2026 Prime Minister Cup

2026 Prime Minister Cup

Prime Minister Cup 2026
Dates	21 March – 18 April 2026
Administrator	Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket format	One Day
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Final
Host(s)	Bagmati Province Madhesh Province
Participants	10
Matches	46
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The 2026 Prime Minister Cup (also known as the Xtreme Energy Drink PM Cup Men's Tournament 2026 for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The tournament is contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Nepal Police Club were the defending champion. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Venues

All matches initially scheduled at TU International Cricket Stadium were relocated to Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground for the preparations of upcoming 2026 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (May), part of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2. ^{[11] [12]}

Nepal
Kageshwari-Manohara	Kageshwari-Manohara	Birgunj	Janakpur
Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground	Mulpani International Cricket Ground	Narayani Cricket Ground	Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium
Matches: 5	Matches: 5	Matches: 19	Matches: 17

Squads

Cricket Association of Nepal announced the squads of all teams on 20 and 21 March 2026. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Bagmati Province [16]	Gandaki Province	Lumbini Province [17]	Karnali Province	Koshi Province [18]
Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Ishan Pandey (vc) Sonu Devkota Rijan Dhakal Pratis GC Ashutosh Ghiraiya Shubh Kansakar Subash Khatri Ringzin Lama Sachin Lekhak Bibek Magar Uttam Magar (wk) Dayanand Mandal Shivam Tiwari Pawan Thapa	Bipin Khatri (c) Gaurav BK Subash Bhandari Dinesh Budhamagar Vansh Chhetri Deepak Dumre (wk) Bishow Karki Arjun Kumal Ankit Neupane Sandesh Panthi Kamal Pariyar Krishna Paudel Aprajit Poudel Cibrin Shrestha Muskan Thapa	Dev Khanal (c) Rajendra Bam Dinesh Bohara Ajay Chauhan Nirmal Gurung Biparsan KC Ranjeet Khadka Salahuddin Khan Bir Magar Sumit Shrestha Darsh Sonar Prajwal Thapa (wk) Sandesh Thapa Aakash Tripathi Santosh Yadav	Diwan Pun (c) Dinesh Adhikari Laxman Bam Anuj Chanara Sunil Dhamala Arjun Gharti (wk) Prakash Jaishi Arvind Gharti Bipin Rawal (wk) Nischal Rawal Dipendra Rawat Bipin Shahi Rabindra Shahi Raj Shah Bipin Sharma Unish Singh	Sujan Thapaliya (c) Shakib Haque (vc) Firdosh Ansari Shiwansh Bajgain (wk) Prem Kamat Dipesh Kandel Samir Karki Aashish Rana Magar Bipin Mahato Prabhat Rai (wk) Rohan Shah Gyanendra Shrestha Suman Shrestha Ankit Subedi Sonu Ansari
Madhesh Province [19]	Nepal APF Club	Nepal Police Club	Sudurpashchim Province [20]	Tribhuwan Army Club
Anil Sah (c) Mohammad Aadil Alam Aashik Baitha Himanshu Dutta (wk) Ranjit Kumar Pradip Paswan Bishal Patel Pawan Sarraf Mohammad Samir Bishal Shusling Rupesh Singh Abhisekh Tiwari Arniko Yadav Mayan Yadav Niraj Yadav	Rohit Paudel (c) Aasif Sheikh (vc, wk) Kamal Singh Airee Lokesh Bam Puran BK Abinash Bohara Deepak Bohara Abhishesh Gautam Sundeep Jora Bhuvan Karki Yuvraj Khatri Sumit Maharjan Amar Routela Prajwal Shahi Nandan Yadav	Aarif Sheikh (c) Dilsad Ali (wk) Kushal Bhurtel Dipak Chand Sagar Dhakal Gulshan Jha Karan KC Abhinash Karn Rashid Khan Dinesh Kharel Lalit Rajbanshi Shankar Rana Deepak Serala Amit Shrestha Sarwan Yadav	Sher Malla (c) Kiran Thagunna (vc) Bikash Aagri Naren Bhatta Dipak Bohara Khadak Bohara Milan Bohara Lokendra Chand Ashok Dhami Hemant Dhami Narayan Joshi Abhishek Pal Prakash Pandey Raju Rijal (wk) Saurya Shrestha	Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Shahab Alam Aakash Chand Trit Raj Das Durgesh Gupta Sompal Kami Pawan Karki Santosh Karki Kushal Malla Naren Saud Arjun Saud Bhim Sharki Imran Sheikh Jitendra Thakuri

Team and standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Lumbini Province	2	1	0	1	3	2.960
2	Sudurpashchim Province	1	1	0	0	2	1.779
3	Nepal Police Club	2	1	1	0	2	1.680
4	Bagmati Province	2	1	1	0	2	0.990
5	Tribhuwan Army Club	1	1	0	0	2	0.468
6	Nepal APF Club	2	1	1	0	2	−1.140
7	Madhesh Province	1	0	0	1	1	—
8	Karnali Province	2	0	1	1	1	−1.779
9	Koshi Province	2	0	1	1	1	−2.960
10	Gandaki Province	1	0	1	0	0	−3.400

Updated to match(es) played on 24 March 2026. Source: ESPNcricinfo Cricclubs Nepal

League progression

Team	Group matches									Play-offs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Bagmati Province	0	2
Gandaki Province	0
Karnali Province	1	1
Koshi Province	1	1
Lumbini Province	1	3
Madhesh Province	1
Nepal APF Club	2	2
Nepal Police Club	0	2
Sudurpashchim Province	2
Tribhuwan Army Club	2

Win

Loss

Tie

No result

Eliminated

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points or results to see the match summary.

