Asian Challenger Trophy (ACT) ( Nepali: एसियन च्यालेन्जर ट्रफी) is a club

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tournament organized by Bhairahawa Queens Pvt. Ltd., a private group in

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run by Sushil Pandey, Niraj Aryal and Anil Bhandari. It is the biggest club cricket tournament in the country, played during the northern winter calendar, mostly in the month of January - February. It is played in a league-cum-knockout format in which top four teams qualify for the playoffs. Each team consists of 15 players. This tournament is supported by Cricket Association of Rupendehi and promoted by

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and the

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of Nepal.

2020

The first edition of the tournament was held from 25 February to 5 March 2020 at Siddhartha Rangashala,

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with eight professional clubs from Asian countries made up of domestic and international players from across Asia. Almost 24 international players took part in season one, including

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. ...

Basanta 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 ...

Rohit Paudel Rohit Kumar Paudel (born 2 September 2002) is a Nepalese cricketer and current captain of the Nepal national cricket team, Nepal national cricket team. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for Nepal national cricket team, Nepal in the 2018 I ...

, Rana Naveed,

Kamal Airee Kamal Singh Airee (born 19 December 2000) is a Nepalese cricketer. In November 2017, he was part of Nepal's U19 cricket team that beat India in the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup. In January 2020, he earned his first call-up to the national side, f ...

, Sandeep Sunar, Lokesh Bam,

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and

Pradeep Airee Pradeep Singh Airee ( ne, प्रदिप सिंह ऐरी) (born 1 September 1992) is a Nepalese cricketer. Airee is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper, who bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his debut for Nepal ...

. Shankarnagar Cricket Club emerged as the champions.

2022

The Second edition of the tournament will be held from 10-22 November 2022 at Kathmandu. This season six professional clubs from Asian Countries will take participate. Tournament will be play as round robin with playoff.

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International cricket competitions in Nepal