2015 SPA Cup
# 2015 SPA Cup

The 2015 SPA Cup was the fourth season of the Nepalese college-level SPA Cup for cricket. The event was organised by the Sudur Pashchimanchal Academy. It was held from 30 January to 7 February 2015 in Dhangadhi. New Horizon College won the tournament by defeating Sunshine College by 7 runs in the final. Game was played at Dhangadhi cricket ground.

## Tournament awards and prize money

The following players and teams were awarded the tournament awards and prize money.

* Winners: New Horizon College - Rs 500,000
* Runners-up: Sunshine HSS - Rs 200,000
* Player-of-the-series: Saurav Khanal (New Horizon) - Rs 50,000
* Best Batsman: Amit Shrestha (Sunrise HSS) - Rs 25,000
* Best Bowler: Rahul Vishwakarma (Pentagon) - Rs 25,000
* Best Fielder: Binod Lama (Durga Laxmi Multiple) - Rs 25,000
* Best Foreign Player: Mayank Yadav (Sunshine HSS) - Rs 25,000
* Emerging Player: Bipin Rawal (Kailali Multiple) - Cricket Kit and Cycle
* Every man-of-the-match - Rs 5,000

## Teams

* SPA, Kailali (Hosts)
* Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus, Kailali
* Farwest University, Kanchanpur
* GoldenGate International College, Kathmandu
* Holyland Higher Secondary School, Nepalgunj
* Jagannath Higher Secondary School, Baitadi
* Kailali Multiple Campus, Kailali
* Mahendra Namuna HS School, Dadeldhura
* Merryland College, Biratnagar
* New Horizon College, Butwal
* Pentagon International College, Kathmandu
* Sunrise Higher Secondary School, Kanchanpur
* Sunshine College, Bhairahawa
* Tikapur Multiple Campus, Kailali
* Tripura Sundari Campus, Achham
* Xavier International College, Kathmandu

## Squad

| SPA | Durga Laxmi Multiple | Farwest | GoldenGate | Holyland HSS |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Arjun Adhikari Dipendra Airee Pradeep Airee Gihan Herath Bhuwan Karki Subash Khakurel Subendu Pandey Alpes Ramjani Dipendra Thapa Bikram Thagunna Sharad Vesawkar | Prashant Bist Milan Dhami Bhuwan KC Gyanendra Kunwar Binod Lama Sanjay Pant Sankata Prasad Raju Rijal Pankaj Shukla Rajvir Singh Puran Thapa | Ashok Bhatta Gajendra Chand Niraj Chand Rajendra Chand Yuddha Bikram Chand Pappu Mal Dipak Malla Nawaratan Saini Mahesh Shah Kiran Thagunna Anil Thapa | Prithu Baskota (c) Dipendra Chaudhary Akash Gupta Paresh Lohani Sushil Kandel Subash Pradhan Faizlur Rehman Aarif Sheikh Rom Shrestha Sanjay Shrestha Rupesh Shrivastav Kshitiz Singh Rahul Singh | Amar Singh Rautela (c) Hasan Akhtar Avinash Bohara Akash Bista Bijay Chaudhary Prabin Giri Inamuddin Halwai Nizamuddin Halwai Ajay Sahani Prajjwal Shahi Siddhant Raj Shahi Anupam Singh Praneet Thapa Avinash Vohra Abhishek Yadav |
| Jagannath HSS | Kailali Multiple | Mahendra Namuna | Merryland | New Horizon |
| Kamal Airee Prem Singh Budal Ashok Chand Dipendra Chand Rabindra Chand Surendra Chand Yogendra Karki Basant Khatri Prashant Marku Navin Thagunna Kishor Waghella | Ashish Bam Sagar Bhandari Prakash Bhatt Lalit Bom Roman Bom Kiran Chand Shankar Karki Gyanendra Kshetri Kamal Raj Joshi Bipin Rawal Ramesh Shamant | Irshad Ahmed Santosh Bhatta Dilip Nath Dikshanshu Negi Roshan Nepali Nirmal Roka Dipesh Shrestha Bikram Sob Prem Tamang Bikram Thalal | Sadab Ahkhtar Shivam Chauhan Ramnaresh Giri Vivek Jha Kumar Kartike Siddhant Lohani Suraj Patel Ajay Rajbanshi Hari Shankar Shah Manjeet Shrestha Manoj Sod | Saurav Khanal (c) Rupesh Bastola Susan Bhari Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Prakash KC Rahul Prajapati Nurdhoj Sen Devendra Somare Sandip Sunar Anil Thapa Nirmal Thapa |
| Pentagon International | Sunrise HSS | Sunshine | Tikapur Multiple | Xavier International |
| Mehboob Alam Binod Bhandari Naresh Budhayer Praveen Joshi Karan KC Anil Mandal Nishal Pandey Rajesh Pulami Sagar Pun Chandra Sawad Puspa Thapa Rahul Vishwakarma | Dinesh Agri Hasim Ansari Lalit Bhandari Dhan Bahadur Chand Akhil Chaudhary Sunil Dhamala Avinash Karn Bhim Sarki Rahul Dev Sharma Amit Shrestha Prakash Thapa | Saban Ali Nischal Chaudhary Shawaj Alam Khan Sohail Khan Tariq Anwar Khan Shankar Rana Sabin Shakya Anurag Sharma Subodh Srivastav Bijay Sunar Anish Thapa Antim Thapa Man Bahadur Thapa Dipendra Yadav Mayank Yadav | Biplove Bist Hikmat Khadka Amar Rawal Chandra Rimal Mahesh Shahi Sudip Shahi Rajan Sherchan Devendra Tamata Manoj Thakulla Subash Singh Thakuri Siddha Tiruwa | Alson Basnet Sabin Giri Mukesh Kalel Suyog Kunwar Ashesh Magar Ashesh Mainali Bimal Mainali Hemant Rawal Abhishek Shahi Amrit Thapa Roshan Yadav |

