KATHMANDU: CYC Attariya has climbed atop the points table by defeating Rupandehi Challengers by 39 runs at the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) held at Fapla Cricket Ground in Dhangadhi on Thursday.
Rupandehi was all out for 82 runs in the allotted 20 overs while it was chasing the 122-run target.
Attariya’s captain Dipendra Singh Airee top-scored with 67 runs including 10 fours and one wicket off 50 balls, Sunny Patel, Rit Gautam and S Pandey scored 12 runs each while the other batsmen did not reach double-digit runs.
Lalit Bhandari took highest three wickets of CYC Attariya giving away 23 runs in four overs, Bikram Sob grabbed two wickets while P Mehara and B Regmi bagged one wicket each.
Chasing the 122-run target, Rupandehi’s Sumit Maharjan made highest 22 not-out runs including one four and one six off 22 balls, S Sunar collected 15 runs off 27 balls while PS Airee and Bikram Sob made 14 runs each.
Sunny Patel, Bhuvan Karki, DS Airee and Dipendra Rawat took two wickets each of Rupandehi Challengers.
Dipendra Singh Airee was announced the ‘Player of the Match’.
With the win, CYC Attariya is atop the table points of the ongoing DPL. Attariya and Kathmandu have been placed first and second respectively in terms of run rate with two equal two points while Rupandehi has been placed third after winning two games out of the three.
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