2014 Nepal Premier League

The 2014 Nepal Premier League was the first season of the Nepal Premier League. The event was organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal and managed by Zohra Sports Management.[1] It was organised between May and June 2014 and consisted of a One Day tournament played in round-robin format followed by semi-finals and finals between the top four teams.[2] Initially, the 2014 NPL was also supposed to include Twenty20 & Two Day tournaments[3] but were later called off. Two-day tournament was called off by the organising committee due to bad weather conditions in the allocated venues amongst other reasons.[4] Due to tight international schedule, ZSM was unable to complete the Twenty20 event, while telecommunication giants Ncell had also pulled out their sponsorship from the tournament.[5] The Twenty20 & Two Day tournaments are expected to be included from the 2015 season onwards.

2014 Nepal Premier League
Nepal Premier League 2014
Dates14 May 2014 – 24 May 2014
Administrator(s)Zohra Sports Management (ZSM)
Cricket formatOne-day
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)   Nepal
ChampionsPanchakanya Tej (1st title)
Participants6
Matches played18
Player of the series Bhuwan Karki (Panchakanya Tej)
Most runs Pradeep Airee (212)
(Kantipur Gurkhas)
Most wickets Bhuwan Karki (14)
(Panchakanya Tej)

The One Day tournament of the 2014 season ran between 14–24 May. The venues for One Day tournament were Kailali and Kanchanpur.

Panchakanya Tej were the winners of the One Day tournament after defeating Jagdamba Giants in the final held at Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali.[6]

Launch

The League was unveiled on 24 February in a press conference held in Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu. Zohra Sports Management and Cricket Association of Nepal have done an exclusive agreement to run the league for an initial three years.[7]

Teams and standings

One Day tournament

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Panchakanya Tej 532006+1.078
Sagarmatha Legends 532006+0.210
Jagdamba Giants 532006+0.017
Kantipur Gurkhas 523004+0.348
Colors X-Factors 523004-0.768
Vishal Warriors 523004-0.804

Squads

Vishal Warriors Colors X-Factors Jagdamba Giants Panchakanya Tej Kantipur Gurkhas Sagarmatha Legends

Sponsors

Ncell Nepal are the main sponsors of the NPL 2014 along with Zohra Sports Management.[8][9]

Rules and regulations

  • Each team will consist of 16 players
  • Maximum of 2 overseas players
  • Each team must contain domestic associate player (i.e., Under-19 cricketers, regional cricketers)

Prize money

One Day tournament

Fixtures and results

The inaugural match of the One Day tournament was played on 14 May 2014 at the Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali between Vishal Warriors and Sagarmatha Legends.

League stage (One Day)

14 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Vishal Warriors
135 all out (33.3 overs)
v
Sagarmatha Legends
242 all out (49.3 overs)
Raju Rijal 37 (56)
Ramnaresh Giri 3-49 (10 overs)
Binod Bhandari 98 (71)
Nischal Pandey 3-37 (9 overs)
Sagarmatha Legends won by 107 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Umpires: Kishan Mahat & Arjun Khadka
Player of the match: Binod Bhandari (Sagarmatha Legends)

15 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Jagdamba Giants
213/9 (50 overs)
v
Sagarmatha Legends
162 all out (42.3 overs)
Naresh Budhayer 37 (72)
Shakti Gauchan 4-19 (8.3 overs)
Anil Mandal 36 (54)
Rahul Vishwakarma 3-48 (10 overs)
Jagdamba Giants won by 51 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Shakti Gauchan (Jagdamba Giants)

15 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Colors X-Factors
180/9 (50 overs)
v
Vishal Warriors
181/5 (48.1 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 77 (128)
Ramnaresh Giri 4-42 (10 overs)
Dipesh Khatri 50 (65)
Kumar Thapa 2-31 (9 overs)
Vishal Warriors won by 5 wickets
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Ramnaresh Giri (Vishal Warriors)

