Pokhara Premier League | |
Country: | Nepal |
Administrator: | Queens Event Management |
Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
First: | 2018 |
Next: | 2019 |
Tournament Format: | Single round-robin league |
Participants: | 6 |
Champions: | Chitwan Rhinos (1st title) |
Most Successful: | Chitwan Rhinos Pokhara Paltan (1 title) |
Website: | http://www.ppl-t20.com |
Tv: | Himalaya TV |
Pokhara Premier League (Nepali: पोखरा प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Nepal. The tournament is managed by Queen's Event Management.
The league is an auction-based tournament where players will be sold based on different price ceilings.[1]
Led by the board member of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Chhumbi Lama, the idea of organizing it in Pokhara is mainly to create a benchmark for domestic cricket, initiate sports tourism mechanism within the region and establish it as one of the cricketing hubs within the country. All matches are shown be live on Himalayan TV HD. This is the third largest national level league played in Nepal. [2] Before this, Everest Premier League and Dhangadhi Premier League were two national level hitting leagues.[3]
Team | Owner[4] [5] | Captain | Joined |
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Biratnagar Titans | Paras Luniya | Pradeep Airee | 2019 |
Butwal Blasters | Naresh Gautam | Sompal Kami | 2018 |
Chitwan Rhinos | Resham Mahara | Paras Khadka | 2018 |
Expert Dhangadhi Blues | Toyanath Aryal | Dipendra Singh Airee | 2018 |
Pokhara Paltan | Binayak Pokharel | Sharad Vesawkar | 2018 |
Kathmandu Golden Warriors[6] | Ramesh Silwal | Gyanendra Malla | 2019 |
Season | Venue | Final | Player of the series | |||
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Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
2018 | Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara | Pokhara Paltan 161/7 (19.2 overs) | Paltan won by 3 wickets Scorecard | Chitwan Rhinos 160/5 (20 overs) | Sunny Patel (Chitwan Rhinos) | |
2019[9] | Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara | Chitwan Rhinos 202/5 (20 overs) | Rhinos won by 32 runs Scorecard | Pokhara Paltan 170/7 (20 overs) | Rohan Mustafa (Chitwan Rhinos) |