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Campus Road, Attariya win
Campus Road and Attariya recorded contrasting wins in the Dhangadi Cricket League-3 here on Friday.Campus Road and Attariya recorded contrasting wins in the Dhangadi Cricket League-3 here on Friday.
While table topper Campus Road eked out a five-run win over Chauraha, Attariya cruised to eight-wicket win over Santoshi Tole thanks to explosive knocks from Gyanendra Kunwar and Mehboob Alam. With the results, Campus Road lead the five-team league standings with eight points, one ahead of Attariya.
In the first game of the day, Kunwar and Alam completely overshadowed a fine half century knock from Bijay Rana of Santoshi Tole. The duo put on an unbroken third wicket stand of 73 runs off 34 balls to help overcome the 132-run target set by Santoshi Tole. Man-of-the-match Kunwar struck six boundaries and three sixes in his 37-ball innings, while Alam clobbered six sixes in his fiery 18-ball 40 as Attariya reached 133-2 in 12.3 overs Earlier, Rana scored an unbeaten 55 runs and Amit Shahu made 32 as Santoshi Tole posted 131-2 in 16 overs. Rana struck four boundaries and two sixes in his 47-ball knock while Shahu slammed three fours and two sixes in his 20-ball innings.
In the second game, Campus Road laboured to 107-7 and restricted Chauraha for 102-7 in 20 overs. Roman Bam top scored for Campus Road with a fluent 36 runs off 35 balls Chandra Saud was their next best contributor with 13 runs. Yogendra Singh Karki picked up three and Sonu Tamang claimed two wickets.
In reply, Yogendra Singh Karki scored 36 but Chauraha fell agonising close to the target. Dipesh Chand chipped in with 19 runs but Chauraha manage only 102-7. Man-of-the-match Chandra Saud took one wicket but conceded just 10 runs. Lalit Singh Bhandari, Santosh Bhatt and Shiv Raj Ayer also grabbed a wicket each for Campus Road.