Everest Premier League (EPL) ( ne, एभरेष्ट प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise

Twenty20 cricket Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

tournament organized by EPL Pvt. Ltd., a private group in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

run by Aamir Akhtar alongside his team including Kieran Holds and Jack Edmondson. It is the biggest cricket tournament in the country, played during the northern winter calendar, mostly in the month of December. It is played in round-robin format in which top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The tournament is renowned for having high attendance among the domestic cricket of the ICC associate nations. The first edition of the tournament was held in September 2016 with six franchises consisting of domestic and international players.

Chitwan Tigers Chitwan Tigers ( ne, चितवन टाइगर्स) is a professional cricket franchise based in Chitwan, Nepal, that plays in the Everest Premier League. It is owned by the IDS Group Pvt Ltd. National players like Dipendra Singh Airee, ...

are the defending champions after winning the 2021 season.

History

Everest Premier League was unveiled on 24 February 2014 in a press conference held at Hotel Radisson. Zohra Sports Management and

Cricket Association of Nepal Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal. It was suspended from 2016 to 13 October 2019 due to governmental interference. The ICC welcomed the elections of the board held in September 2019 and for ...

had an exclusive agreement to introduce NPL for an initial three years. On 13 May 2014 a handful of CAN members issued a press release claiming CAN had pulled out as the organizers of the tournament. In 2016, EPL was announced from September 24 to October 3 in TU Cricket Ground. While a majority of CAN members resigned from NPL Governing Council, the then President, Tanka Angbuhang still continued to promote the event stating that the decision made was unofficial and without his knowledge. The sponsor for 2014 was C.G. Foods (Wai Wai).updated by Nirak poudel nirakpoudel77.simdif.com

Teams

Current teams

Each team consisted of 15 players. Among them 10 players were bought by each team through auction. A talent hunt was conducted by each team 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.

Former teams

In the 2016 edition, the teams in the tournament were based on corporate sectors.

Tournament seasons and results

EPL overall season results

All season's results are in a table.

Team's performance

Broadcasting

Kantipur Gold Kantipur Television, popularly known as KTV, is a private television station based in Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision ...

(2016) *

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(2019–2021) * AP1 Television (2017–2019) * 1Sports (2020–present) *

Himalaya TV Himalaya Television ( ne, हिमालय टेलिभिजन), founded in 2010, is a nationwide private television company of Nepal. Himalaya TV has the state-of-art digital broadcasting equipment for production, post-production and br ...

(2021–present) *1sports (2022- present)

References

External links

* {{Everest Premier League Nepalese domestic cricket competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2014 Sports leagues established in 2014 Twenty20 cricket leagues 2014 establishments in Nepal