Rupandehi Challengers

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Rupandehi Challengers
Official Logo of Rupandehi Challengers
LeagueDhangadhi Premier League
Personnel
CaptainShakti Gauchan
OwnerSuraj Upreti
Team information
CityRupandehi, Nepal
Founded2017
History
DPL wins0
Official websitehttps://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[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: 2017 Dhangadhi Premier League

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)
Paras Khadka 67*(41)
Krishna Karki 2/40 (4 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[edit]

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)
Babar Hayat 58 (35)
Sufyan Mehmood 2/39 (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
v
Rupandehi Challengers
73/5 (8 overs)
Sonu Tamang 34 (14)
Sushan Bhari 3/14 (2 overs)
Sagar Pun 33 (16)
Rohan Mustafa 2/12 (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[edit]

Main article: Dhangadhi Premier League

This is the list of players who are currently in the squad of Rupandehi Challengers.

Players

All-time players[edit]

Players Nationality Year Span
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[edit]

Year Dhangadhi Premier League
2017 Playoffs (3rd/6)
2018 Group stage (6th/6)

Statistics[edit]

Win–loss record[edit]

Edition Played Won Loss Tied No Result Win%
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[edit]

DPL Team Played Won Lost Tied No Result Win%
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rupandehi Challengers, Kanchanpur Iconic cruise in DPL - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Shahab inspires Rupandehi Challengers to victory". My Republica. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "DPL: Rupandehi Challengers - Kathmandu Cricket Training Center". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Rupandehi Challengers Squad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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