2018 Dhangadhi Premier League

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2018 Dhangadhi Premier League
Dates31 March 2018 – 14 April 2018
Administrator(s)DCA
SPA
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and playoffs knockout
Host(s)Nepal
Champions Team Chauraha Dhangadhi (2nd title)
Participants6
Matches19
Player of the series Rohan Mustafa (TCD)
(198 runs and 9 wickets)
Most runs Gyanendra Malla (KG)
(248 runs)
Most wickets Lalit Bhandari (TCD)
(14 wickets)
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2018 Dhangadhi Premier League (known as DPL2, for sponsorship reasons, Ruslan DPL 2) is the second season of Dhangadhi Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The tournament started on 31 March and ended on 14 April in Dhangadhi. [1] Team Chauraha Dhangadhi were the defending champions.

Contents

Venue

Nepal
Dhangadhi
SSP Cricket Ground

Teams and squads

The 2018 DPL features six team franchises. [1] Kanchanpur Iconics were terminated and they were replaced by Mahendranagar United ahead of the season.. [2]

The player draft for the 2018 season was held in Kathmandu on 21 February 2018. 185 domestic players were divided into four different categories. The teams also had to sign two overseas players.

Biratnagar Kings CYC AttariyaKathmandu GoldensMahendranagar UnitedRupandehi Challengers Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
  • Subash Khakurel (c)
  • Dipendra Singh Airee
  • Sagar Bhandari
  • Prem Tamang
  • Sandeep Jora
  • Kushal Bhurtel
  • Krishna Karki
  • Kamal Singh Airee
  • Binod Lama
  • Shuvankar Urao
  • Bhuwan KC
  • Aakash Thapa
  • Roman Bam
  • Gaurav Chitkara
  • Vipin Chand

Format

Points table

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Kathmandu Goldens (RU)5400191.148
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi (W)532006-0.051
Mahendranagar United (3rd)5210260.461
CYC Attariya (5th)5220151.283
Biratnagar Kings 5230040.204
Rupandehi Challengers505000-2.648

League progression

Group matchesPlayoffs
Team12345QF1/EQF2Final
Kathmandu Goldens 2 4 6 8 9 L W L
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 0 2 4 4 6 W W
Mahendranagar United 2 2 4 5 6 W L
CYC Attariya 2 2 2 3 5 L
Biratnagar Kings 0 2 4 4 4
Rupandehi Challengers 0 0 0 0 0
WinLossSuper-OverNo Result

