2021 Prime Minister Cup

The 2021 Prime Minister Cup was the fourth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal.[1] The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 15 January 2021 and ended on 30 January 2021.[2][3] All matches of the tournament were broadcast live by DishHome's "Action Sports" channel.[4] Nepal Police Club were the defending champions,[5] but were eliminated at the semi-final stage by Armed Police Force Club.[6] Tribhuwan Army Club won the title following a 33-run win over APF Club in the final.[7][8]

2021 Prime Minister Cup
Dates15 – 30 January 2021
Administrator(s)Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket formatOne Day
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Playoffs
Host(s)Nepal
ChampionsTribhuwan Army Club
Participants10
Matches23
Player of the seriesKamal Airee (APF)
Most runsPrithu Baskota (Bagmati)
215 runs
Most wicketsAbinash Bohara (APF)
14 wickets
2019
2022

Squads

edit

The ten participants were divided into two groups.[9]

Group A

edit
Gandaki Province[10] Karnali Province[11] Nepal A.P.F. Club[12] Province No 1[13] Tribhuwan Army Club[14]
  • Bipin Khatri (c)
  • Ashok Shrestha (vc)
  • Subash Bhandari
  • Dinesh Budhamagar
  • Deepak Dumre
  • Amrit Gurung
  • Sameer Kandel
  • Deepesh Khatri
  • Arjun Kumal
  • Milan Luitel
  • Bishnu Pandey
  • Bishal Paudel
  • Chandra Paudel
  • Avishek Thapa
  • Rahul Upadhyaya
  • Rabindra Shahi (c)
  • Dinesh Adhikari
  • Anuj Chunara
  • Rupak Dahal
  • Tara Prasad Giri
  • Hemant Oli
  • Lalit Pyakurel
  • Diwan Pun
  • Bipin Rawal
  • Nischal Rawal
  • Raj Shah
  • Himanshu Shahi
  • Unish Singh
  • Abhishek Thakuri
  • Siddhant Lohani (c)
  • Firdosh Ansari
  • Dipesh Kandel
  • Josak Khadka
  • Rajan Magar
  • Sonu Mandal
  • Bibek Meheta
  • Deepak Paswan
  • Hemant Rai
  • Gyanendra Shrestha
  • Manoj Tamang
  • Meenash Thapa
  • Shuvankar Urau
  • Sarwan Yadav

Group B

edit
Bagmati Province[15] Lumbini Province[16] Nepal Police Club[17] Madhesh Province[18] Sudurpashchim Province[19]
  • Krishna Karki (c)
  • Bikram Bushal
  • Dev Khanal
  • Saurav Khanal
  • Anil Kharel
  • Panil Thapa Magar
  • K.C. Prakash
  • Sandeep Rajali
  • Dipendra Rawat
  • Jitendra Sahani
  • Rajbir Singh
  • Sandeep Sunar
  • Amit Tamang
  • Sushant Thapa
  • Suraj Pratap Kurmi (c)
  • Mehboob Alam
  • Adil Ansari
  • Shaifullah Ansari
  • Sudhir Chaudhary
  • Himanshu Dutta
  • Divyanshu Mallick
  • Hari Sah
  • Ravi Sah
  • Rahul Singh
  • Ravi Singh
  • Bishal Sushling
  • Kumar Thapa
  • Bibek Yadav
  • Santosh Bhatta (c)
  • Khadak Bohora (vc)
  • Arun Airee
  • Bhoj Raj Bhatta
  • Gajendra Bohara
  • Sanju Damai
  • Hemant Dhami
  • Narayan Joshi
  • Binod Lama
  • Sher Malla
  • Suraj Nirwa
  • Arjun Saud
  • Narendra Saud
  • Kiran Thagunna

Points table

edit

Group A

edit
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Armed Police Force Club 4 4 0 0 0 8 1.849
Tribhuwan Army Club 4 3 1 0 0 6 1.357
Karnali Province 4 1 3 0 0 2 –0.825
Province No. 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 –1.038
Gandaki Province 4 1 3 0 0 2 –1.323

