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.
| Dates | 14 May 2014 – 24 May 2014 |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | One-day |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) | Nepal |
| Champions | Panchakanya Tej (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 18 |
| 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 and 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
editThe League was unveiled on 24 February in a press conference held in Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu. Zohra Sports Management and Cricket Association of Npal have done an exclusive agreement to run the league for an initial three years.[7]
Teams and standings
editOne Day tournament
edit| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panchakanya Tej | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.078 |
| Sagarmatha Legends | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.210 |
| Jagdamba Giants | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.017 |
| Kantipur Gurkhas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.348 |
| Colors X-Factors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.768 |
| Vishal Warriors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.804 |
Squads
edit| Vishal Warriors | Colors X-Factors | Jagdamba Giants | Panchakanya Tej | Kantipur Gurkhas | Sagarmatha Legends |
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Sponsors
edit[NTC] Nepal are the main sponsors of the NPL 2014 along with Zohra Sports Management.[8][9]
Rules and regulations
edit- 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
editOne Day tournament
editFixtures and results
editThe 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)
editVishal Warriors
135 all out (33.3 overs) |
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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) |
- Vishal Warriors won the toss and decided to bowl
Jagdamba Giants
213/9 (50 overs) |
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Sagarmatha Legends
162 all out (42.3 overs) |
- Jagdamba Giants won the toss and decided to bat
Colors X-Factors
180/9 (50 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bowl
Kantipur Gurkhas
287/9 (50 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bat
Panchakanya Tej
205/5 (40 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bat
Panchakanya Tej
208 all out (50 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bat
Kantipur Gurkhas
179 all out (38.5 overs) |
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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) |
- Kantipur Gurkhas won the toss and decided to bat first
Vishal Warriors
138/9 (50 overs) |
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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) |
- Vishal Warriors won the toss and decided to bat
- Among the 10 overs bowled by Shakti Gauchan 6 were maiden
Sagarmatha Legends
105 all out (38.3 overs) |
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Colors X-Factors
109/6 (27.3 overs) |
Gyanendra Malla 36 (34)
Nischal Pandey 4-30 (10 overs) |
- Sagarmatha Legends won the toss and decided to bat
Panchakanya Tej
276/9 (50 overs) |
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Colors X-Factors
120 all out (34.3 overs) |
Puspa Thapa 91 (94)
Faijlur Rahman Khan 3-21 (4 overs) |
- Colors X-Factors won the toss and decided to bowl
- Bhuwan Karki is the first bowler to take 6 wickets in a match in this tournament
Jagdamba Giants
201 all out (49 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bat
Vishal Warriors
99/2 (19.5 overs) |
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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 the toss and decided to bowl
- Sushan Bhari is the first bowler to take a hat-trick in this tournament
Panchakanya Tej
84 all out (27.1 overs) |
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Sagarmatha Legends
85/8 (27.3 overs) |
Sunny Pun 18 (19)
Rahul Vishwakarma 3-6 (4 overs) |
- Panchakanya Tej won the toss and decided to bat
Jagdamba Giants
136 all out (43.2 overs) |
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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) |
Panchakanya Tej
127 all out (38.2 overs) |
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Kantipur Gurkhas
131/5 (28.2 overs) |
Indrakamal Manandhar 37 (88)
Aakash Gupta 4-21 (5 overs) |
- Panchakanya Tej won the toss and decided to bat
Knockout stage (One Day)
edit| 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)
editJagdamba Giants
193/8 (50 overs) |
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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) |
- Sagarmatha Legends won the toss and decided to bowl
- Match stopped due to bad light condition at 42.5 overs. Target for Sagarmatha Legends at 42.5 overs was 184.
Panchakanya Tej
119/5 (29.5 overs) |
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Kantipur Gurkhas
116 all out (40.3 overs) |
Sunny Pun 37 (82)
Basanta Regmi 3-15 (9 overs) |
- Kantipur Gurkhas won the toss and decided to bat
Final (One Day)
editJagdamba Giants
103 all out (31.4 overs) |
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Panchakanya Tej
200 all out (50 overs) |
Sanjay Shrestha 74 (77)
Shuvankar Sanyasi 3-31 (10 overs) |
- Jagdamba Giants won the toss and decided to bowl
- Bhuwan Karki of Panchakanya Tej was adjudged the man of the series
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Ncell Nepal Premier League set for May 14 kick off". The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ van Brooks, Eddie (8 May 2014). "Zohra calls off two-day cricket under NPL". Cricketing Nepal. Kathmandu. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "NPL ties up with CG Foods". ekantipur.com.
- ^ "Panchakanya Tej lift inaugural NPL title". eKantipur. Dhangadi. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Nepal Premier League from April". República. Kathmandu. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Ncell to sponsor Nepal Premier League". Cric NP. Kathmandu. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Ncell presents Nepal Premier League". Sahi Ho. Kathmandu. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.