League stage

Match results

Match 1
31 March
13:00
Scorecard
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
145/6 (20 overs)
v
Kathmandu Goldens
146/3 (18.4 overs)
Sunil Dhamala 68 (57)
Shahab Alam 3/23 (4 overs)
Amit Shrestha 81 (65)
Samsad Sheikh 2/21 (3 overs)
Kathmandu Goldens won by 7 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Amit Shrestha (Kathmandu Goldens)
  • Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shahab Alam (Kathmandu Goldens) took a hat-trick.
Match 2
1 April
09:00
Scorecard
Rupandehi Challengers
61 (15.2 overs)
v
CYC Attariya
65/1 (7.3 overs)
Sufyan Mehmood 20* (25)
Kamal Singh Airee 4/15 (4 overs)
Gaurav Chitkara 30 (13)
Jitendra Mukhiya 1/16 (2 overs)
CYC Attariya won by 9 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Mahesh Bohora (Nepal) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal)
Player of the match: Kamal Singh Airee (CYC Attariya)
  • Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rupandehi Challengers' score of 61 was the lowest total in the history of DPL.
Match 3
1 April
13:00
Scorecard
Mahendranagar United
168/5 (20 overs)
v
Biratnagar Kings
135 (19 overs)
Puneet Mehra 38 (18)
Manjeet Shrestha 2/30 (4 overs)
Prithu Baskota 35 (39)
Avinash Karn 3/22 (3 overs)
Mahendranagar United won by 33 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal) and Himal Giri (Nepal)
Player of the match: Puneet Mishra (Mahendranagar United)
  • Mahendranagar United won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 4
2 April
09:00
Scorecard
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
151/7 (19.2 overs)
v
CYC Attariya
150/8 (20 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 40 (42)
Shuvankar Urao 2/12 (4 overs)
Vipin Chandra 28 (20)
Lalit Bhandari 3/24 (4 overs)
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 3 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nepal) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal)
Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)
Match 5
2 April
13:00
Scorecard
Rupandehi Challengers
123 (18.4 overs)
v
Kathmandu Goldens
186/4 (20 overs)
Pradeep Airee 57 (36)
Rashid Khan 4/6 (2.4 overs)
Sunny Patel 48 (32)
Bikram Bhushal 1/26 (3 overs)
Kathmandu Goldens won by 63 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Himal Giri (Nepal)
Player of the match: Sunny Patel (Kathmandu Goldens)
  • Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kathmandu Goldens' score of 186 was the highest in the history of DPL
Match 6
3 April
10:00
Scorecard
Mahendranagar United
131/8 (20 overs)
v
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
132/2 (18 overs)
Puneet Mehra 40 (25)
Lalit Bhandari 4/37 (4 overs)
Sunil Dhamala 46 (47)
Puneet Mehra 1/22 (4 overs)
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 8 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal)
Player of the match: Lalit Bhandari ([[Team Chauraha Dhangadhi]]
Match 7
4 April
09:00
Scorecard
Rupandehi Challengers
139/7 (20 Overs)
v
Biratnagar Kings
181/4 (20 overs)
Pradeep Airee 54 (50)
Shubham Kamat 3/18 (4 Overs)
Babar Hayat 58 (35)
Sufyan Mehmood 2/39 (4 overs)
Biratnagar Kings won by 42 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Mahesh Bohora (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Babar Hayat (Biratnagar Kings)
  • Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 8
4 April
13:00
Scorecard
CYC Attariya
126/8 (20 Overs)
v
Kathmandu Goldens
137/9 (20 Overs)
Gaurav Chitkara 36 (26)
Suboth Bhati 3/10 (4 Overs)
Gyanendra Malla 57 (43)
Shuvankar Urao 3/19 (4 Overs)
Kathmandu Goldens won by 11 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nepal) and Hem Joshi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Suboth Bhati (Kathmandu Goldens)
  • Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 9
5 April
09:00
Scorecard
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
109/9 (20 Overs)
v
Biratnagar Kings
127 (19.5 overs)
Shankar Rana 25 (38)
Pawan Sarraf 4/25 (4 Overs)
Pawan Sarraf 41 (34)
Sunil Dhamala 4/10 (4 overs)
Biratnagar Kings won by 18 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Kamalesh Thakur (Nepal)
Player of the match: Pawan Sarraf (Biratnagar Kings)
Match 10
5 April
13:00
Scorecard
Rupandehi Challengers
144/8 (20 Overs)
v
Mahendranagar United
145/6 (18.5 Overs)
Pradeep Airee 39 (32)
Punit Bista 4/12 (4 Overs)
Binod Bhandari 61 (48)
Dipesh Shrestha 3/25 (4 Overs)
Mahendranagar United won by 4 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nepal) and Ram Pandey (Nepal)
Player of the match: Punit Bista (Mahendranagar United)
  • Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 11
6 April
10:00
Scorecard
Biratnagar Kings
164/8 (20 Overs)
v
Kathmandu Goldens
170/5 (20 Overs)
Babar Hayat 67 (33)
Lalit Rajbanshi 3/18 (4 Overs)
Gyanendra Malla 68* (40)
Basanta Regmi 2/27 (4 Overs)
Kathmandu Goldens won by 5 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Gyanendra Malla (Kathmandu Goldens)
Match 12
7 April
09:00
Scorecard
Mahendranagar United
v
CYC Attariya
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Kamalesh Thakur (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to wet outfield.
Match 13
7 April
13:00
Scorecard
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
76/7 (8 overs)
v
Rupandehi Challengers
73/5 (8 overs)
Sonu Tamang 34 (14)
Sushan Bhari 3/14 (2 overs)
Sagar Pun 33 (16)
Rohan Mustafa 2/12 (2 overs)
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 3 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Ram Pandey (Nepal)
Player of the match: Sonu Tamang (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)
  • Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced play to 8 overs per side.
Match 14
8 April
09:00
Scorecard
Kathmandu Goldens
v
Mahendranagar United
Match abandoned with a ball bowled
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Kamalesh Thakur (Nepal) and Ram Pandey (Nepal)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to wet outfield.
Match 15
8 April
13:00
Scorecard
Biratnagar Kings
55/3 (6 overs)
v
CYC Attariya
56/4 (5.4 overs)
Dilip Nath 15 (9)
Kamal Singh Airee 2/18 (2 overs)
Vipin Chandra 26 (13)
Paras Khadka 2/14 (1.4 overs)
CYC Attariya won by 6 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Vipin Chandra (CYC Attariya)
  • CYC Attariya won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced play to 6 overs per side.

