2017 Everest Premier League
The 2017 Everest Premier League, also abbreviated as 2017 EPL, and branded as TVS EPL 2017 was the second edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 18 December 2017 to 30 December 2017.[1] The tournament featured six teams and their names were based on the cities.
| Dates | 18 December 2017 – 30 December 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | EPL Pvt Ltd |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Single round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |  Nepal |
| Champions | Biratnagar Warriors (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 19 |
| Player of the series |
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| Most runs |
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| Most wickets |
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| Official website | eplt20 |
Biratnagar Warriors were undefeated throughout the tournament. They became champions after defeating Bhairahawa Gladiators by 1 run in the final. Babar Hayat became player of the series for scoring highest runs and hitting most sixes in the tournament. Rohit Kumar Paudel was awarded as most valuable player for finishing well in some matches for Bhairahawa Gladiators. Israrullah and Basant Regmi were leading wicket takers in the tournament with 12 wickets.
Background
EPL Pvt Ltd announced the second season of the Everest Premier League on 30 July 2017 at Durbarmarg, Kathmandu. The founder of EPL, Aamir Akhtar disclosed the prize money of 2.1 million rupees to the winner of the tournament. He also announced that the name of the franchise teams will be based on the cities rather than the corporate houses. The logo of the tournament was also unveiled on the ceremony by the Nepalese national team captain, Paras Khadka and the head coach Jagat Tamatta.
Player Auctions
Dipendra Singh Airee, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Sharad Vesawkar were selected as marquee players by each teams before the auction. Each teams were allowed to spend Rs. 1 million. The auction was held on 23 October 2017 and 60 players(10 to each teams), categorized as A, B and C were sold to the franchisee. Binod Bhandari, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane and Aarif Sheikh were the expensive players in the auction with the highest bid of Rs.175,000.[2]
Venues
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground was the host for all matches of the tournament
Teams
Each team consisted of 15 players. 10 players were bought by each teams through auction. A talent hunt was conducted by each teams in their respective cities to acquire a young player in their squad. Similarly, the teams also included at least three foreign players in their side.
| Bhairahawa Gladiators | Biratnagar Warriors | Chitwan Tigers | Kathmandu Kings XI | Lalitpur Patriots | Pokhara Rhinos |
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- Foreign players are listed in bold.
- Players selected from the talent hunt are listed in italics.
Points table
| Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
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| Biratnagar Warriors | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.235 |
| Bhairahawa Gladiators | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.208 |
| Lalitpur Patriots | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.128 |
| Pokhara Rhinos | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.062 |
| Kathmandu Kings XI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.682 |
| Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.998 |
- The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
- Eliminated
League matches
Match 1
Kathmandu Kings XI 89/10 (18.3 overs) |
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Lalitpur Patriots 90/3 (16.4 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 27 (28) Suboth Bhati 4/15 (3.3 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 44 (48)* Akshu Fernando 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Lalitpur Patriots, elected to field first
Match 2
Chitwan Tigers 113/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Pokhara Rhinos 116/0 (17.4 overs) |
- Pokhara Rhinos, elected to field first
Match 3
Biratnagar Warriors 150/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Lalitpur Patriots 144/4 (20 overs) |
Anil Sah 47 (35) Sandeep Lamichhane 2/29 (4 overs) |
Pawan Sarraf 51 (47) Basant Regmi 1/17 (4 overs) |
- Lalitpur Patriots, elected to field first
Match 4
Pokhara Rhinos 122/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Biratnagar Warriors 123/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Biratnagar Warriors, elected to field first
Match 5
Kathmandu Kings XI 118/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 121/3 (16.3 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 29 (32) Dipesh Shrestha 3/16 (3 overs) |
Puneet Bisht 42 (29)* Amar Singh Routela 1/6 (1 over) |
- Kathmandu Kings XI, elected to bat first
Match 6
Lalitpur Patriots 141/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 145/6 (20 overs) |
Yogesh Nagar 54 (33) Dipesh Shrestha 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Bhairahawa Gladiators, elected to field first
Match 7
Chitwan Tigers 142/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kathmandu Kings XI 143/7 (19.2 overs) |
- Kathmandu Kings XI, elected to field first
Match 8
Kathmandu Kings XI 98/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Pokhara Rhinos 102/4 (18.2 overs) |
- Pokhara Rhinos, elected to field first
Match 9
Biratnagar Warriors 174/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Chitwan Tigers 103/10 (18.2 overs) |