16 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Kantipur Gurkhas
287/9 (50 overs)
v
Colors X-Factors
104 all out (25 overs)
Pradeep Airee 67 (62)
Amar Singh Routela 3-55 (10 overs)
Fazlur Rehman Khan 38 (30)
Lalit Singh Bhandari 3-12 (5 overs)
Kantipur Gurkhas won by 183 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Pradeep Airee (Kantipur Gurkhas)

16 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
205/5 (40 overs)
v
Jagdamba Giants
179 all out (38.1 overs)
Sharad Vesawkar 57*(48)
Shuvankar Sanyasi 2-38 (8 overs)
Prem Tamang 28 (22)
Bhuwan Karki 3-29 (8 overs)
Panchakanya Tej won by 26 runs
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Sharad Vesawkar Panchakanya Tej

17 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
208 all out (50 overs)
v
Vishal Warriors
75 all out (22.4 overs)
Puspa Thapa 35 (62)
Sushan Bhari 2-14 (10 overs)
Manjeet Shrestha 12 (9)
Dipendra Airee 4-34 (9.4 overs)
Panchakanya Tej won by 133 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Dipendra Airee (Panchakanya Tej)

17 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Kantipur Gurkhas
179 all out (38.5 overs)
v
Sagarmatha Legends
183/5 (33.4 overs)
Surendra Chand 57 (80)
Chandra Sawad 3-44 (8 overs)
Binod Bhandari 35 (34)
Aakash Bista 3-42 (8 overs)
Sagarmatha Legends won by 5 wickets
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Mehboob Alam (Sagarmatha Legends)

18 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Vishal Warriors
138/9 (50 overs)
v
Jagdamba Giants
139/4 (34.3 overs)
Suraj Kurmi 38 (114)
Shakti Gauchan 3-15 (10 overs)
Hasim Ansari 50 (54)
Paras Khadka 3-38 (9 overs)
Sagarmatha Legends won by 5 wickets
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Jagdamba Giants)

18 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Sagarmatha Legends
105 all out (38.3 overs)
v
Colors X-Factors
109/6 (27.3 overs)
Rahul Vishwakarma 22 (49)
Sanjam Regmi 3-23 (9.3 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 36 (34)
Nischal Pandey 4-30 (10 overs)
Sagarmatha Legends won by 4 wickets
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Hari Shankar Shah (Colors X-Factors)

19 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
276/9 (50 overs)
v
Colors X-Factors
120 all out (34.3 overs)
Puspa Thapa 91 (94)
Faijlur Rahman Khan 3-21 (4 overs)
Rajesh Pulami 39 (65)
Bhuwan Karki 6/40 (9 overs)
Panchakanya Tej won by 156 runs
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki (Panchakanya Tej)

19 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Jagdamba Giants
201 all out (49 overs)
v
Kantipur Gurkhas
188 all out (49 overs)
Amit Shrestha 60 (100)
Basanta Regmi 4-40 (10 overs)
Pradeep Airee 78 (94)
Nizamuddin Ansari 5-33 (10 overs)
Jagdamba Giants won by 13 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Nizamuddin Ansari (Jagdamba Giants)

20 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Vishal Warriors
99/2 (19.5 overs)
v
Kantipur Gurkhas
95 all out (29.3 overs)
Raju Rijal 36 (64)
Aakash Gupta 1-7 (3 overs)
Aakash Bista 24* (25)
Sushan Bhari 6-35 (8.3 overs)
Vishal Warriors won by 8 wickets
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Sushan Bhari (Vishal Warriors)
  • Vishal Warriors won the toss and decided to bowl
  • Sushan Bhari is the first bowler to take a hat-trick in this tournament

20 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
84 all out (27.1 overs)
v
Sagarmatha Legends
85/8 (27.3 overs)
Sunny Pun 18 (19)
Rahul Vishwakarma 3-6 (4 overs)
Rahul Vishwakarma16 (23)
Sharad Vesawkar 3-18 (8 overs)
Sagarmatha Legends won by 2 wickets
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhanadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Chandra Sawad (Sagarmatha Legends)

