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Kathmandu Sunday January 27, 2002 Magh 14, 2058.
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UBI lift Chachan Gold Cup
Post Report
BIRGUNJ, Jan 26: Union Bank of India (UBI)
clinched the Chachan Gold Cup defeating Yeti Airways by 66 runs in the final match played
at the Adaershanagar Stadium on Saturday.
Yeti Airways batsmen failed to chase the victory
target of 210 runs in 40 overs and were skittled out in the 35th over for mere 143 runs.
Rabindra Thapa was the highest scorer for Yeti
with a patient 29 while Raju Basnet and Monish Shrestha contributed 27 each.
Manish Sakhlekar of UBI Mumbai excelled with the
cherry taking four of the Yeti wickets. Anju Swami scalped three batsmen while Sudhakar
Harmalkar took two wickets.
Earlier, UBI, batting first after winning the
toss, put up a total of 209 runs for nine wickets in 40 overs. Anju Swami was the chief
scorer with 66 off 80 deliveries while Ratnam Malviya made a breezy 39 off 34 balls.
Bowling for Yeti, Raju Basnet and Sandeep
Shrestha took two wickets apiece. Kalam Ali, Prafulla Vaidya and Birendra Shah took one
wicket each.
The winners’ purse carried a cash prize of
Rs 11,000 apart from the Cup. Anju Swami was adjudged man of the match as well as man of
the series.
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