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Revision as of 13:09, 11 December 2025
2nd edition of Nepal Premier League
Cricket tournament
The 2025 Nepal Premier League, also known as Siddhartha Bank NPL 2025 for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the second season of the Nepal Premier League (NPL), a men’s Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal.[2][3] The tournament features eight teams competing in 32 matches 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 in the same year. The league features eight city- or province-based franchises competing in a round-robin stage followed by the playoffs. Janakpur Bolts won the maiden title, defeating Sudurpaschim Royals in the final.[6][7][8]
Teams
Auction and 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.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The auction was held on 9 August 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal.[23] A total of 458 players registered for the auction, of which 150 players were shortlisted[24] and 37 were sold.[25]
Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Pawan Sarraf and Mohammad Aadil Alam became the most expensive players in the auction, bought at the price of रू15 lakh (US$11,000).[26] Mohammad Aadil Alam was bid upon by all eight franchises.[27]
Squads
The player auction took place on 9 August 2025.[28]
Bibek Yadav replaced by Sumit Maharjan in Lumbini Lions‘s squad due to injury.[29]
Natarjan Shah replaced by Sonu Devkota in Kathmandu Gorkhas‘s squad due to groin injury.[30]
Venue
All matches are being played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground at Kirtipur in Kathmandu.
Teams and standings
Points table
Match summary
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
League stage
The fixture was released on 10 November 2025.[31][32][33]
- Kathmandu Gorkhas won the toss and elected to field.
- Chitwan Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Avengers won the toss and elected to field.
- Kathmandu Gorkhas won the toss and elected to field.
- Lumbini Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Avengers won the toss and elected to field.
- Karnali Yaks won the toss and elected to field.
- Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Janakpur Bolts won the toss and elected to field.
- Karnali Yaks won the toss and elected to field.
- Lumbini Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Biratnagar won the toss and elected to field.
- Sudurpaschim Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Avengers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chitwan Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Karnali Yaks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lumbini Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Janakpur Bolts won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karnali Yaks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chitwan Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karnali Yaks won the toss and elected to field.
- Lumbini Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Avengers won the toss and elected to field.
- Chitwan Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Janakpur Bolts won the toss and elected to bat.
- Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Chitwan Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- Janakpur Bolts won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
Bracket
Qualifier 1
- Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator
- Kathmandu Gorkhas won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier 2
- Biratnagar Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Broadcasting
The league was broadcast live on the following channels:[34][35][36][37][38]
Statistics
Based on 10th of December
References
External links
