Citizens Bank and Century Bank entered the knock out stages of the UIC Cup Corporate Cricket Tournament on Saturday.

In Group ‘D’, Citizens defeated Sanima Hydro by 35 runs to go through as pool winners. Batting first, Citizens made 79 before stopping Sanima Hydro on 44 runs. Sanima Hydro are still in the hunt for the round of 10 following a slim five-run victory over Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF).

Sanima Hydro made 92 in 12 overs and NSJF were shut down for 87. Sanima and Nabil have two points each. In Group ‘A’, Century crushed Youwe Home by 97 runs. Century made 122 and Youwe were sent packing for 25 runs. Youwe, later, bounced back by defeating Siddhartha Development Bank by 14 runs.