2024 Prime Minister Cup
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| Dates | 13 January – 3 February 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | National Sports Council Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Cricket format | One Day |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
| Host(s) | Nepal |
| Champions | Nepal Police Club (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Tribuwan Army Club |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Player of the series | Surya Tamang (Bagmati Province) |
| Most runs | Anil Sah (Madhesh Province) (386) |
| Most wickets | Surya Tamang (Bagmati Province) (30) |
The 2024 Prime Minister Cup was the sixth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contest by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 13 January 2024 and end on 3 February.[1][2][3] The tournament will be played in three different venues.[4]
The format was changed for the 2024 season, with the ten team competing in a round-robin format the top two teams qualifying for the final and top four team qualify for the Men's Elite Trophy which will be played in a multi-day format.[5][6]
Nepal Police Club clinched the title of the Prime Minister Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament for the third time after they defeated Nepal Army Club by 6 wickets in the final.[7][8]
Squads
[edit]| APF Club[9] | Bagmati Province[10] | Gandaki Province[11] | Lumbini Province[12] | Karnali Province |
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Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nepal Police Club | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.128 | Advanced to the final and qualified for the Men's Elite Trophy |
| 2 | Tribhuwan Army Club | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1.792 | |
| 3 | Bagmati Province | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1.117 | Qualified for the Men's Elite Trophy |
| 4 | Madhesh Province | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.206 | |
| 5 | APF Club | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1.022 | |
| 6 | Sudurpashchim Province | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.142 | |
| 7 | Karnali Province | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.995 | |
| 8 | Gandaki Province | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | −1.038 | |
| 9 | Lumbini Province | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | −1.493 | |
| 10 | Koshi Province | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | −2.468 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
League stage
[edit]Nepal Police Club
282/8 (50 overs) |
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Bagmati Province
214 (42.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 92 (87)
Sagar Dhakal 3/56 (9 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Koshi Province
127 (41 overs) |
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Madhesh Province
129/3 (20.1 overs) |
Firdosh Ansari 41 (71)
Pradip Paswan 3/15 (7 overs) |
Anil Sah 88 (54)
Sonu Mandal 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Gandaki Province
111 (34.4 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
113/6 (28.2 overs) |
Karan Pangeni 28 (62)
Ajay Chauhan 4/15 (7.4 overs) |
Mrinal Gurung 47 (78)
Kamal Pariyar 3/25 (7 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 42 overs per side due to wet outfield.
APF Club
241/9 (50 overs) |
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Bagmati Province
152 (42.5 overs) |
Rit Gautam 60 (89)
Rohit Paudel 4/26 (9 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
Gandaki Province
122/9 (45 overs) |
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Karnali Province
126/3 (33.2 overs) |
Kamal Pariyar 21 (44)
Dinesh Adhikari 2/9 (8 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 53 (71)
Ankit Neupane 2/14 (4.2 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Tribhuwan Army Club
320 (50 overs) |
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Madhesh Province
194 (48.4 overs) |
Binod Bhandari 113 (93)
Ranjit Kumar 5/41 (9 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province
135 (44.3 overs) |
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APF Club
136/4 (19.1 overs) |
Firdosh Ansari 55 (85)
Abinash Bohara 3/13 (8.3 overs) |
Rohit Paudel 80 (53)
Kamal Khatri 1/30 (5 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Lumbini Province
158 (48.4 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
159/5 (29.3 overs) |
Prajjwol Thapa 42 (68)
Narayan Joshi 3/36 (9.4 overs) |
Sher Malla 42* (44)
Avishek Gautam 3/60 (10 overs) |
- Sudurpashchim Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province
166 (48.2 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club
169/3 (23.1 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 105 (126)
Karan KC 3/28 (9.2 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
Bagmati Province
190 (49.2 overs) |
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Madhesh Province
104 (29 overs) |
Pratis GC 59 (55)
Rupesh Singh 2/23 (7.2 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province
277/5 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province
143 (37.2 overs) |
Khadak Bohara 80 (114)
Dipendra Rawat 1/29 (10 overs) |
Diwan Pun 38 (52)
Sher Malla 4/35 (10 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club
97 (27.1 overs) |
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Bagmati Province
103/7 (22.1 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to pitch change.
Karnali Province
184/9 (45 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
124 (41.2 overs) |
Dinesh Adhikari 56* (59)
Nirmal Gurung 3/21 (9 overs) |
Krishna Karki 47 (77)
Dinesh Adhikari 3/18 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to bad weather.
