Nepal Premier League

Nepal Premier League (NPL)
Countries    Nepal
Administrator Zohra Sports Management (ZSM)
Format Two-day
One-day
Twenty20
First tournament 2014
Next tournament 2015
Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams 6
Current champion Panchakanya Tej (One-day)
Most successful Panchakanya Tej (One-day) (1 title)
Most runs Pradeep Airee (212) (Kantipur Gurkhas) (One-day)
Most wickets Bhuwan Karki (14) (Panchakanya Tej) (One-day)
TV Kantipur Gold
2015

Nepal Premier League (NPL) (Nepali: नेपाल प्रिमियर लिग) is a professional cricket league in Nepal. It includes Twenty20, One-day and Two-day tournaments. All the formats are played in round-robin leagues from the groups. The first edition of the tournament was held in May 2014 with six franchises consisting of domestic and international players. The most awaited Nepal Premier League unveiled on 24 February in a press conference held at Hotel Radisson. NPL is undoubtedly a historical cricket tournament played domestically with an international touch. Zohra Sports Management and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) had an exclusive agreement to introduce NPL for three years to start with.

On 13 May 2014 a handful of CAN members issued a press release claiming CAN had pulled out as the organizers of the tournament.[1] While a majority of CAN members resigned from NPL Governing Council, the then President, Tanka Angbuhang still continued on promoting the event stating that the decision made was unofficial and without his knowledge. The current sponsors of this league is C.G. Foods (Wai Wai).[2][3]

History

The NPL is a Twenty20, One-day and Two-day format cricket tournament inaugurated in 2014.

The following are the six franchises in the NPL.

The group stage features six teams playing each other with four teams progressing to the playoffs.

League organization

6 League teams

It has 6 domestic league teams. Each team has 16 players which includes current national cricketers, under-19 cricketers, regional cricketers and two overseas cricketers along with the domestic coaches. The team owner can bring any two overseas players who are not restricted or banned by the ICC.

Selection and Structure

The selection has been done by national coach Pubudu Dassanayake under National Cricket Academy (NCA) to make sure all the teams are evenly stacked up for an equal contest.[4]

Teams

Owner(s)[5]Head coach
Vishal Warriors Vishal Group Nepal Paras Khadka Nepal Mahesh Rizal
Colors X-Factors Teletalk Private Limited Nepal Gyanendra Malla Nepal Manzoor Alam
Jagdamba Giants Shanker Groups Nepal Shakti Gauchan Nepal Navin Singh
Panchakanya Tej Panchakanya Groups Nepal Sharad Vesawkar Nepal Binod Das
Kantipur Gurkhas Kantipur Publications Nepal Basanta Regmi Nepal Samson Jung Thapa
Sagarmatha Legends Ghorahi Cements Nepal Binod Bhandari Nepal Jagat Tamata

Rules

There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player - buying in the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window players can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.

Nepal national coach Pubudu Dassanayake at press conference of 2014 Nepal Premier League

Statistics and records

Season Format Winners Runners-up Teams Matches
2014 One-day Panchakanya Tej Jagdamba Giants 6 18
2015 Twenty20 6

References

  1. ↑ Dhakal, Adarsha (14 May 2014). "CAN withdraws NPL ownership". eKantipur (Kathmandu). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cricketlok EXCLUSIVE: NCELL Nepal Premier League (NPL)". Cricket Lok (Kathmandu). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nepal Premier League from April". República (Kathmandu). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "The most awaited Nepal Premier League has been unveiled". Cricket NP (Kathmandu). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cricketlok EXCLUSIVE: Nepal Premier League Draft Squads". Cricket Lok (Kathmandu). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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