Kathmandu, March 14 -- based Deukhuri International Cricket Stadium was full of excitement on Day 6 of the Men's PM Cup as a good number of fans, with their faces and clothes smeared in colours of Holi, came to witness the first departmental derby of the seventh edition.

Filled with national players, Nepal Police Club (NPC) and Armed Police Force (APF) Club were expected to provide a blockbuster showdown of cricket. However, the 50-over game between NPC and APF, the two teams that have won the tournament five times in the past six editions, fell short on runs on Friday.

APF, led by Nepal's national skipper Rohit Kumar Paudel, elected to bat first. But Paudel, with power hitters and consistent scorers like Lokesh Bam, Aasif Sheikh and Su...