Play-offs

PreliminaryPreliminaryFinal
1Kathmandu Goldens127/9 (20 ov)Q1W Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 181/4 (20 ov)
2Team Chauraha Dhangadhi128/9 (19.5 ov)Q2WKathmandu Goldens160/8 (20 ov)
Q1LKathmandu Goldens143/5 (18.2 ov)
EWMahendranagar United142/9 (20 ov)
3Mahendranagar United130/7 (20 ov)
4CYC Attariya115/4 (20 ov)

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

Match 16
10 April
09:00
Scorecard
Kathmandu Goldens
127/9 (20 overs)
v
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
128/9 (19.5 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 38 (23)
Sompal Kami 2/21 (4 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 33 (20)
Sunny Patel 2/30 (4 overs)
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 1 wicket
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Ram Pandey (Nepal) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal)
Player of the match: Shankar Rana (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)

Eliminator

Match 17
10 April
13:00
Scorecard
Mahendranagar United
130/7 (20 overs)
v
CYC Attariya
115/4 (20 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 35 (37)
Kamal Singh Airee 2/16 (4 overs)
Subash Khakurel 30 (25)
Robin Chhetri 2/16 (4 overs)
Mahendranagar United won by 15 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nepal) and Kamalesh Thakur (Nepal)
Player of the match: Robin Chhetri (Mahendranagar United)
  • CYC Attariya won the toss and elected to field.
  • As a result of this match, Mahendranagar United advanced to Qualifier 2 and CYC Attariya are eliminated.

Qualifier 2

Match 18
11-12 April
12:30
Scorecard
Kathmandu Goldens
143/5 (18.2 overs)
v
Mahendranagar United
142/9 (20 overs)
Suboth Bhati 52 (18)
Puneet Mehra 2/15 (4 overs)
Puneet Mehra 58 (42)
Sunny Patel 6/10 (4 overs)
Kathmandu Goldens won by 5 wickets
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nepal) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal)
Player of the match: Sunny Patel (Kathmandu Goldens)
  • Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain stopped play when 2 overs of the 1st innings were completed which caused the match to be rescheduled to begin on April 12 at 12:30.
  • As a result of this match, Kathmandu Goldens advanced to the Final and Mahendranagar United were eliminated.

Final

Match 19
13 April
12:30
Scorecard
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
181/4 (20 overs)
v
Kathmandu Goldens
160/8 (20 overs)
Sunil Dhamala 78 (63)
Lalit Bhandari 3/22 (4 overs)
Amit Shrestha 58 (39)
Suboth Bhati 2/17 (4 overs)
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 21 runs
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal)
Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsAveSRHS100504s6s
Gyanendra Malla Kathmandu Goldens87124841.33131.9168*021415
Amit ShresthaKathmandu Goldens87124240.33116.3481*022510
Sunil Dhamala Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 77122938.16106.517802247
Rohan Mustafa Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 66019833.00121.4760011011
Babar Hayat Biratnagar Kings 55018637.50200.0067021217

Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018

Most wickets

PlayerTeamMatInnsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Lalit Bhandari Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 77144/3713.217.1111.110
Sunny PatelKathmandu Goldens88136/1010.004.4813.301
Rashid KhanKathmandu Goldens87114/619.638.4713.910
Shuvankar UraoCYC Attariya55103/75.704.278.000
Kamal Singh AireeCYC Attariya5594/1512.336.9310.600

Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018

Hat-tricks

PlayerTeamAgainstDateScorecard
Shahab AlamKathmandu Goldens Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 31 March 2018

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Franchises and strategic players announced". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Six franchises buy 72 players at DPL 2018 Player Auction". cricnepal.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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