Dates | 25 September – 9 October 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | EPL Pvt. Ltd. |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Single round robin and playoffs |
Champions | Chitwan Tigers (1st title) |
Runners-up | Pokhara Rhinos |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Player of the series | Sagar Dhakal (Chitwan Tigers) |
Most runs | Mohammad Shahzad (Chitwan Tigers) 207 runs |
Most wickets | Sagar Dhakal (Chitwan Tigers) 14 wickets |
The 2021 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL4 or Bajaj Pulsar EPL [1] for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The event was initially scheduled for December 2019, before being postponed multiple times. Lalitpur Patriots were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018, but were eliminated in the group stage after finishing fifth. [2]
The fourth edition of the Everest Premier League was originally scheduled to be held from 8 to 22 December 2019, but was rescheduled to run from 29 February to 14 March 2020. [3] but was rescheduled again, to run from 14 to 28 March 2020. On 5 March, the event was postponed again due to the coronavirus pandemic. [4] In February 2021, the 2021 Everest Premier League dates were announced by the Cricket Association of Nepal as 25 September – 9 October 2021. [5] [6] [7] [8] The dates were chosen to coincide with the Vijayadashami festival in Nepal. [6] [7] All matches will be played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kathmandu. [9]
The prize money for the competition has been doubled from the 2018 edition, and will be 5 million nepalese rupees (NPR). The runners-up will earn 1.5 million NPR. [10]
Kathmandu |
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Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground |
Capacity: 25,000+ |
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TU International Cricket Ground is the host for all matches of the tournament. |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.489 |
2 | Pokhara Rhinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 [a] | 0.023 |
3 | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 [a] | 0.971 |
4 | Kathmandu Kings XI | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.467 |
5 | Lalitpur Patriots | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.601 |
6 | Biratnagar Warriors | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.143 |
The schedule was published on 8 September 2021. [9] [12]
Lalitpur Patriots 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Kathmandu Kings XI 160/3 (14.2 overs) |
Biratnagar Warriors 151/9 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 155/8 (20 overs) |
Sikandar Raza 67 (47) Sagar Dhakal 2/14 (3 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 65/7 (10.1 overs) | v | |
Asela Gunaratne 23 (16) Durgesh Gupta 3/16 (3 overs) |
Biratnagar Warriors 104/5 (8 overs) | v | Kathmandu Kings XI 97/3 (8 overs) |
Chitwan Tigers 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 165/4 (17.5 overs) |
Kathmandu Kings XI 182/8 (20 overs) | v | Pokhara Rhinos 142/5 (15 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 56 (41) Bibek Yadav 3/7 (1 over) |
Lalitpur Patriots 51/6 (7 overs) | v | Pokhara Rhinos 55/1 (6.3 overs) |
Sandun Weerakkody 19 (16) Nandan Yadav 3/11 (2 overs) |
Biratnagar Warriors 89 (17.4 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 92/4 (15.3 overs) |
Upul Tharanga 34 (35) Ramnaresh Giri 2/30 (4 overs) |
Kathmandu Kings XI 141/8 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 142/7 (18.4 overs) |
Subash Khakurel 35 (34) Sagar Dhakal 4/21 (4 overs) |
Lalitpur Patriots 177/7 (20 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 177/5 (20 overs) |
Lalitpur Patriots 226/5 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Warriors 189/8 (20 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 123/7 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 124/1 (16.4 overs) |
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Biratnagar Warriors 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Pokhara Rhinos 173/3 (17.4 overs) |
Lalitpur Patriots 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 112/5 (17.2 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 42 (33) Kamal Singh Airee 3/11 (4 overs) | Mohammad Shahzad 35 (28) Rijan Dhakal 2/11 (2 overs) |
Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
6 October | 9 October | ||||||||||||
Chitwan Tigers | 68/1 | 1 | Chitwan Tigers | 114/6 | |||||||||
Pokhara Rhinos | 66 | 7 October | 2 | Pokhara Rhinos | 111 | ||||||||
2 | Pokhara Rhinos | 123/3 | |||||||||||
6 October | 3 | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 119/6 | ||||||||||
Bhairahawa Gladiators | 188/8 | ||||||||||||
Kathmandu Kings XI | 172/8 | ||||||||||||
Pokhara Rhinos 66 (15 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 68/1 (7.5 overs) |
Mohammad Shahzad 48 (26) Nandan Yadav 1/23 (1.5 overs) |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 188/8 (20 overs) | v | Kathmandu Kings XI 172/8 (20 overs) |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 119/6 (20 overs) | v | Pokhara Rhinos 123/3 (18.2 overs) |
Pokhara Rhinos 111 (17.5 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 114/6 (15.5 overs) |
Bhim Sharki 63 (45) Kishore Mahato 4/27 (3.5 overs) |
KATHMANDU: The EPL Pvt Ltd on Sunday announced the dates of the Everest Premier League. According to the organisers, the next edition of the franchise-based Twenty20 cricket tournament will be held in Kathmandu from September 25 to October 9.