2022 Prime Minister Cup

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2022 Prime Minister Cup
Dates30 October 2022 – 13 November 2022
Administrator(s) Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket format One Day
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Playoffs
Host(s) Nepal
Champions Armed Police Force Club (2nd title)
Runners-up Tribhuwan Army Club
Participants10
Matches23
Player of the series Dipendra Singh Airee (NPC)
Most runs Dipendra Singh Airee (NPC)
356 runs
Most wicketsMousom Dhakal (APF)
15 wickets
2021
2023

The 2022 Prime Minister Cup was the fifth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 30 October 2022 and ended on 12 November 2022. [1] Armed Police Force Club won their second title after defeating defending champions Tribhuwan Army Club in the final. [2] [3]

Contents

Squads

The ten participants were divided into two groups. [4]

Group A

Nepal A.P.F. Club Tribhuwan Army Club Gandaki Province Karnali Province Sudurpashchim Province
  • Bipin Khatri (c)
  • Chandra Kant Paudel
  • Samir Kandel
  • Bidhan Shrestha
  • Sachin Raj Adhikari
  • Arjun Kumal
  • Sandeep Khatri
  • Amrit Gurung
  • Karan Pangeni
  • Sandesh Basnet
  • Abhishek Basnet
  • Subas Bhandari
  • Krishna Paudel
  • Kamal Pariyar
  • Rabindra Jung Shahi (c)
  • Prakash Jaisi
  • Dipendra Rawat
  • Himanshu Shahi
  • Anuj Chanara
  • Aavash Shah
  • Dinesh Adhikari
  • Bipin Rawal
  • Subodh Airee
  • Arjun Gharti
  • Diwan Pun
  • Bipin Shahi
  • NischalRawal
  • Mohan BK
  • Raju Rijal (c)
  • Basanta Khatri
  • Narayan Joshi
  • Sher Malla
  • Basanta Karki
  • Hemant Dhami
  • Milan Bohara
  • Deepak Tamata
  • Gajendra Bohara
  • Birodh Nath
  • Narendra Saud
  • Kailash Airee
  • Tek Rawal
  • Gajendra Bhandari

Group B

Nepal Police Club Bagmati Province Madhesh Province Lumbini Province Koshi Province
  • Dev Khanal (c)
  • Basir Ahamad
  • Prajwal Thapa
  • Aakash Tripathi
  • Mohammad Hussein
  • Sandeep Rajali
  • Bishal Bikram K.C.
  • Tul Bahadur Thapa
  • Krishna Karki
  • Durgesh Gupta
  • Sunil Bhandari
  • Anil Kharel
  • Naresh Nepali
  • Abhishek Gautam
  • Siddhant Lohani (c)
  • Bishal Acharya
  • Shrawan Yadav
  • Dipak Raj Joshi
  • Minash Thapa
  • Niraj Mukhiya
  • Ankit Subedi
  • Sujan Thapaliya
  • Sonu Mandal
  • Sonu Ansari
  • Bibek Mahato
  • Firdos Ansari
  • Heman Rai
  • Labh Kamat

Points table

Group A

TeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
Armed Police Force Club 430107+1.258
Tribhuwan Army Club 431006+1.610
Gandaki Province 421105+0.166
Sudurpashchim Province 413002–1.656
Karnali Province 404000–1.587

  The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Group B

TeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
Nepal Police Club 440008+3.337
Madhesh Province 421105–0.135
Lumbini Province 422004–0.265
Koshi Province 413002–1.151
Bagmati Province 403101–1.672

  The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Playoffs

Semi finals

Match 21
10 November 2022 (2022-11-10)
09:00
Scorecard
Madhesh Province
122 (31 overs)
v
Armed Police Force Club
123/3 (21.3 overs)
Rupesh Singh 36 (23)
Kamal Airee 4/27 (9 overs)
Lokesh Bam 35 (35)
Rupesh Singh 2/29 (7 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 7 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Ram Yadav and Vinay Kumar
Player of the match: Kamal Airee
  • Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal Police Club
304/4 (50 overs)
v
Tribhuwan Army Club
309/8 (49.5 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 140 (125)
Bikram Sob 3/66 (10 overs)
Rohit Paudel 89 (87)
Karan KC 6/52 (10 overs)
Tribhuwan Army Club won by 2 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Gurung
Player of the match: Rajesh Pulami
  • Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Match 23
12 November 2022 (2022-11-12)
09:00
Scorecard
Tribhuwan Army Club
179 (39 overs)
v
Armed Police Force Club
180/6 (38.3 overs)
Rohit Paudel 49 (56)
Mousom Dhakal 3/32 (8 overs)
Bhuwan Karki 55 (82)
Jitendra Mukhiya 2/47 (8 overs)
Armed Police Force Club won by 4 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Vinay Kumar
Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki
  • Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match was reduced to 40 overs per side due to delay.

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