The 2017 Everest Premier League, also abbreviated as 2017 EPL, and branded as TVS EPL 2017 was the second edition of the

Everest Premier League Everest Premier League (EPL) ( ne, एभरेष्ट प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by EPL Pvt. Ltd., a private group in Nepal run by Aamir Akhtar alongside his team including Kie ...

, a professional men's domestic

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competition in

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. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 18 December 2017 to 30 December 2017. The tournament featured six teams and their names were based on the cities. Biratnagar Warriors were undefeated throughout the tournament. They became champions after defeating Bhairahawa Gladiators by 1 run in the final.

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became player of the series for scoring highest runs and hitting most sixes in the tournament. Rohit Kumar Paudel was awarded as most valuable player for finishing well in some matches for Bhairahawa Gladiators. Israrullah and

Basant Regmi Basanta Regmi ( ne, वसन्त रेग्मी) (born 6 April 1986) is a Nepalese professional Cricketer. All-rounder Regmi is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spinner. He made his debut for Nepal against Namibia in March 2 ...

were leading wicket takers in the tournament with 12 wickets.

Background

EPL Pvt Ltd announced the second season of the

on 30 July 2017 at

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. The founder of EPL, Aamir Akhtar disclosed the prize money of 2.1 million rupees to the winner of the tournament. He also announced that the name of the franchise teams will be based on the cities rather than the corporate houses. The logo of the tournament was also unveiled on the ceremony by the Nepalese national team captain,

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and the head coach Jagat Tamatta.

Player Auctions

Dipendra Singh Airee Dipendra Singh Airee ( ne, दिपेन्द्र सिंह ऐरी; born 24 January 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer. In August 2018, he was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, aga ...

, Shakti Gauchan,

Sompal Kami Sompal Kami ( ne, सोमपाल कामी; born 2 February 1996) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. Kami is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He is one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever ...

Gyanendra Malla Gyanendra Malla ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र मल्‍ल; born 16 September 1990) is a Nepalese professional cricketer and the former captain of the Nepal national Team. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keepe ...

and

Sharad Vesawkar Sharad Vesawkar ( ne, शरद भेषावकर, born 9 October 1988) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against UAE in March 2004. ...

were selected as marquee players by each teams before the auction. Each teams were allowed to spend Rs. 1 million. The

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was held on 23 October 2017 and 60 players(10 to each teams), categorized as A, B and C were sold to the

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Binod Bhandari Binod Bhandari ( ne, विनोद भण्डारी; born 25 January 1990) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Nepal against Kuwait in November 2009. H ...

Karan KC Karan K.C. ( ne, करण के.सी.; born 10 October 1991) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018. ...

Sandeep Lamichhane Sandeep Lamichhane ( ne, सन्दीप लामिछाने, ; born 2 August 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer who captained the Nepalese national team, A right-arm leg spin bowler, Lamichhane has played for Twenty20 franchise sides acro ...

and

Aarif Sheikh Aarif Sheikh ( ne, आरिफ शेख्) (born 5 October 1997) is a Nepalese cricketer, who was the vice-captain of the Nepal national under-19 cricket team, and currently plays for the senior team. All-rounder Aarif is a right-handed bats ...

were the expensive players in the auction with the highest bid of Rs.175,000.

Venues

Teams

Each team consisted of 15 players. 10 players were bought by each teams through auction. A talent hunt was conducted by each teams in their respective cities to acquire a young player in their squad. Similarly, the teams also included at least three foreign players in their side. * Foreign players are listed in bold. * Players selected from the talent hunt are listed in ''italics''.

Points table

* The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs * advanced to Qualifier 1 * advanced to the Eliminator * Eliminated

League matches

Match 1

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Match 2

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Match 3

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Match 4

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Match 5

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Match 6

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Match 7

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Match 8

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Match 9

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Match 10

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Match 11

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Match 12

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Match 13

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Match 14

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Match 15

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Playoff stage

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

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Eliminator

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Qualifier 2

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

* Source: Cricinfo *

Most wickets

* Source: Cricinfo *

References

External links

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News, Views, Scorecard, Match Reports of Everest Premier League 2017
*https://wicketnepal.com/everest-premier-leagues-fixture-announced-wn017/ {{Everest Premier League Everest Premier League 2017 in Nepalese cricket