Dhangadhi, Feb. 10 -- Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA) on Saturday honoured Nepal's first international coach Sunoj Bhattarai and former national team skipper Pawan Agrawal.

The two cricket personalities were honoured during the opening ceremony of the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) which is set to begin from Monday at the Fapla Cricket Grounds. While Bhattarai was given Arjun Khadka Memorial Coach Honour, Agrawal took the Dhangadhi Cricket Honour. The awards carry a purse of Rs 100,000 each.

DPL organisers DCA annually honours cricket personalities with this honour during the opening of the tournament. Pubudu Dassanayake, Prafulla Vaidya, Jagat Tamatta, Jung Bahadur Thapa, Arun Aryal and Raju Khadka were the previous recipients of the a...