  The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Group B

edit
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Bagmati Province 4 3 0 1 0 7 1.303
Nepal Police Club 4 3 1 0 0 6 1.067
Lumbini Province 4 2 1 1 0 5 0.854
Sudurpashchim Province 4 1 3 0 0 2 –2.413
Madhesh Province 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.078

  The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo

League matches

edit
Match 1
15 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Tribhuwan Army Club
287/6 (50 overs)
v
Gandaki Province
189 (48 overs)
Binod Bhandari 111* (76)
Bishal Paudel 2/57 (10 overs)
Sameer Kandel 50 (90)
Rajesh Pulami Magar 5/25 (9 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 98 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav
Player of the match: Binod Bhandari (Tribhuwan Army Club)

Match 2
16 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Armed Police Force Club
243 (48.4 overs)
v
Province Number 1
108 (42.4 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 59 (32)
Sarwan Yadav 2/26 (6 overs)
Meenash Thapa 18 (44)
Avinash Bohara 5/18 (10 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 135 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri and Buddhi Pradhan
Player of the match: Avinash Bohara (Armed Police Force Club)
  • Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to field.

Match 3
17 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal Police Club
111 (29.3 overs)
v
Bagmati Province
113/4 (34.4 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 21 (25)
Tilak Bhandari 4/17 (7.3 overs)
Prithu Baskota 48* (66)
Dipendra Singh Airee 1/11 (6 overs)
Bagmati Province won by 7 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Ram Pandey and Sanjay Sigdel
Player of the match: Tilak Bhandari (Bagmati Province)
  • Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.

