The Festivals of Himalaya: Nepal Premier League (NPL) Season 1
Nepal premier league the festival of Nepali cricket start from November 30, the real shows begin.
Nepal Premier League (NPL)
NPL stands for Nepal premier League is a prestigious T20 League of Nepal. NPL starts from November 30 to December 21, 2024, begins. Cricket fans are getting ready for an exciting season in which the best team will compete with each other. After much planning, the Cricket Association Nepal organized this successful event to help the country's cricketing future. Nepal, a cricketing nation with great potential, is getting better every day.
Nepal premier League (NPL) Player and Coach's
| Biratnagar Kings | Janakpur Bolts | Kathmandu Gurkhas | Chitwan Tigers |
| Head coach- kevin O'Brien | Head coach- Pubudu Dassanayake | Head coach- Bansta Shani | Head coach- umesh patwal |
| Sandeep Lamichhane (C) | Aasif Sheikh (wk) (C) | Karan KC (C) | Kushal Malla (C) |
| Basir Ahamad | Hemant Dhami | Shahab Alam | Sharad Vesawkar |
| Lokesh Bam (wk) | Shubh Kansakar | Dipesh Kandel | Kamal Singh Airee |
| Dipak Bohara | Kishore Mahato | Krishna Karki | Deepak Bohara |
| Subash Bhandari | Sher Malla | Rashid Khan | Rijan Dhakal |
| Naren Bhatt | Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi | Bibek KC | Santosh Karki |
| Pratish GC | Rupesh Singh | Sumit Maharjan | Gautam KC |
| Mrinal Gurung | Anil Sah (wk) | Shankar Rana | Ranjit Kumar |
| Anil Kharel | Tul Thapa | Raju Rijal (wk) | Bipin Rawal (wk) |
| Jitendra Mukhiya | Aakash Tripathi | Bhim Sharki | Amar Routela |
| Rajesh Pulami | Arniko Yadav | Pratik Shrestha | Dipesh Shrestha |
| Aqib Ilyas | James Neesham | Krish Karki ( Iconic Player) | Ravi Bopara |
| Martin Guptill | Joshua Tromp | Gerhard Erasmus | Marchant de Lange |
| Nicholas Kirton | Sohaib Maqsood | Michael Levitt | Hassan Eisakhil |
| Chris Sole | Mohammad Mohsin | Stephen Eskinazi | Luc Benkenstein |
| Ismat Alam | Lahiru Milantha (wk) | Dan Douthwaite | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton |
| Lumbini Lions | Pokhara Avengers | Karnali Yaks | Sudurpaschim Royals |
| Head- Nandan Phadnis | Head coach- Rajiv kumar | Head coach- Gyanendra malla | Head coach- Jagat Tamat |
| Rohit Paudel (C) | Kushal Bhurtel (C) | Sompal Kami (C) | Dipendra Singh Airee (C) |
| Surya Tamang | Aakash Chand | Mousom Dhakal | Binod Bhandari (wk) |
| Bikash Aagri | Trit Raj Das | Dipendra Rawat | Bhoj Raj Bhatta |
| Dinesh Adhikari | Sagar Dhakal | Deepak Dumre | Abinash Bohara |
| Abhishesh Gautam | Sunam Gautam | Dev Khanal | Khadak Bohora |
| Ashutosh Ghiraiya | Amrit Gurung | Rit Gautam | Naresh Budhayer |
| Sundeep Jora | Narayan Joshi | Arjun Gharti (wk) | Arjun Kumal |
| Durgesh Gupta | Dinesh Kharel | Gulshan Jha | Ishan Pandey |
| Tilak Raj Bhandari | Bipin Khatri | Bhuvan Karki | Naren Saud |
| Arjun Saud (wk) | Dilip Nath(wk) | Unish Singh | Aarif Sheikh |
| Bibek Yadav | Kiran Thagunna | Nandan Yadav | Amit Shrestha |
| Aarif Khan (Iconic Player) | Sudip Aryal ( Iconic Player) | Bipin Prasad Sharma (Iconic Player) | Basant Khatri (Iconic Player) |
| Ben Cutting | Andries Gous (wk) | Shikhar Dhawan | Brandon McMullen |
| Unmukt Chand | Bas de Leede | Hussain Talat | Saif Zaib |
| Tom Moores (wk) | Matt Critchley | Babar Hayat | Scott Kuggeleijn |
| Ramon Simmonds | Raymon Reifer | Chadwick Walton (wk) | Rohan Mustafa |
Nepal premier league (NPL) fixtures
Source- kathmandupost
Where to watch Nepal premier League (NPL)
All matches of NPL will broadcast in Starsports, don't miss out live action from November 30, 2024
Nepal premier league (NPL) 2024 playoff details
Here are the playoff schedules
1. Eliminator (3rd vs 4th place)
Time: 9.15 AM
Date: 18 December 2024 (Wednesday)
2. Qualifier 1 (Group stage 1 position vs Group stage 2 position)
Time :1.15 AM
Date: 18 December 2024 (Wednesday)
3. Qualifier 2 (Winner of Eliminator vs Looser of Qualifier 1)
Time: 12.15 AM
Date: 19 December 2024 (Thursday)
Source- Kathmandupost
Why should you watch NPL?
