Hasanpur beat Santoshi Tole by five wickets in a last-ball thriller during the Dhangadi Cricket League here on Sunday.

Batting first, Santoshi Tole struggled to post 118-5 in their 20 overs before Hasanpur replied with 120-5 in the last-ball of the Twenty20 contest. Hasanpur were reeling at 36-3 by the ninth over but the fourth wicket stand of a 64-run between man-of-the-match Dipendra Airee and Bhim Sarki turned the game on its head. Despite their heroics, Hasanpur was still dragged to the last ball to achieve the victory target.

Sarki scored a fluent 41 runs, his 39-ball knock included four boundaries and a six, while Airee was a bit aggressive in his unbeaten 33-run innings. Airee struck three boundaries and a six in his 27-ball knock. Hrishab Devkota also contributed run-a-ball 18. Mahesh Adhikari of Santoshi Tole took two wickets, while Sunil Dhamala, Tekendra Bohara and Amit Budha grabbed one apiece.

Earlier, Roshan Adhikari top scored fr Santoshi Tole with an unbeaten 31 runs. His 26-ball knock included three fours and a six. Opener Sunil Dhamala chipped in with 17-ball 23. Amit Padal claimed two, while Airee, Binod Lama and Prakash Thapa snared one wicket each for Hasanpur.

Campus Road lead the five-team standings with six points from four games, followed by Chauraha in second with five points in our games. Victory lifted Hasanpur to third on net run-rate over Santoshi Tole. Attariya are bottom of the table with three points. The first game of the day between Chauraha and Attariya was washed out. Both teams shared a point each.