Match 4
17 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Tribhuwan Army Club
195 (43.1 overs)
v
Karnali Province
115 (33.3 overs)
Anil Mandal 89 (114)
Dinesh Adhikari 2/27 (7 overs)
Rabindra Shahi 30 (42)
Sushan Bhari 4/19 (8.3 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 80 runs
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Kamalesh Thakur
Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Tribhuwan Army Club)
  • Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 5
18 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Bagmati Province
299/9 (50 overs)
v
Sudurpaschim Province
119 (21 overs)
Prithu Baskota 84 (94)
Narayan Joshi 3/68 (10 overs)
Narayan Joshi 44* (29)
Ramnaresh Giri 4/32 (5 overs)
Bagmati Province won by 180 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Sigdel and Kamlesh Thakur
Player of the match: Ramnaresh Giri (Bagmati Province)
  • Sudur paschim Province won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6
18 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Province Number 1
102 (27.4 overs)
v
Gandaki Province
103/8 (37 overs)
Siddhant Lohani 24 (31)
Bishal Paudel 4/25 (6.4 overs)
Arjun Kumal 35 (68)
Minash Thapa 2/15 (7 overs)
Gandaki Province won by 2 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Bishal Paudel (Gandaki Province)
  • Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 7
19 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Lumbini Province
257/9 (50 overs)
v
Madesh Province
180 (42.4 overs)
Sandeep Rajali 83 (107)
Harishankar Shah 3/48 (10 overs)
Bibek Yadav 51 (49)
Anil Kharel 4/29 (10 overs)
Lumbini Province won by 77 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Sigdel and Kamlesh Thakur
Player of the match: Sandeep Rajali (Lumbini Province)
  • Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 8
19 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Gandaki Province
204 (42.3 overs)
v
Karnali Province
205/5 (46.5 overs)
Rahul Upadhyay 53 (64)
Dinesh Adhikari 2/25 (6.3 overs)
Himanshu Shahi 68* (60)
Bipin Khatri 4/55 (10 overs)
Karnali Province won by 5 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav
Player of the match: Himanshu Shahi (Karnali Province)
  • Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 9
20 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Sudurpaschim Province
110 (33.1 overs)
v
Nepal Police Club
111/1 (17 overs)
Sanju Damai 35 (58)
Dipendra Singh Airee 4/10 (6.1 overs)
Sunil Dhamala 53 (57)
Hemant Dhami 1/31 (5 overs)
Nepal Police Club won by 9 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Sagar Dhakal (Nepal Police Club)
  • Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
20 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Province Number 1
131 (40.1 overs)
v
Tribhuwan Army Club
135/6 (29.5 overs)
Bibek Meheta 50 (83)
Shahab Alam 4/23 (9.1 overs)
Rohit Kumar Poudel 36 (31)
Firdosh Ansari 1/19 (5 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 4 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Yadav
Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)
  • Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 11
21 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal Police Club
310/4 (50 overs)
v
Lumbini Province
236/7 (50 overs)
Sunil Dhamala 104 (145)
Saurav Khanal 1/38 (2 overs)
Saurav Khanal 74 (60)
Rashid Khan 2/33 (8 overs)
Nepal Police Club won by 74 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Mahesh Bohara
Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Nepal Police Club)
  • Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12
21 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Gandaki Province
106 (46 overs)
v
Armed Police Force Club
107/4 (17.3 overs)
Sameer Kandel 36 (114)
Kamal Airee 4/11 (10 overs)
Asif Sheikh 78 (56)
Bishal Paudel 2/19 (3.3 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 6 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Kamal Airee (Armed Police Force Club)
  • Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
22 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Province Number 1
215/9 (50 overs)
v
Karnali Province
156 (35 overs)
Siddhant Lohani 66 (97)
Rabindra Shahi 3/36 (8 overs)
Bipin Rawal 47 (34)
Minash Thapa 5/26 (10 overs)
Province Number 1 won by 59 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Minash Thapa (Province Number 1)
  • Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 14
22 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Madhesh Province
179 (48.2 overs)
v
Bagmati Province
181/4 (48.2 overs)
Bibek Yadav 66 (74)
Gautam KC 4/29 (10 overs)
Prithu Baskota 53* (75)
Harishankar Shah 2/36 (10 overs)
Bagmati Province won by 6 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Kamlesh Thakur and Sanjay Sigdel
Player of the match: Gautam KC (Bagmati Province)
  • Province Number 2 won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 15
23 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Armed Police Force Club
218 (49.5 overs)
v
Karnali Province
147 (43.2 overs)
Sundeep Jora 60 (76)
Anuj Chunara 3/30 (6.5 overs)
Hemant Oli 58 (102)
Basant Regmi 3/23 (10 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 71 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri and Kamlesh Thakur
Player of the match: Sundeep Jora (Armed Police Force Club)
  • Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 16
23 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Sudurpaschim Province
62 (27.4 overs)
v
Lumbini Province
64/4 (14.5 overs)
Narayan Joshi 17 (22)
Krishna Karki 4/17 (10 overs)
Saurav Khanal 18 (23)
Sher Malla 2/18 (3.5 overs)
Lumbini Province won by 6 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Ram Yadav and Sanjay Sigdel
Player of the match: Krishna Karki (Lumbini Province)
  • Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.

Match 17
24 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Madhesh Province
195 (42 overs)
v
Sudurpaschim Province
196/7 (33 overs)
Harishankar Shah 60 (73)
Sher Malla 3/35 (10 overs)
Sanju Damai 57 (35)
Kumar Thapa 3/33 (6 overs)
Sudurpaschim Province won by 3 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Sanju Damai (Sudur Paschim Province)
  • Sudur Paschim Province won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
24 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Bagmati Province
220/9 (50 overs)
v
Lumbini Province
220 (48 overs)
Aadil Khan 55 (87)
Dipendra Rawat 3/40 (9 overs)
Krishna Karki 41 (44)
Bipin Acharya 4/30 (7 overs)
Match tied
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Kamlesh Thakur
Player of the match: Bipin Acharya (Bagmati Province)
  • Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 19
25 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Armed Police Force Club
240 (49.4 overs)
v
Tribhuwan Army Club
234/8 (50 overs)
Sumit Maharjan 46 (68)
Hari Chauhan 5/60 (9.4 overs)
Anil Mandal 45 (76)
Kamal Airee 3/31 (10 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 6 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav
Player of the match: Kamal Airee (Armed Police Force Club)
  • Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.

