# 2017 Dhangadhi Premier League

The 2017 season of Dhangadhi Premier League was the debut season of the Dhangadhi Premier League. The tournament featured six teams. The season began on 9 April 2017 with the final match being held on 22 April 2017.
The tournament was won by Team Chauraha Dhangadhi, who defeated Biratnagar Kings in the final. Sushil Kandel of Biratnagar Kings was declared the player of the tournament.

## Venue

* Nepal
* Dhangadhi
* SSP Cricket Ground
* Dhangadhi

## Teams and squads

| Nepal-XI | Dhangadhi-XI |
| Paras Khadka (c) Gyanendra Malla Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh Mehboob Alam Binod Bhandari (wk) Shakti Gauchan Avinash Karn Sandeep Lamichhane Dilip Nath Basanta Regmi Sagar Pun Sompal Kami Sharad Vesawkar | Padam KC (c) Roshan Adhikari Dipendra Singh Airee Aayub Chand Sunil Dhamala Narayan Joshi Bhuvan Karki Lokesh Bam Amit Padal Bijay Rana Bipin Rawal Raju Rijal (wk) Roman Bam Bikram Thagunna |
| Biratnagar Kings | CYC Attariya | Kathmandu Goldens | Kanchanpur Iconic | Rupandehi Challengers | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha |
| Sharad Vesawkar (c) Aasif Sheikh (wk) Dipendra Singh Airee Prakash Bista Sushil Kandel Rakesh Karn Sandeep Lamichhane Pranit Thapa Magar Kishore Mahato Jitendra Mukhiya Anil Sah (wk) Pawan Sarraf Amit Shrestha Aakash Thapa Prafulla Vaidya | Gyanendra Malla (c) Pradeep Airee Mehboob Alam Yogesh Bhat Bhuwan KC Avinash Bohara Surendra Chand Karan KC Yogendra Singh Karki Sashi Kesari Gyanendra Kuwar Binod Lama Dilip Nath (wk) Roshan Nepali Sandeep Sunar | Basanta Regmi (c) Dinesh Aagri Santosh Bhatta Naresh Budayair Harikrishna Jha Sandeep Jhora Ashu Knadol Bhuvan Karki Sumit Maharjan Shubhendu Pandey (wk) Rohit Kumar Manjeet Shrestha Sompal Kami Jitendra Thakuri Nandan Yadav | Binod Bhandari (c/wk) Kamal Singh Lalit Bhandari Ramesh Bhatt Kushal Bhurtel Neeraj Chand Sunil Dhamala Hasim Ansari (wk) Avinash Karn Siddhant Lohani Sagar Pun Chandra Sawad Bhim Sharki Sonu Tamang Anil Kumar Thapa | Shakti Gauchan (c) Bikram Bhushal Bikram Sob Durgesh Gupta Ashu Kandol Krishna Karki Subash Khakurel Rajesh Pulami Prakash KC (wk) Shankar Rana Nurdhoj Sen Harishankar Shah Shahab Alam Antim Thapa Puspa Thapa | Paras Khadka (c) Aadil Khan Aarif Sheikh Prithu Baskota Sushan Bhari Ramnaresh Giri Prakash Karki Saurav Khanal Anil Mandal Lalit Rajbanshi Rashaid Khan Raju Rijal (wk) Amar Routela Prem Tamang Dipendra Thapa |

## Charity match

* Charity Match 9 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Nepal-XI 161/8 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi-XI 130/8 (20 overs) |
| Paras Khadka 68(44) Bikram Thagunna 4/21 (4 overs) | | Sunil Dhamala 34(30) Shakti Gauchan 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Nepal-XI won by 31 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: B Bist and HR Joshi Player of the match: P Khadka (Nepal-XI) and Bikram Thagunna (Dhangadhi-XI)
* Nepal-XI won the toss and elected to bat.

## Format
### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Rupandehi Challengers (3rd) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.760 |
| Biratnagar Kings (RU) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.127 |
| Kathmandu Goldens (4th) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.440 |
| Dhangadhi Team Chauraha (C) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.036 |
| Kanchanpur Iconics (5th) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.313 |
| CYC Attariya (6th) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.834 |
* As of 22 April 2017
* The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs
* advanced to Qualifier 1
* advanced to the Eliminator
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### League progression

| | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | QF1/E | QF2 | Final |
| Rupandehi Challengers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | L | 3rd | - |
| Biratnagar Kings | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | W | - | RU |
| Kathmandu Goldens | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4th | - | - |
| Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | W | W | C |
| Kanchanpur Iconic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| CYC Attariya | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Win | Loss | Super-Over | No Result |

