Baluwatar crushed Dhangadi Cricket Academy (DCA) by 10 wickets, while Royal Sports  Club beat Shurkhet Cricket Club by six wickets during the Kohalpur City Twenty20 cricket tournament in Kohalpur on Wednesday.

Dhangadi could only muster a below-par 80-9 in 20 overs, thanks largely to a five-wicket haul from the man-of-the-match Bijay Gautam. Opener Bijay Rana top scored with 17 and Yam Karki chipped in 13 in a miserable DCA batting performance. Gautam finished with figures of 5-14 from four overs. In reply, Baluwatar raced to victory in 8.2 overs with Sanjay Shrestha blasting 33-ball 60 and his opening partner Sunil Lama 14. Shrestha clobbered six boundaries and five sixes.

In another game Shurkhet were dismissed for a paltry 64 runs in 16 overs with Jitendra Thakuri contributing run-a-ball 25. Monty Mourya was pick of the Royal Sports bowlers, finishing with an enviable figures of 5-7 from four overs. National team spinner Basanta Regmi bowled just one over and returned with two wickets without conceding a single run.

Royal Sports replied with 68-4 in 10.5 overs with Aafaq Sheikh scoring 19-ball 23.