Dates | 15 – 30 January 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Association of Nepal |
Cricket format | One Day |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoffs |
Host(s) | Nepal |
Champions | Tribhuwan Army Club |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 23 |
Player of the series | Kamal Airee (APF) |
Most runs | Prithu Baskota (Bagmati) 215 runs |
Most wickets | Abinash Bohara (APF) 14 wickets |
The 2020 Prime Minister Cup was the fourth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. [1] The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 15 January 2021 and ended on 30 January 2021. [2] [3] All matches of the tournament were broadcast live by DishHome's "Action Sports" channel. [4] Nepal Police Club were the defending champions, [5] but were eliminated at the semi-final stage by Armed Police Force Club. [6] Tribhuwan Army Club won the title following a 33-run win over APF Club in the final. [7] [8]
The ten participants were divided into two groups. [9]
Gandaki Province [10] | Karnali Province [11] | Nepal A.P.F. Club [12] | Koshi Province [13] | Tribhuwan Army Club [14] |
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Bagmati Province [15] | Lumbini Province [16] | Nepal Police Club [17] | Madhesh Province [18] | Sudurpashchim Province [19] |
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Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Armed Police Force Club | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.849 |
Tribhuwan Army Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.357 |
Karnali Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.825 |
Province No. 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.038 |
Gandaki Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.323 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Bagmati Province cricket team | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.303 |
Nepal Police Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.067 |
Lumbini Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.854 |
Sudurpashchim Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.413 |
Madhesh Province | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.078 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Tribhuwan Army Club 287/6 (50 overs) | v | Gandaki Province 189 (48 overs) |
Sameer Kandel 50 (90) Rajesh Pulami Magar 5/25 (9 overs) |
Armed Police Force Club 243 (48.4 overs) | v | Province Number 1 108 (42.4 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 59 (32) Sarwan Yadav 2/26 (6 overs) | Meenash Thapa 18 (44) Avinash Bohara 5/18 (10 overs) |
Nepal Police Club 111 (29.3 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 113/4 (34.4 overs) |
Aarif Sheikh 21 (25) Tilak Bhandari 4/17 (7.3 overs) |
Tribhuwan Army Club 195 (43.1 overs) | v | Karnali Province 115 (33.3 overs) |
Anil Mandal 89 (114) Dinesh Adhikari 2/27 (7 overs) | Rabindra Shahi 30 (42) Sushan Bhari 4/19 (8.3 overs) |
Bagmati Province 299/9 (50 overs) | v | Sudurpaschim Province 119 (21 overs) |
Prithu Baskota 84 (94) Narayan Joshi 3/68 (10 overs) | Narayan Joshi 44* (29) Ramnaresh Giri 4/32 (5 overs) |
Province Number 1 102 (27.4 overs) | v | Gandaki Province 103/8 (37 overs) |
Siddhant Lohani 24 (31) Bishal Paudel 4/25 (6.4 overs) | Arjun Kumal 35 (68) Minash Thapa 2/15 (7 overs) |
Lumbini Province 257/9 (50 overs) | v | Province Number 2 180 (42.4 overs) |
Sandeep Rajali 83 (107) Harishankar Shah 3/48 (10 overs) | Bibek Yadav 51 (49) Anil Kharel 4/29 (10 overs) |
Gandaki Province 204 (42.3 overs) | v | Karnali Province 205/5 (46.5 overs) |
Rahul Upadhyay 53 (64) Dinesh Adhikari 2/25 (6.3 overs) | Himanshu Shahi 68* (60) Bipin Khatri 4/55 (10 overs) |
Sudurpaschim Province 110 (33.1 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 111/1 (17 overs) |
Sanju Damai 35 (58) Dipendra Singh Airee 4/10 (6.1 overs) | Sunil Dhamala 53 (57) Hemant Dhami 1/31 (5 overs) |
Province Number 1 131 (40.1 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 135/6 (29.5 overs) |
Bibek Meheta 50 (83) Shahab Alam 4/23 (9.1 overs) | Rohit Kumar Poudel 36 (31) Firdosh Ansari 1/19 (5 overs) |
Nepal Police Club 310/4 (50 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 236/7 (50 overs) |
Sunil Dhamala 104 (145) Saurav Khanal 1/38 (2 overs) | Saurav Khanal 74 (60) Rashid Khan 2/33 (8 overs) |
Gandaki Province 106 (46 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 107/4 (17.3 overs) |
Sameer Kandel 36 (114) Kamal Airee 4/11 (10 overs) | Asif Sheikh 78 (56) Bishal Paudel 2/19 (3.3 overs) |
Province Number 1 215/9 (50 overs) | v | Karnali Province 156 (35 overs) |
Siddhant Lohani 66 (97) Rabindra Shahi 3/36 (8 overs) | Bipin Rawal 47 (34) Minash Thapa 5/26 (10 overs) |
Province Number 2 179 (48.2 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 181/4 (48.2 overs) |
Bibek Yadav 66 (74) Gautam KC 4/29 (10 overs) | Prithu Baskota 53* (75) Harishankar Shah 2/36 (10 overs) |
Armed Police Force Club 218 (49.5 overs) | v | Karnali Province 147 (43.2 overs) |
Sundeep Jora 60 (76) Anuj Chunara 3/30 (6.5 overs) | Hemant Oli 58 (102) Basant Regmi 3/23 (10 overs) |
Sudurpaschim Province 62 (27.4 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 64/4 (14.5 overs) |
Narayan Joshi 17 (22) Krishna Karki 4/17 (10 overs) | Saurav Khanal 18 (23) Sher Malla 2/18 (3.5 overs) |
Province Number 2 195 (42 overs) | v | Sudurpaschim Province 196/7 (33 overs) |
Harishankar Shah 60 (73) Sher Malla 3/35 (10 overs) | Sanju Damai 57 (35) Kumar Thapa 3/33 (6 overs) |
Bagmati Province 220/9 (50 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 220 (48 overs) |
Aadil Khan 55 (87) Dipendra Rawat 3/40 (9 overs) | Krishna Karki 41 (44) Bipin Acharya 4/30 (7 overs) |
Armed Police Force Club 240 (49.4 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 234/8 (50 overs) |
Sumit Maharjan 46 (68) Hari Chauhan 5/60 (9.4 overs) |
Province Number 2 169/9 (47 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 170/6 (38 overs) |
Harishankar Shah 53 (84) Lalit Rajbanshi 4/37 (8 overs) |
Armed Police Force Club 203/9 (50 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 173 (49.2 overs) |
Shankar Rana 44 (96) Aarif Sheikh 3/31 (10 overs) | Pawan Sarraf 40 (61) Bhuvan Karki 4/21 (9.2 overs) |
Tribhuwan Army Club 229 (50 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 135 (40.2 overs) |
Rajesh Pulami 65 (91) Gautam KC 5/61 (10 overs) |
Tribhuwan Army Club 211/9 (50 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 178 (41.3 overs) |
Hari Chauhan 58 (102) Abinash Bohara 4/25 (10 overs) | Asif Sheikh 61 (71) Bikram Sob 3/27 (9 overs) |
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