Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus and Blue Bird College emerged victorious in the Apex ICC Cup inter-college T20 cricket tournament at the Mulpani Cricket Ground on Friday.

Ratna Rajya defeated Kathmandu School of Law by 48 runs in D/L method despite the KSL’s Bimal Acharya returning a match figure of 5-22. Krishna Pariyar top-scored for Ratna Rajya with 33 and Sandeep Airee collected 17 as Ratna Rajya posted 132-9 in the allotted 20 overs.

In reply, Yaman Joshi’s 3-6, Aasharaj Ranjit’s 2-7 and Krishna Pariyar’s 2-11 helped Ratna Rajya restrict KSL to 72 in 14.4 overs. Their innings was reduced to 18 and a new target of 121 was set after rain briefly interrupted the match.

In the other game, Blue Bird beat Phoenix by 5 wickets, thanks to a half-century by Nirvik Pathak. Pathak smashed 51 off 46 balls to help his side chase down the 101-run target in 16.5 overs. Sachin Lekhak contributed 31 for Blue Bird. Kiran Chand and Raj Kumar Shah pocketed two wickets apiece for Phoenix.

Phoenix posted 100-9 in 17 overs, with Krish Ayer top-scoring with 35 runs. Bipin Acharya and Subash Khatri took two wickets each for Blue Bird.