League stage

CAN released the fixtures' details on 9 March 2026. ^[21]

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

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Match 1 21 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Madhesh Province

Match abandoned Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur Umpires: Dhiraj Poudyal and Ram Kailash Yadav

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain. ^[22]

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Match 2 21 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Karnali Province 20/0 (7 overs)	v	Lumbini Province
Rabindra Shahi 9* (29)

No result Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Himal Giri and Hiralal Raut

• Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain. ^[23]

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Match 3 22 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club 242/8 (47 overs)	v	Nepal Police Club 221 (45.3 overs)
Basir Ahamad 100 (86) Sarwan Yadav 3/24 (6 overs)		Rashid Khan 60 (82) Naren Saud 3/57 (10 overs)

Tribhuwan Army Club won by 22 runs Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Ujjwal Regmi and Durga Subedi Player of the match: Basir Ahamad (Tribuwan Army Club)

• Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain.
• Basir Ahamad (Tribuwan Army Club) scored his maiden century in Prime Minister Cup. ^{[24] [25]}

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Match 4 22 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal APF Club 271/8 (50 overs)	v	Bagmati Province 200 (45.1 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 114 (105) Rijan Dhakal 4/44 (10 overs)		Bibek Magar 34 (64) Rohit Paudel 3/22 (10 overs)

Nepal APF Club won by 71 runs Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Hem Raj Bhatta and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nepal APF Club)

• Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 5 23 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Lumbini Province 249 (49.3 overs)	v	Koshi Province 101 (31.4 overs)
Dev Khanal 92 (100) Sujan Thapaliya 4/35 (10 overs)		Ankit Subedi 30 (46) Santosh Yadav 4/11 (7 overs)

Lumbini Province won by 148 runs Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur Umpires: Mukesh Kumar Sah and Ram Kailash Yadav Player of the match: Santosh Yadav (Lumbini Province)

• Koshi Province won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 23 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Karnali Province 119 (32 overs)	v	Sudurpashchim Province 122/6 (29.2 overs)
Bipin Rawal 33 (61) Hemant Dhami 6/16 (7 overs)		Kiran Thagunna 26 (46) Diwan Pun 2/27 (9 overs)

Sudurpashchim Province won by 4 wickets Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Pankaj Pandey and Prabin Thapa Player of the match: Hemant Dhami (Sudurpashchim Province)

• Sudurpashchim Province won the toss and elected to field.
• Hemant Dhami (Sudurpashchim Province) took his first five-wicket haul in Prime Minister Cup. ^[26]

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Match 7 24 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Bagmati Province 294/8 (50 overs)	v	Gandaki Province 124 (31.5 overs)
Ishan Pandey 71 (61) Kamal Pariyar 2/56 (10 overs)		Arjun Kumal 74 (90) Rijan Dhakal 3/31 (8 overs)

Bagmati Province won by 170 runs Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Hem Raj Bhatta and Durga Subedi Player of the match: Ishan Pandey (Bagmati Province)

• Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 24 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club 355/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal APF Club 170 (44 overs)
Shankar Rana 61 (54) Amar Routela 2/43 (5 overs)		Nandan Yadav 44[not out Lalit Rajbanshi 3/28 (10 overs)

Nepal Police Club won by 185 runs Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ujjwal Regmi Player of the match: Dinesh Kharel (Nepal Police Club)

• Nepal APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Nepal Police Club 355/9 (50) is the highest total breaking the previous record of Nepal APF Club 339/6 (50) against Province 2 in the Prime Minister Cup.

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Match 9 25 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Karnali Province	v	Koshi Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 10 25 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 11 26 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Gandaki Province	v	Tribhuwan Army Club

Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 12 26 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Bagmati Province	v	Nepal Police Club

Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 13 27 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Lumbini Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 14 27 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 15 28 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal APF Club	v	Tribhuwan Army Club

Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 16 28 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club	v	Gandaki Province

Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 17 29 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Gandaki Province	v	Nepal APF Club

Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 18 29 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Bagmati Province

Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara

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Match 19 30 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Karnali Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 20 30 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Lumbini Province	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 21 31 March 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Nepal Police Club

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 22 1 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Bagmati Province	v	Karnali Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 23 1 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal APF Club	v	Lumbini Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 24 2 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Tribhuwan Army Club

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 25 2 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Gandaki Province	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 26 4 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal APF Club	v	Karnali Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 27 4 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Gandaki Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 28 5 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Bagmati Province	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 29 5 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club	v	Lumbini Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 30 6 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal APF Club	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 31 6 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Karnali Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 32 8 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Bagmati Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 33 8 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Gandaki Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 34 9 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 35 9 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club	v	Karnali Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 36 10 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Nepal APF Club

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 37 10 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Bagmati Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 38 12 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club	v	Sudurpashchim Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 39 12 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Gandaki Province	v	Lumbini Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 40 13 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Koshi Province	v	Tribhuwan Army Club

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 41 13 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Nepal APF Club

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 42 14 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Bagmati Province	v	Lumbini Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 43 14 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Gandaki Province	v	Karnali Province

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

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Match 44 15 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Lumbini Province

Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur

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Match 45 15 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Nepal Police Club

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

Final

Final 17 April 2026 09:00 Scorecard

1st-placed team	v	2nd-placed team

Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj

Broadcasters

Cricket Association of Nepal announced the following list of broadcasters for the 2026 editions of the Prime Minister Cup. ^[27]

Country	Years	Channels
Nepal/Rest of the World	2025–26	Kasthamandap Sports's channel on YouTube
		STYX Sports & STYX Nepal
		Kasthmandap Gold & Kasthmandap Televison

References

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External links

• 2026 Prime Minister Cup at ESPNcricinfo
• Tournament home at Cricclubs Nepal