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| Dates | 8 – 22 December 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | EPL Pvt Ltd |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Single round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Nepal |
| Champions | Lalitpur Patriots (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 19 |
| Player of the series | Divyam Adhikari (Gladiators) |
| Most runs | Ravi Inder Singh (337) [1] |
| Most wickets | Saujan Ghimire (Gladiators) (12) |
| Official website | eplt20 |
The 2018 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL3 or 2018 TVS EPL because of the sponsorship reason, was the third edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The tournament was held from 8 December 2018 to 22 December 2018. Biratnagar Warriors were defending champions for the tournament but they were eliminated in the group stage. Lalitpur Patriots won the 2018 season and it's their first title.
The players release and bidding process was held on 11 November 2018 and broadcast live on the official Facebook page of EPL in the presence of Raman Shiwakoti, chief of EPL technical committee and the manager of Nepal men's national cricket team. In the player release and bidding process, each team could release maximum of three players and they could bid for the released players as well as the unsold players and the players who did not register for 2017 EPL auction. Hari Chauhan was the most bidded player (NPR 85,000) in the process by Biratnagar Warriors. Tigers acquired Sagar Dhakal and Adil Khan. Kings XI brought in Samsaad Sheikh while Rhinos secured Shubhendu Pandey and Nandan Yadav. Gladiators did not bid and Patriots did not release any players.
The marquee players from the 2017 Everest Premier League were retained by their respective teams as a part of a three year agreement. [2] The franchise teams are obliged to select at least three foreign players and one local player from the talent hunt program as per the Everest Premier League regulation.
| Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalitpur Patriots | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.747 |
| Kathmandu Kings XI | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.279 |
| Bhairahawa Gladiators | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.370 |
| Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.185 |
| Biratnagar Warriors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.250 |
| Pokhara Rhinos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.627 |
Lalitpur Patriots 104/9 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Warriors 105/7 (19.5 overs) |
Karan KC 36(19)* Gaurav Tomar 3/10 (4 overs) |
Lalitpur Patriots 143/5 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 132/8 (20 overs) |
Sonu Tamang 35(24)* George Scott 2/24 (3 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 215/5 (20 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 216/6 (19.4 overs) |
Richard Levi 79(36) Avinash Bohara 1/33 (4 overs) |
Chitwan Tigers 160/10 (19.5 overs) | v | Kathmandu Kings XI 164/4 (18.5 overs) |
Dipendra Singh Airee 45(40) Samshad Sheikh 3/18 (2.5 overs) | Subramanian Anand 43(18)* Shahab Alam 2/26 (4 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 166/4 (20 overs) | v | Lalitpur Patriots 171/2 (15.5 overs) |
Gaurav Tomar 82(41) Susan Bhari 1/26 (4 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 84/7 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Warriors 84/10 (19.3 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 19(13) Bipin Khatri 3/15 (4 overs) |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 143/10 (19.3 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 131/9 (20 overs) |
Biratnagar Warriors 91/10 (18.4 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 92/6 (19.4 overs) |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ravi Inder Singh | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 337 | 56.16 | 148.45 | 125* | 1 | 1 |
 Dipendra Singh Airee | Chitwan Tigers | 6 | 6 | 231 | 46.20 | 112.68 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| Gaurav Tomar | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 229 | 38.16 | 157.93 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
 Richard Levi | Pokhara Rhinos | 4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 196.15 | 84 | 0 | 2 |
| Jaiskishan Kolsawala | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 188 | 37.60 | 99.47 | 57 | 0 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 December 2018
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mohammad Naveed | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10.83 | 5.65 | 4/14 | 11.5 |
| Pawan Sarraf | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13.18 | 6.59 | 3/13 | 12.0 |
| Pardeep Sahu | Kathmandu Kings XI | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10.40 | 4.72 | 3/11 | 13.2 |
| Sunny Patel | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13.90 | 5.14 | 5/12 | 16.2 |
| Lalit Bhandari | Chitwan Tigers | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17.00 | 8.03 | 4/24 | 12.7 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 December 2018
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