APF Club
246/9 (50 overs) |
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Madhesh Province
247/5 (48 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 59 (69)
Pradip Paswan 3/35 (10 overs) |
Rupesh Singh 72* (72)
Ramesh Kurmi 2/42 (10 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province
88 (24.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club
92/1 (9.5 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 41 (37)
Shahab Alam 6/14 (6.4 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 32 (25)
Sujan Thapaliya 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province
201 (50 overs) |
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Gandaki Province
93 (30.2 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 60 (73)
Bipin Khatri 3/9 (10 overs) |
Aswani Rana 25 (67)
Sher Malla 5/23 (8.2 overs) |
- Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to field.
Bagmati Province
273 (48.3 overs) |
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Koshi Province
209 (47.1 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 118 (111)
Avyash Timishina 3/43 (9 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 59 (76)
Ishan Pandey 5/39 (8 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected to field.
Madhesh Province
213/9 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province
170 (41.1 overs) |
Harishankar Shah 50 (61)
Dipendra Rawat 4/39 (10 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 58 (105)
Rajesh Yadav 3/27 (6 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Gandaki Province
167 (48.2 overs) |
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Koshi Province
25 (15.2 overs) |
Muskan Thapa 67 (122)
Avyash Timishina 6/23 (9.2 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 8 (6)
Bipin Khatri 6/4 (7 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected field.
- Koshi Province's score of 25 was the lowest total in Prime Minister Cup history.[17]
Nepal Police Club
140 (31.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club
127 (32.2 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 33 overs per side due to bad weather.
Madhesh Province
319/9 (50 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
239 (44.5 overs) |
Mayan Yadav 115 (128)
Sher Malla 4/64 (10 overs) |
Naren Bhatta 121 (122)
Rajesh Yadav 3/38 (6 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Karnali Province
78 (24.2 overs) |
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Bagmati Province
80/3 (13 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 23 (19)
Rijan Dhakal 5/25 (7 overs) |
Ishan Pandey 40 (36)
Diwan Pun 3/29 (6 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Nepal Police Club
145 (41 overs) |
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APF Club
87 (34 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to bad weather.
Bagmati Province
198 (49.1 overs) |
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Gandaki Province
202/7 (49.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 44 (69)
Kamal Pariyar 4/31 (10 overs) |
Karan Pangeni 79 (98)
Pratis GC 2/35 (9 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Koshi Province
151 (34.3 overs) |
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Karnali Province
153/4 (28.3 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 73 (73)
Dinesh Adhikari 4/18 (8 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 50* (48)
Hemanta Rai 3/42 (9.3 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
APF Club
121 (32.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club
122/6 (23.3 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 36 overs per side due to heavy fog.
Koshi Province
123 (32 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
124/2 (21.1 overs) |
Meenash Thapa 26 (37)
Sher Malla 5/28 (6 overs) |
Naren Bhatta 54* (49)
Firdosh Ansari 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Madhesh Province
96 (24 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club
99/4 (18.3 overs) |
Arniko Yadav 23 (26)
Sagar Dhakal 5/41 (9 overs) |
Sunil Dhamala 28 (27)
Ranjit Kumar 2/21 (6.3 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club
170/7 (26 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
105/8 (26 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 67 (70)
Md Hussain 2/40 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 26 overs per side due to heavy fog.
Madhesh Province
335/5 (50 overs) |
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Gandaki Province
190 (39.5 overs) |
Anil Sah 127 (125)
Sandeep Parajuli 2/51 (10 overs) |
Kamal Pariyar 27 (20)
Ranjit Kumar 4/51 (10 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Krishna Poudel (Gandaki Province) bowled the most expensive spell in a Prime Minister Cup match, conceding 117 runs from his ten overs.[18]
Bagmati Province
247/9 (50 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
150 (30.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 54 (62)
Sher Malla 3/55 (10 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 41 (27)
Surya Tamang 3/17 (7.3 overs) |
- Sudurpashchim Province won the toss and elected to field.
Lumbini Province
133 (41 overs) |
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APF Club
135/3 (22.3 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 39* (42)
Ramesh Kurmi 5/29 (10 overs) |
Rohit Paudel 52 (48)
Krishna Karki 1/18 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Karnali Province
171 (42.5 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club
172/4 (23.4 overs) |
Nischal Rawal 50 (107)
Sagar Dhakal 3/48 (9.5 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Lumbini Province
106 (32.2 overs) |
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Bagmati Province
107/4 (17.2 overs) |
Sushant Thapa 28 (55)
Surya Tamang 6/26 (10 overs) |
Ishan Pandey 50 (54)
Nirmal Gurung 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
APF Club
207 (47.2 overs) |
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Gandaki Province
119 (33.4 overs) |
Lokesh Bam 50 (67)
Kamal Pariyar 3/55 (10 overs) |
Sameer Kandel 33 (64)
Amar Rautela 4/17 (7 overs) |
- Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club
279/5 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province
115 (29 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 19 (22)
Kushal Malla 3/20 (7 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
Madhesh Province
169 (41.3 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
160 (40.5 overs) |
Arniko Yadav 38 (50)
Bir Magar 4/34 (8.3 overs) |
Prajjwol Thapa 62 (79)
Pradip Paswan 6/30 (9 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 42 overs per side due to wet pitch.
