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Kathmandu Wednesday November 14, 2001 Kartik 29, 2058.
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Yeti Airlines win Dashain
Trophy
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 13 - Yeti Airlines lifted the
third Dashain Trophy cricket tournament beating Suraj Arcade by 62 runs in the title match
at the local Tundikhel ground on Tuesday.
Yeti Arilines, notched up a total of 257 for
eight after being put into bat by Suraj Arcade, who won the toss. Paresh Lohani slammed a
quick fire 60 off 66 balls. Apart from him, Prafulla Vaidya also contributed 48 runs to
his side.
Akthar claimed 4 wickets in his 7-over spell.
Chasing more than six runs per over, Arcade
top order faltered and lost three quick wickets. But a 126-run stand for the fourth wicket
between Ratan Rauniyar (54) and Birendra Shah (71) took them to a position from where they
could have won the match.
With the departure of Rauniyar and Shah in
quick succession, leg-spinner Raj Kumar Pradhan wrapped up the Arcade tailenders with
impressive 5-wicket haul.
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