Nepal Premier League 2024: All squads, full schedule, where to watch, Fantasy & more

The biggest cricket celebration of the year is all set to get underway in Nepal as we are days away from the commencement of the inaugural Nepal Premier League (NPL), which will kick-off on November 30 (Saturday) in Kirtipur.

The near month-long competition will feature as many as eight teams participating, with the final happening on December 21. The entirety of the brand new league will be played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.

In a format identical to the Indian Premier League (IPL), the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, which will begin from December 18. While the winner of Qualifier 1 (1 v 2) will progress directly to the final, the winner of the Eliminator (3 v 4) will then face off against the loser of Qualifier 1 for a place in the final. 

The inaugural NPL is set to feature some huge names, with the biggest of them all being India’s Shikhar Dhawan, who will be representing the Karnali Yaks. Martin Guptill, James Neesham, Ben Cutting, Unmukt Chand and Ravi Bopara are some of the other notable overseas names set to participate in the eight-team event, which will also feature all the marquee Nepal names.

All squads

Chitwan Rhinos

Deepak Bohara, Hassan Eisakhil, Kushal Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Amar Routela, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Luc Benkenstein, Manish Pun, Ravi Bopara, Salahuddin Khan, Bipin Rawal (Wk), Santosh Karki, Dipesh Shrestha, Gautam KC, Ranjit Kumar, Rijan Dhakal

Janakpur Bolts

Aakash Tripathi, Anil Sah, Shubh Kansakar, Sohaib Maqsood, Tion Webster, Arniko Yadav, James Neesham, Rupesh Singh, Sher Malla, Aasif Sheikh (Wk), Joshua Tromp (Wk), Lahiru Milantha (Wk), Hemant Dhami, Kishore Mahato, Lalit Rajbanshi, Mohammad Mohsin, Tul Bahadur Thapa

Karnali Yaks

Babar Hayat, Dev Khanal, Paul Stirling, Rit Gautam, Shikhar Dhawan, Bipin Sharma, Gulshan Jha, Hussain Talat, Zeeshan Maqsood, Arjun Gharti (Wk), Chadwick Walton (Wk), Deepak Dumre (Wk), Bhuvan Karki, Dipendra Rawat, Mousom Dhakal, Nandan Yadav, Sompal Kami, Unish Singh

Biratnagar Kings

Lokesh Bam, Martin Guptill, Mrinal Gurung, Naren Bhatta, Nicholas Kirton, Rajesh Pulami, Aqib Ilyas, Basir Ahamad, Ismat Alam, Pratish GC, Subash Bhandari, Dipak Bohara (Wk), Anil Kharel, Chris Sole, Jitendra Mukhiya, Kamal Khatri, Sandeep Lamichhane

Lumbini Lions

Aashutosh Ghiraiya, Abhishek Gautam, Arif Khan, Rohit Paudel, Sundeep Jora, Ben Cutting, Bibek Yadav, Dinesh Adhikari, Saad Bin Zafar, Arjun Saud (Wk), Tom Moores (Wk), Unmukt Chand (Wk), Bikash Aagri, Durgesh Gupta, Ramon Simmonds, Surya Tamang, Tilak Bhandari

Pokhara Avengers

Kiran Thagunna, Kushal Bhurtel, Trit Raj Das, Zen Malik, Amrit Gurung, Bas de Leede, Dinesh Kharel, Matt Critchley, Michael Leask, Narayan Joshi, Raymon Reifer, Sudip Aryal, Sunam Gautam, Andries Gous (Wk), Dilip Nath (Wk), Aakash Chand, Bipin Khatri, Sagar Dhakal

Kathmandu Gurkhas

Bhim Sharki, Michael Levitt, Shankar Rana, Sumit Maharjan, Daniel Douthwaite, Dipesh Kandel, Gerhard Erasmus, Karan KC, Krish Karki, Pratik Shrestha, Raju Rijal (Wk), Stephen Eskinazi (Wk), Bibek KC, Krishna Karki, Nathan Sowter, Rashid Khan, Shahab Alam

Sudurpaschim Royals

Aarif Sheikh, Amit Shrestha, Arjun Kumal, Ishan Pandey, Naresh Budayair, Saif Zaib, Basanta Khatri, Brandon McMullen, Dipendra Singh Airee, Rohan Mustafa, Binod Bhandari (Wk), Khadak Bohara (Wk), Abinash Bohara, Bhojraj Bhatta, Naren Saud, Scott Kuggeleijn

Full schedule

Match Schedule

1. 30 Nov, 12:15 PM: BK vs JKB (Kirtipur)

2. 2 Dec, 08:45 AM: KMG vs CWR (Kirtipur)

3. 2 Dec, 12:45 PM: JKB vs KNY (Kirtipur)

4. 3 Dec, 08:45 AM: SPR vs BK (Kirtipur)

5. 3 Dec, 12:45 PM: CWR vs PKA (Kirtipur)

6. 4 Dec, 08:45 AM: KNY vs KMG (Kirtipur)

7. 4 Dec, 12:45 PM: BK vs LBL (Kirtipur)

8. 5 Dec, 08:45 AM: PKA vs JKB (Kirtipur)

9. 5 Dec, 12:45 PM: KMG vs SPR (Kirtipur)

10. 6 Dec, 08:45 AM: KNY vs CWR (Kirtipur)

11. 6 Dec, 12:45 PM: LBL vs PKA (Kirtipur)

12. 7 Dec, 08:45 AM: LBL vs SPR (Kirtipur)

13. 7 Dec, 12:45 PM: KNY vs BK (Kirtipur)

14. 8 Dec, 08:45 AM: JKB vs LBL (Kirtipur)

15. 8 Dec, 12:45 PM: SPR vs CWR (Kirtipur)

16. 10 Dec, 08:45 AM: CWR vs LBL (Kirtipur)

17. 10 Dec, 12:45 PM: KNY vs PKA (Kirtipur)

18. 11 Dec, 08:45 AM: JKB vs SPR (Kirtipur)

19. 11 Dec, 12:45 PM: KMG vs LBL (Kirtipur)

20. 12 Dec, 08:45 AM: PKA vs BK (Kirtipur)

21. 12 Dec, 12:45 PM: JKB vs KMG (Kirtipur)

22. 13 Dec, 08:45 AM: LBL vs KNY (Kirtipur)

23. 13 Dec, 12:45 PM: BK vs CWR (Kirtipur)

24. 14 Dec, 08:45 AM: PKA vs KMG (Kirtipur)

25. 14 Dec, 12:45 PM: CWR vs JKB (Kirtipur)

26. 15 Dec, 08:45 AM: BK vs KMG (Kirtipur)

27. 15 Dec, 12:45 PM: PKA vs SPR (Kirtipur)

28. 16 Dec, 08:45 AM: SPR vs KNY (Kirtipur)

Playoffs

- 18 Dec, 08:45 AM: Eliminator (Kirtipur)

- 18 Dec, 12:45 PM: Qualifier 1 (Kirtipur)

- 19 Dec, 12:15 PM: Qualifier 2 (Kirtipur)

- 21 Dec, 12:15 PM: Final (Kirtipur)

Where and how to watch the Nepal Premier League 2024?

You can catch the Nepal Premier League 2024 entirely on Fancode (in India)

Fantasy 

You can play Fantasy for the Nepal Premier League 2024 here on Cricket.com. Play Fantasy on Cricket.com NOW! Download the App here.