Tribhuwan Army Club
262 (48.3 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
165 (40.1 overs) |
Kushal Malla 75 (67)
Bhoj Raj Bhatta 6/63 (9.3 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 68 (74)
Jitendra Mukhiya 5/10 (6.1 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Gandaki Province
170 (38.3 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club
171/4 (24.2 overs) |
Amrit Gurung 50 (39)
Rashid Khan 5/25 (6 overs) |
Dilip Nath 57 (39)
Sandeep Parajuli 2/21 (6.2 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to wet pitch.
Koshi Province
172 (44.4 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
156 (46.5 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 49 (65)
Nar Sarki 4/38 (10 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 32 (64)
Saujan Ghimire 3/31 (10 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province
87 (16.2 overs) |
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APF Club
89/7 (14.1 overs) |
Narayan Joshi 31* (25)
Chandan Ram 5/51 (7 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
Karnali Province
206 (44.1 overs) |
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APF Club
185 (44 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 62 (50)
Mousom Dhakal 3/32 (9 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 108 (112)
Prakash Jaishi 4/9 (3 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nepal Police Club
245 (37.3 overs) |
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Lumbini Province
142 (36.3 overs) |
Aarif Sheikh 76 (76)
Nar Sarki 4/77 (8 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 36 (46)
Kushal Bhurtel 3/31 (6 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Tribhuwan Army Club
132 (39.1 overs) |
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Gandaki Province
64/9 (23.4 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 34 (64)
Amrit Gurung 2/11 (5.1 overs) |
Ishwar Chhetri 16 (27)
Shahab Alam 4/17 (7 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nepal Police Club
198 (47.5 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province
120 (37.1 overs) |
Shankar Rana 47 (52)
Sher Malla 3/51 (9.5 overs) |
Gajendra Bohara 30 (41)
Dipendra Singh Airee 7/20 (10 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to bad weather.
- Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal Police Club) 7/20 in ten overs was the best bowling figure in Prime Minister Cup history.[19]
Final
[edit]Tribhuwan Army Club
181 (49.5 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club
183/4 (37.5 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
References
[edit]- ^ @CricketNep (5 January 2024). "Save the date! Brace yourself for cricket action on the National Stage as the PM Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament begins on January 13th" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री कप पुरुष क्रिकेट पुस २८ गतेदेखि, तीन मैदानमा खेलाइने, ४६ खेल हुने". Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "CAN releases cricketing calendar for 2024 - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Siddharth Stadium gears up for PM Cup with major upgrades". Cricnepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "CAN unveils the exciting schedule of the Men's PM Cup". Cricnepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "PM Cup Set to Kick Off from January 13". Cardiac Kids Nepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Nepal Police Club clinches PM Cup Cricket title". myRepuclica. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Police clinch Prime Minister Cup title". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "पीएम कप : रोहित पौडेलको कप्तानीमा एपीएफको टिम घोषणा". Online Khabar. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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- ^ "Final Squad for PM Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament 2080". Gandaki Province cricket Association. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ @CricketNep (12 January 2024). "Sushant Singh Thapa is set to captain the 14-man squad for Lumbini Province for the upcoming PM Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament 2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "अंकितको कप्तानीमा कोशीको प्रधानमन्त्री कप खेल्ने टिमको घोषणा" [Announcement of the team to play the Prime Minister Cup of Koshi under the captaincy of Ankit]. eKantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री कपका लागि मधेशको टिम घोषणा" [Madhesh squad announced for Prime Minister cup]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "दिपेन्द्रको कप्तानीमा पुलिसको टिम घोषणा" [Police named their squad under Dipendra Captaincy]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Men's PM Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "PM Cup: Gandaki Province dominates as Koshi Province falls for historic low". Khabarhub. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "गण्डकीका बलर कृष्णले एकै खेलमा खर्चिए ११७ रन" [Gandaki bowler Krishna spent 117 runs in one match]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Dipendra Singh Airee sets new record in PM Cup history". Cricnepal. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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