Match 20
25 January 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Madhesh Province
169/9 (47 overs)
v
Nepal Police Club
170/6 (38 overs)
Harishankar Shah 53 (84)
Lalit Rajbanshi 4/37 (8 overs)
Anil Sah 47* (69)
Bibek Yadav 3/19 (6 overs)
Nepal Police Club won by 4 wickets
Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara
Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Gurung
Player of the match: Lalit Rajbanshi (Nepal Police Club)
  • Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to a wet outfield.

Playoffs

edit

Semi finals

edit
Match 21
27 January 2021 (2021-01-27)
09:00
Scorecard
Armed Police Force Club
203/9 (50 overs)
v
Nepal Police Club
173 (49.2 overs)
Shankar Rana 44 (96)
Aarif Sheikh 3/31 (10 overs)
Pawan Sarraf 40 (61)
Bhuvan Karki 4/21 (9.2 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 30 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri and Buddhi Pradhan
Player of the match: Bhuvan Karki (Armed Police Force Club)
  • Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
28 January 2021 (2021-01-28)
09:00
Scorecard
Tribhuwan Army Club
229 (50 overs)
v
Bagmati Province
135 (40.2 overs)
Rajesh Pulami 65 (91)
Gautam KC 5/61 (10 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 47 (60)
Jitendra Mukhiya 4/24 (8.2 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 94 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey
Player of the match: Rajesh Pulami (Tribhuwan Army Club)
  • Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.

Final

edit
Match 23
30 January 2021 (2021-01-30)
09:00
Scorecard
Tribhuwan Army Club
211/9 (50 overs)
v
Armed Police Force Club
178 (41.3 overs)
Hari Chauhan 58 (102)
Abinash Bohara 4/25 (10 overs)
Asif Sheikh 61 (71)
Bikram Sob 3/27 (9 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 33 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Buddhi Pradhan
Player of the match: Jitendra Mukhiya (Tribhuwan Army Club)
  • Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Army, APF drawn in same group for Prime Minister Cup". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Tournament Fixture for PM Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament, 2077 – Cricket Association of Nepal". Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री कप : आर्मी र एपिएफ एकै समूहमा" [PM Cup: Army and APF in the same group]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ "एक्सन स्पोर्टसले प्रधानमन्त्री कपको प्रत्यक्ष प्रसारण गर्ने" [Action Sports to broadcast the Prime Minister's Cup live]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ Republica. "The alarm bells PM Cup rung". My Republica. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Allround Bhuwan leads APF into PM Cup final". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Army outright champions of Prime Minister Cup". CricketingNepal. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Tribhuvan Army clinches PM Cup title defeating APF by 33 runs". Khabarhub. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Preview: PM Cup Nepal Men's National Cricket Tournament". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  10. ^ "अर्जुनलाई समेट्दै गण्डकीको टोली घोषणा" [Gandaki team announcement including Arjun]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  11. ^ "रविन्द्रको कप्तानीमा कर्णालीको टोली घोषणा" [Karnali's team announced under the captaincy of Rabindra]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  12. ^ "शरदको कप्तानीमा एपिएफको टोली घोषणा" [APF team announced under Sharad's captaincy]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. ^ "सिद्धान्तको कप्तानीमा प्रदेश १ को टोली घोषणा" [Province 1 team announced under the captaincy of Siddhanta]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  14. ^ "विनोदको कप्तानीमा आर्मीको टोली घोषणा" [Army team announced under the captaincy of Binod]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  15. ^ "ज्ञानेन्द्रको कप्तानीमा बागमतीको टोली घोषणा" [Bagmati team announced under Gyanendra's captaincy]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  16. ^ "प्रम कप : कृष्णको कप्तानीमा लुम्बिनी प्रदेश टिम" [PM Cup: Lumbini State Team under the captaincy of Krishna]. WicketNepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  17. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री कप : पुलिसको टोली सार्वजनिक" [PM Cup: Police team made public]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  18. ^ "प्रम कप : सुरजको कप्तानीमा प्रदेश-२ को टिम घोषणा" [PM Cup: Province-2 team announced under the captaincy of Suraj]. WicketNepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ "पीएम कप क्रिकेटका लागि सुदुरपश्चिम टिमकाे घाेषणा" [Announcement of Far West team for PM Cup cricket]. Cricnepal.com (in Nepali). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
edit