Bhim Sharki 24 (20) Basant Regmi 4/11 (3.2 overs) |
- Chitawan Tigers, elected to field first
Match 10
Biratnagar Warriors 149/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 114/10 (18.3 overs) |
Anshuman Rath 57 (50) Harishankar Shah 3/35 (4 overs) |
- Bhairahawa Gladiators, elected to field first
Match 11
Lalitpur Patriots 130/10 (20.0 overs) |
v |
Chitwan Tigers 132/5 (19.2 overs) |
Shankar Rana 27(37) Yogendra S Karki 4/31 (4 overs) |
Dipendra Singh Airee 55 (50) Sunny Patel 3/23 (4 overs) |
- Lalitpur Patriots, elected to bat first
Match 12
Biratnagar Warriors 147/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Kathmandu Kings XI 139/9 (20 overs) |
- Kathmandu Kings XI, elected to field first
Match 13
Pokhara Rhinos 108/10 (18.3 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 110/3 (17.4 overs) |
Israrullah 41 (40) Dipesh Shrestha 2/14 (3.3 overs) |
- Pokhara Rhinos, elected to bat first
Match 14
Chitwan Tigers 87/9 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 88/6 (18.3 overs) |
Puneet Mehra 30 (29) Shahab Alam 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Bhairahawa Gladiators, elected to field first
Match 15
Pokhara Rhinos 132/5 (20 overs) |
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Lalitpur Patriots 138/4 (20 overs) |
Sunil Dhamala 70 (62)* Dipesh Bhandari 1/26 (4 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 56 (45) Israrullah 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Lalitpur Patriots, elected to field first
Playoff stage
| Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Biratnagar Warriors | 131/2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 127/8 | Q1W | Biratnagar Warriors | 149/7 | ||||||||
| Q1L | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 133/7 | Q2W | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 148/9 | ||||||||
| EW | Lalitpur Patriots | 132/6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lalitpur Patriots | 138/5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Pokhara Rhinos | 111/10 | |||||||||||
Qualifier 1
Bhairahawa Gladiators 127/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Biratnagar Warriors 131/2 (17 overs) |
Babar Hayat 62 (44) Harishankar Sah 1/23 (4 overs) |
- Biratnagar Warriors, elected to field first
Eliminator
Lalitpur Patriots 138/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Pokhara Rhinos 111/10 (19.1 overs) |
Sunny Patel 38 (26) Israrullah 3/14 (4 overs) |
- Lalitpur Patriots, elected to field first
Qualifier 2
Lalitpur Patriots 132/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 133/7 (19.3 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 42 (37) Puneet Mehra 2/28 (4 overs) |
Pratham Salunke 32 (22) Lalit Rajbanshi 2/9 (4 overs) |
- Bhairahawa Gladiators, elected to field first
Final
Biratnagar Warriors 149/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 148/8 (20 overs) |
Anshuman Rath 41 (41) Harishankar Sah 2/16 (4 overs) |
- Biratnagar Warriors, elected to bat first
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Babar Hayat |
Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 0 | 313 | 44.71 | 139.11 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 17 |
| Anshuman Rath |
Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 1 | 271 | 45.16 | 101.11 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 4 |
 Jaykishan Kolsawala |
Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 1 | 227 | 37.83 | 109.13 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
 Israrullah |
Pokhara Rhinos | 6 | 6 | 2 | 196 | 49.00 | 105.94 | 61* | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| Aarif Sheikh |
Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 4 | 187 | 46.75 | 117.61 | 48* | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
- Source: Cricinfo[9]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israrullah |
Pokhara Rhinos | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4/22 | 8.66 | 4.33 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Basant Regmi |
Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4/11 | 9.33 | 4.17 | 13.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Praveen Gupta |
Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5/23 | 9.70 | 5.10 | 11.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Paras Khadka |
Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3/18 | 11.10 | 5.08 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Harishankar Sah |
Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3/35 | 16.30 | 5.82 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: Cricinfo[10]
References
- "खेल्ने हो ईपीएल ? ललितपुर प्याट्रियट्सले खेलाडी चुन्न ट्यालेन्ट हन्ट गर्दै - One Destination for Nepali Cricket - wicketnepal.com". wicketnepal.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- "Everest Premier League's auction held". Myrepublica.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- https://wicketnepal.com/chitwan-tigers-announce-foreign-players-wn017/
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/797481.html
- http://www.news24nepal.tv/2017/12/08/215835
- http://www.news24nepal.tv/2017/12/08/215835
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1130543.html
- http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/469069.html
- "Everest Premier League, 2017/18 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Everest Premier League, 2017/18 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
External links
- 2017 Everest Premier League on Facebook
- News, Views, Scorecard, Match Reports of Everest Premier League 2017
- https://wicketnepal.com/everest-premier-leagues-fixture-announced-wn017/
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