## League matches

* Match 1 10 April 09:00 Scorecard
| CYC Attariya 146/6 (20 overs) | v | Kathmandu Goldens 106/10 (18.4 overs) |
| Yogendra Singh Karki 57(41) Sompal Kami 2/30 (4 overs) | | Sompal Kami 40(38) Avinash Bohara 4/11 (3.4 overs) |
* CYC Attariya won by 40 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bohara and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Avinash Bohara (CYC Attariya)
* Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 2 10 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Rupandehi Challengers 145/8 (20 overs) | v | Kanchanpur Iconics 131/9 (20 overs) |
| Harishankar Shah 33(24) Kushal Bhurtel 4/36 (4 overs) | | Sagar Pun 39(38) Shahab Alam 3/8 (4 overs) |
* Rupandehi Challengers won by 14 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and HR Joshi Player of the match: Krishna Karki (Rupandehi Challengers)
* Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 3 11 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Biratnagar Kings 134/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 111/9 (20 overs) |
| Sharad Veswakar 46(32) LN Rajbanshi 2/25 (4 overs) | | Amar Routela 26(18) Sharad Veswakar 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Biratnagar Kings won by 23 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Sharad Veswakar (Biratnagar Kings)
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 11 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Kathmandu Goldens 147/7 (20 overs) | v | Kanchanpur Iconic 123/9 (20 overs) |
| Bhuwan Karki 36*(14) Avinash Karn 3/28 (4 overs) | | Sagar Pun 40(41) Basanta Regmi 2/12 (4 overs) |
* Kathmandu Goldens won by 24 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and DN Subedi Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki (Kathmandu Goldens)
* Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 5 12 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Rupandehi Challengers 129/6 (20 overs) | v | CYC Attariya 87/10 (19.4 overs) |
| Rajesh Pulami 31(35) Binod Lama 2/17 (4 overs) | | Gyanendra Malla 30(26) Shahab Alam 4/8 (4 overs) |
* Rupandehi Challengers won by 42 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: HR Joshi and DN Subedi Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Rupandehi Challengers)
* Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 6 12 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Kathmandu Goldens 173/5 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 87/10 (18.5 overs) |
| Sumit Maharjan 44*(27) Sharad Veswakar 2/19 (4 overs) | | Dipendra Singh Airee 31(24) Santosh Bhatta 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Kathmandu Goldens won by 86 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and M Bohara Player of the match: Sumit Maharjan (Kathmandu Goldens)
* Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 7 13 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Kanchanpur Iconic 105/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 94/10 (17.4 overs) |
| Sunil Dhamala 39(37) Aarif Sheikh 2/15 (4 overs) | | Paras Khadka 23(23) Avinash Karn 3/12 (3 overs) |
* Kanchanpur Iconic won by 11 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and DN Subedi Player of the match: Avinash Karn (Kanchanpur Iconic)
* Kanchanpur Iconic won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 8 13 April 13:00 Scorecard
| CYC Attariya 92/10 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 93/2 (11.5 overs) |
| Mehaboob Alam 27(34) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/7 (4 overs) | | Aasif Sheikh 46*(37) Avinash Bohara 1/27 (2.5 overs) |
* Biratnagar Kings won by 8 wickets (with 49 balls remaining). SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bohara and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh
* CYC Attariya won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 9 14 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Rupandehi Challengers 135/9 (20 overs) | v | Kathmandu Goldens 120/9 (20 overs) |
| Nurdhoj Sen 37(22) Sompal Kami 4/21 (4 overs) | | Sumit Maharjan 27(37) Shakti Gauchan 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Rupandehi Challengers won by 15 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and DN Subedi Player of the match: Puspa Thapa (Rupandehi Challengers)
* Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 10 14 April 13:00 Scorecard
| CYC Attariya 142/4 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 102/9 (20 overs) |
| Roshan Nepali 32(44) Saurav Khanal 2/25 (3 overs) | | Ramnaresh Giri 39(20) Surendra Chand 3/15 (4 overs) |
* CYC Attariya won by 40 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Mehaboob Alam (CYC Attariya)
* CYC Attariya won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 11 15 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Kanchanpur Iconics 80/10 (17 overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 81/5 (9.1 overs) |
| Hasim Ansari 27 (35) Sushil Kandel 4/8 (4 overs) | | Sharad Veswakar 28(15) Sagar Pun 5/25 (3.1 overs) |
* Biratnagar Kings won by 5 wickets (with 65 balls remaining). SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and DN Subedi Player of the match: Sushil Kandel (Biratnagar Kings)
* Biratnagar Kings won the toss and chose to field.
* Match 12 15 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Dhangadhi Team Chuaraha 136/8 (20 overs) | v | Kathmandu Goldens 125/10 (20 overs) |
| Aarif Sheikh 58(45) Manjeet Shrestha 3/20 (4 overs) | | Sandeep Jhora 28(27) Aarif Sheikh 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won by 11 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bohara and BD Karn Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Dhangadhi Team Chauraha)
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 13 16 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Rupandehi Challengers 132/8 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 71/10 (18.1 overs) |
| Antim Thapa 45(42) Sushil Kandel 2/28 (4 overs) | | S Vesawkar 34(47) Shahab Alam 4/19 (4 overs) |
* Rupandehi Challengers won by 61 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and BD Karn Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Rupandehi Challengers)
* Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 14 16 April 13:00 Scorecard
| CYC Attariya 85/10 (20 overs) | v | Kanchanpur Iconic 90/4 (10 overs) |
| Pradeep Airee 19(28) Sunil Dhamala 3/15 (4 overs) | | Sunil Dhamala 28(20) Binod Lama 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Kanchanpur Iconics won by 6 wickets (with 60 balls remaining). SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and M Bohara Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Kanchanpur Iconics)
* Kanchanpur Iconic won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 17 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Rupandehi Challengers 91/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 97/4 (11 overs) |
| KC Prakash 49(34) LN Rajbanshi 4/5 (4 overs) | | Paras Khadka 42(21) Shahab Alam 2/36 (3 overs) |
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won by 6 wickets (with 54 balls remaining) SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and BD Karn Player of the match: LN Rajbanshi (Dhangadhi Team Chauraha)
* Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat

## Playoff stage

| Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Biratnagar Kings | 128/9 | | | | Q2W | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 159/5 |
| 1 | Rupandehi Challengers | 99/10 | | | | Q1W | Biratnagar Kings | 97/10 |
| | | | EW | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 172/5 | | | |
| | | | Q1L | Rupandehi Challengers | 80/10 | | | |
| 3 | Kathmandu Goldens | 123/6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 127/4 | | | | | | |

### Preliminary
#### Qualifier 1

* Qualifier 1 19 April 09:00 Scorecard
| Biratnagar Kings 128/9 (20 overs) | v | Rupandehi Challengers 99/10 (20 overs) |
| Aasif Sheikh 36(41) Shakti Gauchan 3/16 (4 overs) | | Bikram Sob 23(16) Sushil Kandel 4/15 (4 overs) |
* Biratnagar Kings won by 29 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bohara and BD Karn Player of the match: Sushil Kandel (Biratnagar Kings)
* Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Eliminator

* Eliminator 19 April 13:00 Scorecard
| Kathmandu Goldens 123/6 (20 overs) | v | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 127/4 (18.2 overs) |
| Rohit Kumar Paudel 31(29) Lalit Rajbanshi 2/20 (4 overs) | | Anil Mandal 44(49) Santosh Bhatta 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Dhangadhi Team Charaha win by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining). SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and VK Jha Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Dhangadhi Team Chauraha)
* Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Qualifier 2

* Qualifier 2 20 April 10:00 Scorecard
| Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Rupandehi Challengers 80/10 (15.2 overs) |
| Paras Khadka 67*(41) Krishna Karki 2/40 (4 overs) | | Krishna Karki 14(12) Lalit Rajbanshi 3/12 (4 overs) |
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won by 92 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: VK Jha and BD Karn Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Dhangadhi Team Chauraha)
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* Final 22 April 11:00 Scorecard
| Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 159/5 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 97/10 (18.1 overs) |
| Aarif Sheikh 54(30) Sushil Kandel 2/32 (4 overs) | | Pranit Thapa Magar 27(22) Sushan Bhari 3/18 (4 overs) |
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won by 62 runs. SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: M Bhattarai and VK Jha Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Dhangadhi Team Chauraha)
* Dhangadhi Team Chauraha won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Paras Khadka | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 8 | 8 | 175 | 25.00 | 116.66 | 67* | 0 | 1 |
| Aarif Sheikh | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 8 | 8 | 168 | 28.00 | 118.30 | 58 | 0 | 2 |
| Anil Mandal | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 8 | 8 | 151 | 18.87 | 84.35 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharad Vesawkar | Biratnagar Kings | 7 | 6 | 147 | 24.50 | 108.88 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Prakash KC | Rupandehi Challengers | 7 | 7 | 140 | 28.00 | 100.00 | 49* | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 April 2017

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
| Sushil Kandel | Biratnagar Kings | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9.35 | 5.88 | 4/8 | 9.5 |
| Shahab Alam | Rupandehi Challengers | 7 | 7 | 16 | 8.87 | 5.46 | 4/8 | 9.7 |
| Krishna Karki | Rupandehi Challengers | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12.46 | 6.19 | 3/14 | 12.0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Biratnagar Kings | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8.91 | 3.96 | 4/28 | 13.5 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | Dhangadhi Team Chauraha | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11.66 | 4.37 | 4/5 | 16.0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 April 2017