## Fixtures

All times are Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45)

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 January | 30 January | | | | | | |
| Mahendra Namuna | 124 | | | | | | |
| Mahendra Namuna | 124 | 3 February | 3 February | | | | | |
| Pentagon College | 126/5 | 3 February | 3 February | | | | |
| Pentagon College | 126/5 | Pentagon College | 193/5 | | | | |
| 31 January | 31 January | | Pentagon College | 193/5 | | | | |
| 31 January | 31 January | Sunrise HSS | 177/5 | | | | |
| Sunrise HSS | 245/1 | Sunrise HSS | 177/5 | | | | |
| Sunrise HSS | 245/1 | | | | 6 February | 6 February | | |
| Xavier International | 78 | | | | 6 February | 6 February | |
| Xavier International | 78 | | | | Pentagon College | 111 | |
| 31 January | 31 January | | | | | Pentagon College | 111 | |
| 31 January | 31 January | | | | New Horizon | 155 | |
| New Horizon | 194/6 | | | | New Horizon | 155 | |
| New Horizon | 194/6 | 4 February | 4 February | | | | | |
| Kailali Multiple | 56 | 4 February | 4 February | | | | |
| Kailali Multiple | 56 | New Horizon | 79/3 | | | | |
| 1 February | 1 February | | New Horizon | 79/3 | | | | |
| 1 February | 1 February | Merryland College | 76 | | | | |
| Merryland College | 159 | Merryland College | 76 | | | | |
| Merryland College | 159 | | | | | | | 7 February | 7 February |
| Durga Laxmi | 137/9 | | | | | | | 7 February | 7 February |
| Durga Laxmi | 137/9 | | | | | | | New Horizon | 171/6 |
| 1 February | 1 February | | | | | | | | New Horizon | 171/6 |
| 1 February | 1 February | | | | | | | Sunshine College | 164 |
| Holyland HSS | 148/8 | | | | | | | Sunshine College | 164 |
| Holyland HSS | 148/8 | 4 February | 4 February | | | | | | |
| Tikapur Multiple | 80 | 4 February | 4 February | | | | | | |
| Tikapur Multiple | 80 | Holyland HSS | 113/3 | | | | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | | Holyland HSS | 113/3 | | | | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | GoldenGate | 109/9 | | | | | | |
| GoldenGate | Walkover | GoldenGate | 109/9 | | | | | | |
| GoldenGate | Walkover | | | | 6 February | 6 February | | | | |
| Tripura Sundari | | | | | 6 February | 6 February | | | |
| Tripura Sundari | | | | | Holyland HSS | 93 | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | | | | | Holyland HSS | 93 | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | | | | Sunshine College | 167/7 | |
| Sunshine College | 173/7 | | | | Sunshine College | 167/7 | |
| Sunshine College | 173/7 | 5 February | 5 February | | | | | |
| Farwest University | 162/8 | 5 February | 5 February | | | | |
| Farwest University | 162/8 | Sunshine College | 243/3 | | | | |
| 3 February | 3 February | | Sunshine College | 243/3 | | | | |
| 3 February | 3 February | SPA | 239/6 | | | | |
| SPA | 152/4 | SPA | 239/6 | | | | |
| Jagannath HSS | 106/8 | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