21 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Jagdamba Giants
136 all out (43.2 overs)
v
Colors X-Factors
139/9 (26.2 overs)
Hasim Ansari 37 (56)
Sanjam Regmi 3-17 (6.2 overs)
Fazlur Rehman Khan 56 (27)
Sompal Kami 4-37 (9 overs)
Colors X-Factors won by 1 wicket
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Fazlur Rehman Khan (Colors X-Factors)

21 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
127 all out (38.2 overs)
v
Kantipur Gurkhas
131/5 (28.2 overs)
Indrakamal Manandhar 37 (88)
Aakash Gupta 4-21 (5 overs)
Pradeep Airee 45 (40)
Sharad Vesawkar 1-16 (6 overs)
Kantipur Gurkhas won by 5 wickets
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Aakash Gupta (Kantipur Gurkhas)

Knockout stage (One Day)

Semifinals Final
      
2 Sagarmatha Legends 136/9 (42.5 overs) (D/L)
3 Jagdamba Giants 193/8 (50 overs)
Jagdamba Giants 103 all out (31.4 overs)
Panchakanya Tej 200 all out (50 overs)
1 Panchakanya Tej 119/5 (29.5 overs)
4 Kantipur Gurkhas 116 all out (40.3 overs)

Semifinal (One Day)

22 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Jagdamba Giants
193/8 (50 overs)
v
Sagarmatha Legends
136/9 (42.5 overs)
Bhupendra Thapa 57 (105)
Rahul Vishwakarma 2-29 (10 overs)
Rupesh Srivastav 47 (56)
Nijamuddin Ansari 4-20 (10 overs)
Jagdamba Giants won by 47 runs (D/L method)
District Sports Development Committee Ground, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
Player of the match: Nijamuddin Ansari (Jagdamba Giants)

23 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Panchakanya Tej
119/5 (29.5 overs)
v
Kantipur Gurkhas
116 all out (40.3 overs)
Sunny Pun 37 (82)
Basanta Regmi 3-15 (9 overs)
Basanta Regmi 23 (58)
Raj Pradhan 3-26 (9 overs)
Panchakanya Tej won by 5 wickets
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki (Panchakanya Tej)

Final (One Day)

24 May 2014
09:30 NST
Scorecard
Jagdamba Giants
103 all out (31.4 overs)
v
Panchakanya Tej
200 all out (50 overs)
Naresh Budhayer 29 (34)
Raj Pradhan 6-42 (7.4 overs)
Sanjay Shrestha 74 (77)
Shuvankar Sanyasi 3-31 (10 overs)
Panchakanya Tej won by 97 runs
Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadi, Kailali
Player of the match: Raj Pradhan (Panchakanya Tej)

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Pradeep Airee Kantipur Gurkhas652127802
Sharad Vesawkar Panchakanya Tej771815701
Gyanendra Malla Colors X-Factors551707701
Sanjay Shrestha Panchakanya Tej771657401
Puspa Thapa Panchakanya Tej761609101
Binod Bhandari Sagarmatha Legends661569801
Sunny Pun Panchakanya Tej771464900
Amit Shrestha Jagdamba Giants771386001

Most wickets

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Bhuwan Karki Panchakanya Tej75143.866-4001
Raj Kumar Pradhan Panchakanya Tej76144.316-4201
Sompal Kami Jagdamba Giants77143.984-3710
Shuvankar Sanyasi Jagdamba Giants76143.693-2800
Shakti Gauchan Jagdamba Giants77132.164-1910
Nijamuddin Ansari Jagdamba Giants76133.815-3301
Nischal Pandey Sagarmatha Legends66134.384-3010

Match fees

  • Captain
रु 5,000 per match 
  • Capped players
रु 2,500 per match 
  • Uncapped players
रु 1,000 per match

See also

References

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