2025 Nepal Premier League

2025 Nepal Premier League

Dates	17 November – 13 December 2025
Administrator(s)	Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and playoffs
Participants	8
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The 2025 Nepal Premier League (NPL), also known as Siddhartha Bank NPL 2025 for sponsorship reasons, Pokhara Avenger will be the second season of the Nepal Premier League, a men's Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. ^{[1] [2]} The tournament will feature 8 teams competing in 36 matches ^[3] from 17 November to 13 December 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

Background

The Nepal Premier League (NPL) is a men's T20 franchise cricket league organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). It was established in 2024, with its inaugural season held that year. The league features eight city/province-based franchises competing in a round-robin followed by playoffs. Janakpur Bolts claimed the maiden title, defeating Sudurpaschim Royals in the final. ^{[6] [7]} The 2025 NPL, the league’s second edition, is scheduled for November–December 2025, pending ICC approval. ^[8]

Teams

Team	Captain	Head coach
Biratnagar Kings	Sandeep Lamichhane
Chitwan Rhinos	Kushal Malla	Kalam Ali
Karnali Yaks	Sompal Kami	Gyanendra Malla
Kathmandu Gorkhas	Karan KC	Monty Desai
Janakpur Bolts	Anil Sah
Lumbini Lions	Rohit Paudel
Pokhara Avengers	Kushal Bhurtel
Sudurpaschim Royals	Dipendra Singh Airee	Jagat Tamata

Personnel changes

The franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 5 July 2025, and a total of 51 players were retained ahead of the auction. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} The auction was held on 9 August 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal. ^[17] A total of 458 players registered for the auction, of which 150 players were shortlisted to feature in the auction. ^[18] and 37 were sold in the auction. ^[19]

Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Pawan Sarraf and Mohammad Aadil Alam became the most expensive players in the auction, bought at the price of रू 15 lakh (US$11,000). ^[20] Among them, Mohammad Aadil Alam steals the spotlight, as he was bided by every eight franchises. ^[21]

Squads

The player auction took place on 9 August 2025. ^{[22] [20]}

Biratnagar Kings	Chitwan Rhinos	Karnali Yaks	Kathmandu Gorkhas	Janakpur Bolts	Lumbini Lions	Pokhara Avengers	Sudurpaschim Royals
Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Basir Ahamad Lokesh Bam(wk) Subash Bhandari Naren Bhatta Pratish GC Narayan Joshi Shrawan Kisku Sahil Patel Shankar Rana Surya Tamang Kane Williamson	Kushal Malla (c) Bipin Acharya Kamal Singh Airee Deepak Bohara Rijan Dhakal Gautam KC Dev Khanal Ranjeet Kumar Amar Rautela Bipin Rawal Arjun Saud(wk)	Sompal Kami (c) Deepak Dumre Gulsan Jha Yuvraj Khatri Arjun Gharti (wk) Dipendra Rawat Pawan Sarraf Bipin Sharma Imran Shekh Unish Singh Nandan Yadav	Karan KC (c) Shahab Alam Mohammad Aadil Alam Dipesh Kandel Rashid Khan Uttam Magar Bhim Sharki Pratik Shrestha Aakash Tripathi (wk) Santosh Yadav Tul B Thapa Nicholas Pooran	Anil Sah (c) (wk) Bikash Aagri Sachin Bhatta Shubh Kansakar Aaditya Mahata Kishore Mahato Lalit Rajbanshi Aasif Sheikh(wk) Rupesh Singh Tul Thapa Mayan Yadav Shakib Al Hasan	Rohit Paudel (c) Dinesh Adhikari Tilak Bhandari Abhishesh Gautam Durgesh Gupta Sundeep Jora Aadil Khan Sher Malla Dilip Nath Bishal Patel Bibek Yadav David Warner	Kushal Bhurtel (c) Aakash Chand Sandeep Chhetri Trit Raj Das Sagar Dhakal Bipin Khatri Dinesh Kharel Arjun Kumal Krishna Poudel Abhishek Tiwari Kiran Thagunna Andre Russell	Dipendra Singh Airee (c) Binod Bhandari (wk) Abinash Bohara Dipak Bohara Milan Bohara Hemant Dhami Chris Lynn Ishan Pandey Tek Rawat Naren Saud Dipendra Thapa Aarif Sheikh Babar Azam

Venue

Kirtipur, Kathmandu
TU International Cricket Ground
Capacity: 15,000+
Kathmandu 2025 Nepal Premier League (Nepal)

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Biratnagar Kings	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to Qualifier 1
2	Chitwan Rhinos	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Janakpur Bolts	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to Eliminator
4	Karnali Yaks	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	Kathmandu Gorkhas	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	Lumbini Lions	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	Pokhara Avengers	20.87	10	0	10.87	30.87	—
8	Sudurpaschim Royals	0	0	0	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 17 November 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Playoffs

All times are in Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45).

Bracket

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

December 2025 – Kirtipur

13 December 2025 – Kirtipur

1

TBC

Q1W

TBC

2

TBC

December 2025 – Kirtipur

Q2W

TBC

Q1W

TBC

Eliminator

Q2W

TBC

December 2025 – Kirtipur

3

TBC

4

TBC

Eliminator

Eliminator December 2025

	v

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1 December 2025

	v

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2 December 2025

	v

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Final

Final 13 December 2025

	v

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

See also

• List of 2025 Nepal Premier League auctions and personnel signings

References

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12. "Karnali Yaks retain seven players ahead of NPL 2025 mini auction". Cricnepal. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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15. "Pokhara Avengers announce retained players ahead of NPL 2025 mini auction". Cricnepal. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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18. "150 players shortlisted for NPL Season 2 auction". The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
19. "Eight Franchises Pick 37 Players in NPL 2025 Auction". The Himalayan Times . 10 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
20. "Nepal T20 League auction 2025, live updates: Full list of players sold, unsold and complete squads" . Retrieved 10 August 2025.
21. "Mohammad Aadil Alam steals the spotlight in NPL Season 2 auction". The Kathmandu Post . 10 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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