Nepal Premier League (NPL) is not about cricket, it's an emotion of Nepalese players who are showing their talent to the world. It's about the best versus best who will be competing against each other. NPL will decide the future of young talent of Nepal who will be showcasing their real talent towards the world. NPL not only prompt the cricket all over the world but it shows how passionate we Nepalese are about cricket and helps to shine our flag in different cricketing nations.
Title sponsor of Nepal premier League (NPL)
Siddhartha Bank was granted title sponsor rights for five years of the NPL by the Cricket Association Nepal . Additionally, CAN announced that because of by-elections on the same day, there won't be any NPL games on December 1.The TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur will host the NPL first season from November 30 to December 21.
Highest paid player in 2024 NPL auction?
Source - wikipedia
| Biratnagar Kings | Janakpur Bolts | Kathmandu Gurkhas | Chitwan Tigers |
| Head coach kevin O'Brien | Head coach Pubudu Dassanayake | Head coach Bansta Shani | Head coach umesh patwal |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Aasif Sheikh (wk) | an KC | Kushal Malla |
| Basir Ahamad | Hemant Dhami | Shahab Alam | Sharad Vesawkar |
| Lokesh Bam (wk) | Shubh Kansakar | Dipesh Kandel | Kamal Singh Airee |
| Dipak Bohara | Kishore Mahato | Krishna Karki | Deepak Bohara |
| Subash Bhandari | Sher Malla | Rashid Khan | Rijan Dhakal |
| Naren Bhatt | Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi | Bibek KC | Santosh Karki |
| Pratish GC | Rupesh Singh | Sumit Maharjan | Gautam KC |
| Mrinal Gurung | Anil Sah (wk) | Shankar Rana | Ranjit Kumar |
| Anil Kharel | Tul Thapa | Raju Rijal (wk) | Bipin Rawal (wk) |
| Jitendra Mukhiya | Aakash Tripathi | Bhim Sharki | Amar Routela |
| Rajesh Pulami | Arniko Yadav | Pratik Shrestha | Dipesh Shrestha |
| Aqib Ilyas | James Neesham | Krish Karki ( Iconic Player) | Ravi Bopara |
| Martin Guptill | Joshua Tromp | Gerhard Erasmus | Marchant de Lange |
| Nicholas Kirton | Sohaib Maqsood | Michael Levitt | Hassan Eisakhil |
| Chris Sole | Mohammad Mohsin | Stephen Eskinazi | Luc Benkenstein |
| Ismat Alam | Lahiru Milantha (wk) | Dan Douthwaite | Jan Nicol LoftieEaton |
| Nathan Sowter |
| Lumbini Lions | Pokhara Avengers | Karnali Yaks | Sudurpaschim Royals |
| Head Nandan Phadnis | Head coach Rajiv kumar | Head coach Gyanendra malla | Head coach Jagat Tamat |
| Rohit Paudel | Kushal Bhurtel | Sompal Kami | Dipendra Singh Airee |
| Surya Tamang | Aakash Chand | Mousom Dhakal | Binod Bhandari (wk) |
| Bikash Aagri | Trit Raj Das | Dipendra Rawat | Bhoj Raj Bhatta |
| Dinesh Adhikari | Sagar Dhakal | Deepak Dumre | Abinash Bohara |
| Abhishesh Gautam | Sunam Gautam | Dev Khanal | Khadak Bohora |
| Ashutosh Ghiraiya | Amrit Gurung | Rit Gautam | Naresh Budhayer |
| Sundeep Jora | Narayan Joshi | Arjun Gharti (wk) | Arjun Kumal |
| Durgesh Gupta | Dinesh Kharel | Gulshan Jha | Ishan Pandey |
| Tilak Raj Bhandari | Bipin Khatri | Bhuvan Karki | Naren Saud |
| Arjun Saud (wk) | Dilip Nath(wk) | Unish Singh | Aarif Sheikh |
| Bibek Yadav | Kiran Thagunna | Nandan Yadav | Amit Shrestha |
| Aarif Khan (Iconic Player) | Sudip Aryal ( Iconic Player) | Bipin Prasad Sharma (Iconic Player) | Basant Khatri (Iconic Player) |
| Ben Cutting | Andries Gous (wk) | Shikhar Dhawan | Brandon McMullen |
| Unmukt Chand | Bas de Leede | Hussain Talat | Saif Zaib |
| Tom Moores (wk) | Matt Critchley | Babar Hayat | Scott Kuggeleijn |
| Ramon Simmonds | Raymon Reifer | Chadwick Walton (wk) | Rohan Mustafa |
| Saad Bin Zafar | Michael Leask |
How does the NPL improve the future of Nepal cricket?
NPL is not about the future of Nepalese cricket but it is about the future of Nepal in the global economic. The impact of NPL will engross the GDP of Nepal and help to create the jobs opportunity, feasibility in business sector, foreign relation, scalability, and other. Nepal is a country where there is a huge number of talent produced from different states which country can not utilize these potential for the benefit of the nation. After the rising of Nepali cricket it will help to promote other sports like football, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and others.
Some of the key elements that will empower by cricket in Nepal
- Tourism Growth
- Sponsorship and Investment
- Community Enagagement
- Promoting Equality
- Increase Morale
By Investing in cricket, Nepal may Capitalize on it's potential in Social, cultural, and economic while enhacing it's global standing as a sporting loving nation world wide
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