Hosts Rupandehi XI crashed out as they suffered 4-3 PSO defeat at the hands of Nepal Police in 20th Tilottama gold cup in Butwal.

Both teams played 0-0 draw in regulation time before inviting a spot kick battle.

Manish Ghale, Chirring Gurung and Nishan Limbu scored. Ashok Thapa, Bishwo Adhikari and Karna Limbu wasted their kicks for Rupandehi XI.

NPC goal scorer Roshan Khadka became the man of the match. He received Rs 11,000 cash.



NPC XI : Roshan Shrestha (GK), Rabin Shrestha (C), Suman Lama, Rejin Subba, Abhisek Rijal, Ravi Paswan, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Tej Tamang, Santosh Hemroon, Maan Bdr, Pariyar, Ajit Bhandari

LAALI RUPANDEHI XI : Sojit Gurung (C, GK), Manish Ghale, Asish Gurung, Chiring Gurung, Purna Bahadur Shrestha, Gaurav Budhathoki, Ashok Thapa, Bishow Adhikari, Amar Dangol, Nishan Limbu, Karna Limbu

MMC will play against Ruslan Three Star club in the second semifinal match on Thursday.

Rupandehi DFA is organizing the championship, which has a winning purse of Rs 7,77,777.