Kanchanpur and CYC finish at bottom

Dhanghadi Team Chauraha has secured a place in the playoffs by defeating the top placed Rupandehi Challengers. Chauraha qualified for the playoffs with their better run-rate as they beat Rupandehi by 6 wickets with 54 balls remaining.

Rupandehi won the toss and elected to bat first and managed 91 runs from 20 overs. KC Prakash scored unbeaten 49 runs with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Antim Thapa was the second high scorer with 11 runs while no other batsmen could touch double digit scores. Lalit Rajbansi was the pick of the bowlers for Dhanghadi Team as he finished with the figures of 4-5 from his 4 overs with an economy of mere 1.25. One wicket each shared by Sushan Bhari and Saurav Khanal.

Dhanghadi in reply had to get the target inside 14.3 overs to qualify for the playoffs. A captains knock from Paras Khadka made sure that the team chased down the target in 11 overs. Paras scored 42 runs from 21 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Prithu Baskota (15) and Aarif Sheikh(4) remained unbeaten while Raju Rijal and Amar Routela scored 13 runs each. Shahad Alam picked up 2 wickets for Rupandehi.

The four teams to qualify for the playoffs are Rupandehi Challengers, Biratnagar Kings, Kathmandu Goldens and Dhangadi Team Chauraha.

Match Summary:

Dhanghadi Team Chauraha97 for 4 (Paras42, Shahab 2-36)

beat

Rupandehi Challengers91(Prakash 49*, Kakut4-5)

by 6 wickets