* 1st match 30 January 2015 Scorecard

| Mahendra Namuna 124 (18.5 overs) | v | Pentagon College 126/5 (14.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Roshan Nepali 44 (28) Chandra Sawad 3/24 (4.0 overs) | | Binod Bhandari 53 (31) Santosh Bhatta 1/11 (2.0 overs) |

* Pentagon won by 5 wickets Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Binod Bhandari (Pentagon)
* Mahendra Namuna won the toss and chose to bat
* 2nd match 31 January 2015 Scorecard

| Sunrise HSS 245/1 (20.0 overs) | v | Xavier International 78 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sunil Dhamala 127* (68) Amrit Thapa 1/28 (3.0 overs) | | Ashesh Mainali 35* (48) Avinash Karn 4/4 (4.0 overs) |

* Sunrise HSS won by 167 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Sunirse HSS)
* Xavier International won the toss and chose to field
* 3rd match 31 January 2015 Scorecard

| New Horizon 194/6 (20.0 overs) | v | Kailali Multiple 56 (14.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Prakash KC 62* (27) Sagar Bhandari 2/24 (4.0 overs) | | Bipin Rawal 21 (20) Rahul Prajapati 5/6 (4.0 overs) |

* New Horizon won by 137 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Rahul Prajapati (New Horizon)
* New Horizon won the toss and chose to bat
* 4th match 1 February 2015 Scorecard

| Merryland College 159 (19.2 overs) | v | Durga Laxmi 137/9 (20.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shivam Chauhan 51 (38) Sanjay Pant 4/13 (3.2 overs) | | Rajvir Singh 58 (38) Manjeet Shrestha 2/17 (2.0 overs) |

* Merryland won by 22 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Shivam Chauhan (Merryland)
* Merryland won the toss and chose to bat
* 5th match 1 February 2015 Scorecard

| Holyland HSS 148/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Tikapur Multiple 80 (16.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Hasan Akhtar 47 (34) Subash Thakuri 4/23 (4.0 overs) | | Mahesh Shahi 30 (29) Hasan Akhtar 4/16 (4.0 overs) |

* Holyland HSS won by 68 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Hasan Akhtar (Holyland HSS)
* Holyland HSS won the toss and chose to bat
* 6th match 2 February 2015 Report

| GoldenGate | v | Tripura Sundari |
| - | - | - |

* No result
* GoldenGate are through to quarter-finals by walkover due to unavailability of Tripura Sundari Campus team.
* 7th match 2 February 2015 Scorecard

| Sunshine College 173/7 (20.0 overs) | v | Farwest University 162/8 (20.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mayank Yadav 45 (35) Mahesh Shah 3/31 (4.0 overs) | | Dipak Malla 38 (49) Dipendra Yadav 2/21 (4.0 overs) |

