| 2014 Nepal Premier League | |
| Fromdate: | 14 May 2014 |
| Todate: | 24 May 2014 |
| Cricket Format: | One-day |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host: | Nepal |
| Champions: | Panchakanya Tej |
| Count: | 1 |
| 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) |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Next Tournament: | 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.
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]
The 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]
| width=200 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
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| 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 |
| Vishal Warriors | Colors X-Factors | Jagdamba Giants | Panchakanya Tej | Kantipur Gurkhas | Sagarmatha Legends | |
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[NTC] Nepal are the main sponsors of the NPL 2014 along with Zohra Sports Management.[8] [9]
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.
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