Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) will be hosting the inaugural edition of Nepal Premier League T20 (NPL T20) tournament from November 30th – December 21st, 2024. A total of eight (8) franchise teams will be competing in the tournament, namely Biratnagar Kings, Chitwan Rhinos, Janakpur Bolts, Karnali Yaks, Kathmandu Gurkhas, Lumbini Lions, Pokhara Avengers and Sudurpaschim Royals. A total of thirty-two (32) matches will be played during the entire duration of the tournament, and a lot of players from both Full member countries and Associate member countries have been signed up by the franchises to take part in the event.
Nepal Premier League Squads
Biratnagar Kings: Sandeep Lamichhane (Marquee Player), Dipak Bohara, Martin Guptill, Subhash Bhandari, Nicholas Kirton, Bashir Ahmad, Naren Bhatta, Chris Sole, Ismat Alam, Pratish GC, Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya, Aqib Ilyas, Lokesh Bam, Mrinal Gurung, Anil Kharel and Rajesh Pulami Magar
Chitwan Rhinos: Kushal Malla (Marquee Player), Santosh Karki, Kamal Singh Airee, Rijan Dhakal, Bipin Rawal, Sharad Vesawkar, Hassan Eisakhil, Luc Benkenstein, Ranjeet Kumar, Gautam KC, Amar Singh Rautela, Marchant De Lange, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Dipesh Shrestha and Deepak Bohara
Janakpur Bolts: Aasif Sheikh (Marquee Player), Shubh Kansakar, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, Sohaib Maqsood, James Neesham, Arniko Prasad Yadav, Hemant Dhami, Muhammad Mohsin, Joshua Tromp, Kishore Mahato, Lalit Rajbanshi, Rupesh K Singh, Lahiru Milantha, Sher Malla, Aakash Tripathi and Anil Kumar Sah
Karnali Yaks: Sompal Kami (Marquee Player), Mausam Dhakal, Shikhar Dhawan, Dev Khanal, Hussain Talat, Dipak Dumre, Gulshan Kumar Jha, Babar Hayat, Dipendra Rawat, Bhuban Karki, Rit Gautam, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri and Chadwick Walton
Kathmandu Gurkhas: Karan KC (Marquee Player), Michael Levitt, Pratik Shrestha, Stevie Sean Eskinazi, Sumit Maharjan, Rashid Khan, Raju Rizal, Krishna Karki, Shankar Rana, Dan Douthwaite, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Shahab Alam, Bhim Sharki, Gerhard Erasmus, Bibek KC
Lumbini Lions: Rohit Kumar Paudel (Marquee Player), Ben Cutting, Unmukt Chand, Sundeep Jora, Surya Tamang, Dinesh Adhikari, Aashutosh Ghiraiya, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Bikash Aagri, Abhishesh Gautam, Durgesh Gupta, Arjun Saud, Bibek Yadav and Tom Moores
Pokhara Avengers: Kushal Bhurtel (Marquee Player), Bas De Leede, Narayan Joshi, Bipin Khatri, Anderson Phillip, Amrit Gurung, Matt Critchley, Dinesh Kharel, Trit Raj Das, Sunam Gautam, Aakash Chand, Kiran Kumar Thagunna, Andries Gous, Raymon Reifer, Michael Leask and Sagar Dhakal
Sudurpaschim Royals: Dipendra Singh Airee (Marquee Player), Rohan Mustafa, Brandon McMullen, Binod Bhandari, Naresh Budhayer, Md Aarif Sheikh, Khadak Bahadur Bohara, Bhoj Raj Bhatta, Scott Kuggeleijn, Naren Saud, Abinash Bohara, Arjun Kumal, Ishan Pandey, Amit Shrestha, Saif Zaib
Nepal Premier League Schedule
30th November 2024: Biratnagar Kings vs Janakpur Bolts (Scorecard)
02nd December 2024: Kathmandu Gurkhas vs Chitwan Rhinos (Scorecard) ; Janakpur Bolts vs Karnali Yaks (Scorecard)
03rd December 2024: Sudurpaschim Royals vs Biratnagar Kings (Scorecard) ; Chitwan Rhinos vs Pokhara Avengers (Scorecard)
04th December 2024: Karnali Yaks vs Kathmandu Gurkhas (Scorecard) ; Biratnagar Kings vs Lumbini Lions (Scorecard)
05th December 2024: Pokhara Avengers vs Janakpur Bolts (Scorecard) ; Kathmandu Gurkhas vs Sudurpaschim Royals (Scorecard)
06th December 2024: Karnali Yaks vs Chitwan Rhinos (Scorecard) ; Lumbini Lions vs Pokhara Avengers (Scorecard)
07th December 2024: Lumbini Lions vs Sudurpaschim Royals (Scorecard) ; Karnali Yaks vs Biratnagar Kings (Scorecard)
08th December 2024: Janakpur Bolts vs Lumbini Lions (Scorecard) ; Sudurpaschim Royals vs Chitwan Rhinos (Scorecard)
10th December 2024: Chitwan Rhinos vs Lumbini Lions (Scorecard) ; Karnali Yaks vs Pokhara Avengers (Scorecard)
11th December 2024: Janakpur Bolts vs Sudurpaschim Royals (Scorecard) ; Kathmandu Gurkhas vs Lumbini Lions (Scorecard)
12th December 2024: Pokhara Avengers vs Biratnagar Kings (Scorecard) ; Janakpur Bolts vs Kathmandu Gurkhas (Scorecard)
13th December 2024: Lumbini Lions vs Karnali Yaks (Scorecard) ; Biratnagar Kings vs Chitwan Rhinos (Scorecard)
14th December 2024: Pokhara Avengers vs Kathmandu Gurkhas (Scorecard) ; Chitwan Rhinos vs Janakpur Bolts (Scorecard)
15th December 2024: Biratnagar Kings vs Kathmandu Gurkhas (Scorecard) ; Pokhara Avengers vs Sudurpaschim Royals (Scorecard)
16th December 2024: Sudurpaschim Royals vs Karnali Yaks (Scorecard)
18th December 2024: Eliminator (Scorecard) ; Qualifier 1 (Scorecard)
19th December 2024: Qualifier 2 (Scorecard)
21st Saturday 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)