* Sunshine won by 11 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Mayank Yadav (Sunshine)
* Sunshine won the toss and chose to bat
* 8th match 3 February 2015 Scorecard

| SPA 152/4 (16.0 overs) | v | Jagannath HSS 106/8 (16.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Subash Khakurel 68* (49) Basant Khatri 1/7 (1.0 overs) | | Dipendra Chand 29 (29) Sharad Vesawkar 4/29 (3.0 overs) |

* SPA won by 46 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Sharad Vesawkar (SPA)
* SPA won the toss and chose to bat

### Quarter-finals

* 1st quarter-final 3 February 2015 Scorecard

| Pentagon College 193/5 (20.0 overs) | v | Sunrise HSS 177/5 (20.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Rajesh Pulami 68 (28) Sunil Dhamala 1/10 (3.0 overs) | | Amit Shrestha 85* (61) Mehboob Alam 2/26 (4.0 overs) |

* Pentagon won by 16 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Rajesh Pulami (Pentagon)
* Sunrise HSS won the toss and chose to field
* 2nd quarter-final 4 February 2015 Scorecard

| Merryland 76 (16.1 overs) | v | New Horizon 79/3 (9.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Siddhant Lohani 26 (21) Saurav Khanal 3/14 (4.0 overs) | | Nirmal Thapa 22* (18) Kumar Kartike 2/18 (3.4 overs) |

* New Horizon won by 7 wickets Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Saurav Khanal (New Horizon)
* Merryland won the toss and chose to bat
* 3rd quarter-final 4 February 2015 Scorecard

| GoldenGate 109/9 (20.0 overs) | v | Holyland HSS 113/3 (18.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Faizlur Rahman 23 (24) Avinash Bohra 2/16 (4.0 overs) | | Anupan Singh 61* (52) Prithu Baskota 1/15 (3.0 overs) |

* Holyland won by 7 wickets Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Anupam Singh (Holyland)
* GoldenGate won the toss and chose to bat
* 4th quarter-final 5 February 2015 Scorecard

| SPA 239/6 (20.0 overs) | v | Sunshine College 243/3 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Subash Khakurel 77 (48) Shankar Rana 2/44 (3.0 overs) | | Subodh Srivastav 87 (42) Bikram Thagunna 1/22 (3.0 overs) |

* Sunshine won by 7 wickets Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Mayank Yadav (Sunshine)
* Sunshine won the toss and chose to field

### Semi-finals

* 1st semi-final 6 February 2015 Scorecard

| New Horizon 155 (19.5 overs) | v | Pentagon College 111 (16.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nurdhoj Sen 33 (29) Sagar Pun 3/39 (4.0 overs) | | Sagar Pun 40 (16) Shakti Gauchan 3/11 (3.0 overs) |

* New Horizon won by 44 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Shakti Gauchan (New Horizon)
* Pentagon won the toss and chose to field
* 2nd semi-final 6 February 2015 Scorecard

| Sunshine College 167/7 (20.0 overs) | v | Holyland HSS 93 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shankar Rana 42 (34) Akash Bista 2/32 (4.0 overs) | | Siddhant Shahi 28 (23) Mayank Yadav 4/29 (4.0 overs) |

* Sunshine won by 74 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Mayank Yadav (Sunshine)
* Holyland won the toss and chose to field

### Final

* Final 7 February 2015 Scorecard

| New Horizon 171/6 (20.0 overs) | v | Sunshine College 164 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sompal Kami 40 (29) Dipendra Yadav 2/35 (4.0 overs) | | Subodh Srivastav 46 (21) Shakti Gauchan 3/30 (4.0 overs) |

* New Horizon won by 7 runs Seti Zone Police Ground, Dhangadhi Player of the match: Suarav Khanal (New Horizon)
* New Horizon won the toss and chose to bat
