The inaugural edition of the Nepal T20 domestic franchise tournament will kick off on Friday, December 23. Six teams namely – Kathmandu Knights, Janakpur Royals, Far West United, Lumbini All Stars, Biratnagar Super Kings, and Pokhara Avengers – will take part in the tournament.
Earlier, Nepal had hosted private T20 leagues like Everest Premier League (EPL) and Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) however, Nepal T20 will be organized by Nepal Cricket Board.
The player draft had taken place on September 11 and all six teams have confirmed their 16-man squad. The league stage will run till January 6 whereas the final of the competition will take place on January 10. The top four teams at the end of the league stage will qualify for the playoff stages.
Squads of all six teams:
Janakpur Royals – Sompal Kami, Sandeep Jora, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Dilip Nath, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sushan Bhari, Sagar Pun, Pawan Sarraf, Jitendra Mukhiya, Khadak Bohara, Rajesh Pulami Overseas Players: Chadwick Walton, Trevor Abishai Griffth, Kesrick Williams, Subhashinge Priyanjan
Kathmandu Knights – Gyanendra Malla, Lokesh Bam, Basir Ahamad, Kamal Singh Airee, Abinash Bohara, Anil Kharel, Saurav Khanal, Sandeep Rajali, Santosh Karki, Sunam Gautam, Gautam KC Overseas Players: Thisara Perera, Ryan Burl, Alex Blake, Virandeep Singh, and Azmatullah Omarzai
Lumbini All Stars – Dipendra Singh Airee, Anil Kumar Shah, Kushal Bhurtel, Gulshan Jha, Sagar Dhakal, Yogendra Singh Karki, Kishor Mahato, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Sunil Dhamala, Akash Chand, Ishan Pandey Overseas Players: Lahiru Melantha, Harry Tector, Unmukt Chand, Bipul Sharma, Harmeet Singh Baddhan, and Shadley van Schalkwyk
Biratnagar Super Kings – Rohit Paudel, Arjun Saud, Nandan Yadav, Shahab Alam, Bibek Yadav, Amar Singh Routela, Narayan Joshi, Surya Tamang, Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskotaand Rijan Dhakal Overseas Players: Angelo Mathews, Joshua Persaud, Andre McCarthy, Gauranshu Sharma, Hussain Talat, and Keon Joseph.
Pokhara Avengers – Aasif Sheikh, Sharad Vesawakar, Kushal Malla, Pratish GC, Aarif Sheikh, Tul Bahadur Thapa, Bishal Bikram KC, Krishna Karki, Bipin Khatri, Sumit Maharjan, Siddhant Lohani, Mohammad Hafeez, Ameer Hamza, Zahir khan, and Upul Tharanga, Abhimanyu Mithun
Far West United – Karan KC, Binod Bhandari, Bhim Sharki, Dev Khanal, Rashid Khan, Durgesh Gupta, Bhuwan Karki, Hari Shankar Shah, Sher Malla, Basant Karki, Prakash Jaisi, Hashim Ansari Overseas Players: Mohammad Shahzad, Sean Williams, Mathew Forde, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Umair Ali
Fixtures:
23rd December 2022
Kathmandu Knights vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 1
Lumbini All Stars vs Far West United, Match 2
24th December 2022
Pokhara Avengers vs Janakpur Royals, Match 3
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Lumbini All Stars, Match 4
25th December 2022
Far West United vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 5
Janakpur Royals vs Biratnagar Super Kings, Match 6
26th December 2022
Lumbini All Stars vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 7
Kathmandu Knights vs Janakpur Royals, Match 8
27th December 2022
Lumbini All Stars vs Far West United, Match 9
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 10
28th December 2022
Pokhara Avengers vs Biratnagar Super Kings, Match 11
Far West United vs Janakpur Royals, Match 12
29th December 2022
Kathmandu Knights vs Lumbini All Stars, Match 13
Pokhara Avengers vs Far West United, Match 14
30th December 2022
Lumbini All Stars vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 15
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Janakpur Royals, Match 16
31st December 2022
Janakpur Royals vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 17
Lumbini All Stars vs Biratnagar Super Kings, Match 18
01st January 2023
Kathmandu Knights vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 19
Far West United vs Janakpur Royals, Match 20
02nd January 2023
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 21
Janakpur Royals vs Lumbini All Stars, Match 22
03rd January 2023
Lumbini All Stars vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 23
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Far West United, Match 24
04th January 2023
Janakpur Royals vs Pokhara Avengers, Match 25
Far West United vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 26
05th January 2023
Lumbini All Stars vs Janakpur Royals, Match 27
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Far West United, Match 28
06th January 2023
Biratnagar Super Kings vs Kathmandu Knights, Match 29
Pokhara Avengers vs Far West United, Match 30
07th January 2023
Qualifier 1 (1st vs 2nd)
08th January 2023
Eliminator (3rd vs 4th)
09th January 2023
Qualifier 2 (Winner Eliminator vs Loser Qualifier 1)
10th January 2023
Final
