2018 Everest Premier League
Dates | 8 – 22 December 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | EPL Pvt Ltd |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Single round robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Nepal |
Champions | Lalitpur Patriots (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Player of the series | Divyam Adhikari (Gladiators) |
Most runs | Ravi Inder Singh (337)[1] |
Most wickets | Saujan Ghimire (Gladiators) (12) |
Official website | eplt20 |
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The 2018 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL3 or 2018 TVS EPL because of the sponsorship reason, was the third edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The tournament was held from 8 December 2018 to 22 December 2018. Biratnagar Warriors were defending champions for the tournament but they were eliminated in the group stage. Lalitpur Patriots won the 2018 season and it's their first title.
Players Release and Bidding
The players release and bidding process was held on 11 November 2018 and broadcast live on the official Facebook page of EPL in the presence of Raman Shiwakoti, chief of EPL technical committee and the manager of Nepal men's national cricket team. In the player release and bidding process, each team could release maximum of three players and they could bid for the released players as well as the unsold players and the players who did not register for 2017 EPL auction. Hari Chauhan was the most bidded player (NPR 85,000) in the process by Biratnagar Warriors. Tigers acquired Sagar Dhakal and Adil Khan. Kings XI brought in Samsaad Sheikh while Rhinos secured Shubhendu Pandey and Nandan Yadav. Gladiators did not bid and Patriots did not release any players.
Venues
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![Kirtipur](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Teams and Squads
The marquee players from the 2017 Everest Premier League were retained by their respective teams as a part of a three year agreement.[2] The franchise teams are obliged to select at least three foreign players and one local player from the talent hunt program as per the Everest Premier League regulation.
Bhairahawa Gladiators | Biratnagar Warriors | Chitwan Tigers | Kathmandu Kings XI | Lalitpur Patriots | Pokhara Rhinos |
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- International players are listed along with their respective flag.
- M stands for marquee player.
Points table
Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
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Lalitpur Patriots | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.747 |
Kathmandu Kings XI | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.279 |
Bhairahawa Gladiators | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.370 |
Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.185 |
Biratnagar Warriors | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.250 |
Pokhara Rhinos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.627 |
- The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator
League matches
Match 1
8 December 13:00 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots 104/9 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Warriors 105/7 (19.5 overs) |
Karan KC 36(19)* Gaurav Tomar 3/10 (4 overs) |
Warriors won by 3 wickets TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Karan KC (Warriors) |
- Patriots elected to bat first
Match 2
9 December 09:00 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots 143/5 (20 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 132/8 (20 overs) |
Sonu Tamang 35(24)* George Scott 2/24 (3 overs) |
Patriots won by 11 runs TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Patriots) |
- Patriots elected to bat first
Match 3
9 December 13:00 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos 215/5 (20 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 216/6 (19.4 overs) |
Richard Levi 79(36) Avinash Bohara 1/33 (4 overs) | Ravi Inder Singh 125(60)* Bikram Sob 2/25 (3.4 overs) |
Gladiators won by 4 wickets TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Ravi Inder Singh (Gladiators) |
- Rhinos, elected to bat first
Match 4
10 December 09:00 Scorecard |
Chitwan Tigers 160/10 (19.5 overs) | v | Kathmandu Kings XI 164/4 (18.5 overs) |
Dipendra Singh Airee 45(40) Samshad Sheikh 3/18 (2.5 overs) | Subramanian Anand 43(18)* Shahab Alam 2/26 (4 overs) |
Kings XI won by 6 wickets TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Subramanian Anand (Kings XI) |
- Kings XI, elected to bowl first
Match 5
10 December 13:00 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos 166/4 (20 overs) | v | Lalitpur Patriots 171/2 (15.5 overs) |
Gaurav Tomar 82(41) Susan Bhari 1/26 (4 overs) |
Patriots won by 8 wickets TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Gaurav Tomar (Patriots) |
- Rhinos, elected to bat first
Match 6
10 December 09:00 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos 84/7 (20 overs) | v | Biratnagar Warriors 84/10 (19.3 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 19(13) Bipin Khatri 3/15 (4 overs) |
Match tied (Warriors won the one-over eliminator) TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Karan KC (Warriors) |
- Warriors, elected to field first
Match 7
10 December 13:00 Scorecard |
Bhairahawa Gladiators 143/10 (19.3 overs) | v | Chitwan Tigers 131/9 (20 overs) |
Ryan Ten Doeschate 35(25) George Scott 2/13 (3.3 overs) | Paul Stirling 38(23) Ravi Inder Singh 2/23 (3 overs) |
Gladiators won by 12 runs TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Ryan Ten Doeschate (Gladiators) |
- Tigers, elected to field first
Match 8
10 December 09:00 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors 91/10 (18.4 overs) | v | Bhairahawa Gladiators 92/6 (19.4 overs) |
Gladiators won by 4 wickets TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Mohammad Naveed (Gladiators) |
- Gladiators, elected to field first
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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![]() | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 337 | 56.16 | 148.45 | 125* | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Chitwan Tigers | 6 | 6 | 231 | 46.20 | 112.68 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 229 | 38.16 | 157.93 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Pokhara Rhinos | 4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 196.15 | 84 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 188 | 37.60 | 99.47 | 57 | 0 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 December 2018
Most wickets
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
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![]() | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10.83 | 5.65 | 4/14 | 11.5 |
![]() | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13.18 | 6.59 | 3/13 | 12.0 |
![]() | Kathmandu Kings XI | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10.40 | 4.72 | 3/11 | 13.2 |
![]() | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13.90 | 5.14 | 5/12 | 16.2 |
![]() | Chitwan Tigers | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17.00 | 8.03 | 4/24 | 12.7 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 December 2018
References
External links
- 2018 Everest Premier League on Facebook
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