Rupandehi Challengers
Official Logo of Rupandehi Challengers | |
League | Dhangadhi Premier League |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Shakti Gauchan |
Owner | Suraj Upreti |
Team information | |
City | Rupandehi, Nepal |
Founded | 2017 |
History | |
DPL wins | 0 |
Official website | https://www.facebook.com/dplrupandehichallengers/ |
The Rupandehi Challengers (often abbreviated as RC) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Rupandehi in the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL). Founded in 2017 one of the six founding teams of the DPL, the Rupandehi franchise is owned by Suraj Upreti. Shakti Gauchan is the captain and the strategic player of the team.
Franchise history
The Dhangadhi Premier League began its tournament in 2018 with 6 teams from representing different cities and districts of Nepal. Rupandehi Challengers was part of the founding team to participate in the DPL 2017.[1][2]
2017 DPL season
Rupandehi Challengers finished 3rd in the tournament despite topping the preliminary group stage and qualifying to the playoffs. RC lost both of its playoff match and thus missed an opportunity to qualify for the finals.[3]
Match 2 10 April 13:00 Scorecard |
Rupandehi Challengers 145/8 (20 overs) | v | Kanchanpur Iconic 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 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 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 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 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
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.
Qualifier 2 20 April 10:00 Scorecard |
Dhangadhi Team Chauraha 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Rupandehi Challengers 80/10 (15.2 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.
2018 DPL season
Rupandehi Challengers did not win the single game and finished the tournament in the last position.
Match 2 1 April 09:00 Scorecard |
Rupandehi Challengers 61 (15.2 overs) | v | 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) |
CYC Attariya won by 9 wickets SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Mahesh Bohora (Nepal) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) Player of the match: Kamal Singh Airee (CYC Attariya) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rupandehi Challengers' score of 61 was the lowest total in the history of DPL.
Match 5 2 April 13:00 Scorecard |
Rupandehi Challengers 123 (18.4 overs) | v | 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 by 63 runs SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Himal Giri (Nepal) Player of the match: Sunny Patel (Kathmandu Goldens) |
- Kathmandu Goldens won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kathmandu Goldens' score of 186 was the highest in the history of DPL
Match 7 4 April 09:00 Scorecard |
Rupandehi Challengers 139/7 (20 Overs) | v | Biratnagar Kings 181/4 (20 overs) |
Pradeep Airee 54 (50) Shubham Kamat 3/18 (4 Overs) |
Biratnagar Kings won by 42 runs SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Mahesh Bohora (Nepal) and Durga Subedi (Nepal) Player of the match: Babar Hayat (Biratnagar Kings) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10 5 April 13:00 Scorecard |
Rupandehi Challengers 144/8 (20 Overs) | v | 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) |
Mahendranagar United won by 4 wickets SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nepal) and Ram Pandey (Nepal) Player of the match: Punit Bista (Mahendranagar United) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 13 7 April 13:00 Scorecard |
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 76/7 (8 overs) | v | Rupandehi Challengers 73/5 (8 overs) |
Sonu Tamang 34 (14) Sushan Bhari 3/14 (2 overs) |
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi won by 3 runs SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nepal) and Ram Pandey (Nepal) Player of the match: Sonu Tamang (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi) |
- Rupandehi Challengers won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced play to 8 overs per side.
Current players
This is the list of players who are currently in the squad of Rupandehi Challengers.
Players
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All-time players
Players | Nationality | Year Span |
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Players bought in 2017 auction | ||
Shakti Gauchan (c) | Nepal | 2017–Present |
Bikram Kumar Bhusal | Nepal | 2017–Present |
Subash Khakurel | Nepal | 2017 |
Rajesh Pulami | Nepal | 2017 |
Bikram Sob | Nepal | 2017 |
Durgesh Gupta | Nepal | 2017 |
Ashu Kandol | Nepal | 2017 |
Krishna Karki | Nepal | 2017 |
Prakash KC(wk) | Nepal | 2017 |
Shankar Rana | Nepal | 2017 |
Nurdhoj Sen | Nepal | 2017 |
Harishankar Shah | Nepal | 2017 |
Shahab Alam | Nepal | 2017 |
Antim Thapa | Nepal | 2017 |
Puspa Thapa | Nepal | 2017 |
Players bought in 2018 auction | ||
Jitendra Mukhiya | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Sagar Pun | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Pradeep Airee | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Siddhant Lohani | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Prakash Jaisi | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Kushal Malla | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Bipin Khatri | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Sonu Ansari | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Sushan Bhari | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Amar singh Routela | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Dipesh Shrestha | Nepal | 2018–Present |
Sufyan Mehmood | Oman | 2018–Present |
Deepak Prasad | India | 2018–Present |
Bold names of the players represents that the player is in the latest year squad of the team.
Source: Cricinfo[4]
Seasons
Year | Dhangadhi Premier League |
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2017 | Playoffs (3rd/6) |
2018 | Group stage (6th/6) |
Statistics
Win–loss record
Edition | Played | Won | Loss | Tied | No Result | Win% |
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2017 DPL | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | 57.14% | |
2018 DPL | 5 | 0 | 5 | - | 0.00% | |
OVERALL | 12 | 4 | 8 | - | 33.33% |
Last updated: 2018 DPL
Head to head in DPL
DPL Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | Win% |
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CYC Attariya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% |
Kathmandu Goldens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% |
Biratnagar Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33% |
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Mahendranagar United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Kanchanpur Iconic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Overall | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33.33% |
*Bold team represents that the team has been defunct.
Last updated: 8-Mar-2018
See also
References
- ^ "Rupandehi Challengers, Kanchanpur Iconic cruise in DPL - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Shahab inspires Rupandehi Challengers to victory". My Republica. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "DPL: Rupandehi Challengers - Kathmandu Cricket Training Center". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Rupandehi Challengers Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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