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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.
| Dates | 31 March 2018 – 14 April 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | DCA SPA |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs knockout |
| Host(s) |  Nepal |
| Champions | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi (2nd title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 19 |
| 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) |
Venue
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| Dhangadhi |
| SSP Cricket Ground |
Teams and squads
editThe 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 Attariya | Kathmandu Goldens | Mahendranagar United | Rupandehi Challengers | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi |
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Format
editPoints table
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Kathmandu Goldens (RU) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.148 |
| Team Chauraha Dhangadhi (W) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.051 |
| Mahendranagar United (3rd) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.461 |
| CYC Attariya (5th) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.283 |
| Biratnagar Kings | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.204 |
| Rupandehi Challengers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.648 |
- Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier 1
- Advanced to Eliminator
League progression
edit| Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | QF1/E | QF2 | Final | ||
| 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 | |||||
| Win | Loss | Super-Over | No Result |
League stage
editMatch results
editTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi
145/6 (20 overs) |
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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 the toss and elected to field.
- Shahab Alam (Kathmandu Goldens) took a hat-trick.
Rupandehi Challengers
61 (15.2 overs) |
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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) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rupandehi Challengers' score of 61 was the lowest total in the history of DPL.
Mahendranagar United
168/5 (20 overs) |
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Biratnagar Kings
135 (19 overs) |
Puneet Mehra 38 (18)
Manjeet Shrestha 2/30 (4 overs) |
- Mahendranagar United won the toss and elected to bat.
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
151/7 (19.2 overs) |
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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 the toss and elected to field.
Rupandehi Challengers
123 (18.4 overs) |
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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 the toss and elected to bat.
- Kathmandu Goldens' score of 186 was the highest in the history of DPL
Mahendranagar United
131/8 (20 overs) |
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Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
132/2 (18 overs) |
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won the toss and elected to field.
Rupandehi Challengers
139/7 (20 Overs) |
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Biratnagar Kings
181/4 (20 overs) |
Pradeep Airee
54 (50)
Shubham Kamat 3/18 (4 Overs) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
CYC Attariya
126/8 (20 Overs) |
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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 the toss and elected to bat.
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
109/9 (20 Overs) |
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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) |
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won the toss and elected to field.
Rupandehi Challengers
144/8 (20 Overs) |
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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) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Biratnagar Kings
164/8 (20 Overs) |
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Kathmandu Goldens
170/5 (20 Overs) |
- Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to bat
Mahendranagar United
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CYC Attariya
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to wet outfield.
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
76/7 (8 overs) |
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Rupandehi Challengers
73/5 (8 overs) |
Sonu Tamang 34 (14)
Sushan Bhari 3/14 (2 overs) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced play to 8 overs per side.
Kathmandu Goldens
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Mahendranagar United
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to wet outfield.
Biratnagar Kings
55/3 (6 overs) |
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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 the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced play to 6 overs per side.
Play-offs
edit| Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kathmandu Goldens | 127/9 (20 ov) | Q1W | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 181/4 (20 ov) | ||||||||
| 2 | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 128/9 (19.5 ov) | Q2W | Kathmandu Goldens | 160/8 (20 ov) | ||||||||
| Q1L | Kathmandu Goldens | 143/5 (18.2 ov) | |||||||||||
| EW | Mahendranagar United | 142/9 (20 ov) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mahendranagar United | 130/7 (20 ov) | |||||||||||
| 4 | CYC Attariya | 115/4 (20 ov) | |||||||||||
Preliminary
editQualifier 1
editKathmandu Goldens
127/9 (20 overs) |
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Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
128/9 (19.5 overs) |
Rohan Mustafa 33 (20)
Sunny Patel 2/30 (4 overs) |
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Team Chauraha Dhangadhi advanced to the Final and Kathmandu Goldens qualified for Qualier 2.
Eliminator
editMahendranagar United
130/7 (20 overs) |
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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) |
- 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
editKathmandu Goldens
143/5 (18.2 overs) |
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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 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
editTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi
181/4 (20 overs) |
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Kathmandu Goldens
160/8 (20 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 58 (39)
Suboth Bhati 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won the 2018 Dhangadhi Premier League.
- Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won their second title.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Gyanendra Malla
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Kathmandu Goldens | 8 | 7 | 1 | 248 | 41.33 | 131.91 | 68* | 0 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| Amit Shrestha
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Kathmandu Goldens | 8 | 7 | 1 | 242 | 40.33 | 116.34 | 81* | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 |
| Sunil Dhamala
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Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 7 | 7 | 1 | 229 | 38.16 | 106.51 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 |
| Rohan Mustafa
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Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 6 | 6 | 0 | 198 | 33.00 | 121.47 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
 Babar Hayat
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Biratnagar Kings | 5 | 5 | 0 | 186 | 37.50 | 200.00 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 |
Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018
Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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| Lalit Bhandari
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Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4/37 | 13.21 | 7.11 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 |
 Sunny Patel
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Kathmandu Goldens | 8 | 8 | 13 | 6/10 | 10.00 | 4.48 | 13.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan
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Kathmandu Goldens | 8 | 7 | 11 | 4/6 | 19.63 | 8.47 | 13.9 | 1 | 0 |
| Shuvankar Urao
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CYC Attariya | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3/7 | 5.70 | 4.27 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamal Singh Airee
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CYC Attariya | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4/15 | 12.33 | 6.93 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018
Hat-tricks
edit| Player | Team | Against | Date | Scorecard |
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| Shahab Alam
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Kathmandu Goldens | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 31 March 2018 | [1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Franchises and strategic players announced". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Six franchises buy 72 players at DPL 2018 Player Auction". cricnepal.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-20.