Dhangadhi Premier League

The Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) (Nepali: धनगढी प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The league was founded by the Dhangadhi Cricket Academy and Sudur Pashchim Academy in 2017.[1]

Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL)
Official logo of DPL 3.
CountriesNepal
AdministratorDhangadhi Cricket Academy
FormatTwenty20
First edition2017
Latest edition2019
Tournament formatRound-robin and Play-off
Number of teams6
Current championTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi (2nd title)
Current trophy holderCYC Attariya
Most successfulTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi (2nd title)
Most runsParas Khadka (175, Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)
Most wicketsSushil Kandel (17, Biratnagar Kings)
TVAP1 HD
2019 DPL
Websitedplofficial.com

The DPL season runs between the months of March and April, with each team playing 5 matches in round-robin format; the top 4 teams with the best record qualify for the Playoffs and culminates in the final.

The current DPL title holders are Team Chauraha Dhangadhi, who won the 2017 season and 2018 Season.

Teams

Current

Team City Owner[2] Joined Strategic Player
Biratnagar Kings Biratnagar Paras Luniya 2017 Karan KC
CYC Attariya Attariya Nar Bahadur Rai 2017 Dipendra Singh Airee
Kathmandu Goldens Kathmandu Ramesh Silwal 2017 Gyanendra Malla
Mahendranagar United Bhimdatta Sushil Kumar Shrestha 2018 Sharad Vesawkar
Rupandehi Challengers Butwal Suraj Uprety 2017 Basant Regmi
Dhangadhi Stars Dhangadhi Krishna Vohra 2019 Sompal Kami

Former

Team City Joined Left
Kanchanpur Iconic Bhimdatta 2017 2017
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi Dhangadhi 2017 2018

Results

Season results

Season Venue Final Player of the series
Winner Result Runner-up
2017
Details
SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
159/5 (20 overs)
Team Chauraha won by 62 runs
Scorecard
Biratnagar Kings
97 (18.1 overs)
Sushil Kandel (Biratnagar Kings)
2018

Details

SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
181/4 (20 overs)
Team Chauraha won by 21 runs
Scorecard
Kathmandu Goldens
160/8 (20 overs)
Rohan Mustafa (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi)
2019 Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi CYC Attariya
127/7 (19.5 overs)
CYC won by 3 wickets
Scorecard
Mahendranagar United
123 (20 overs)
Sunny Patel (CYC Attariya)

Teams' results

Teams 2017 2018 2019
Biratnagar Kings R 5th 5th
CYC Attariya 6th 4th W
Dhangadhi Stars 6th
Kanchanpur Iconics 5th
Kathmandu Goldens 4th R 3rd
Mahendranagar United 3rd R
Rupandehi Challengers 3rd 6th 4th
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi W W

See also

References

  1. Deuba, Tekendra (7 April 2017). "DPL set for April 9 kick off". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "Franchises and strategic players announced". My Republica. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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