Nepal Premier League 2025

Nepal is preparing for the second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL). NPL 2025 will be held in November and December 2025. Last year, the NPL delivered a successful inaugural season. Building on that success, the league is now returning with its second edition.

NPL 2025 will begin on November 17th, with eight teams participating. Each team will face the other seven competitors once in the league stage. After an intense league stage, the top four teams will advance to the playoffs. The top two teams will face each other in Qualifier 1, and the next two teams will face each other in the Eliminator.

The losing team in Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator will face each other in Qualifier 2 for a place in the second final. The NPL 2025 final will be held on December 13th, with the winners of the two qualifiers playing each other.

Nepal Premier League 2025: Teams and Captains

Nepal Premier League 2025: Live Streaming

The NPL 2025 season will be broadcast live on the Star Sports network's TV channels, and live streaming will be available on FanCode.

Nepal Premier League 2025: Teams and Players

Biratnagar Kings

Sandeep Lamichhane (captain), Basir Ahmed, Lokesh Bam (wicketkeeper), Subhash Bhandari, Naren Bhatt, Faf du Plessis, Pratish GC, Sam Heazlett, Narayan Joshi, Shravan Kisku, George Munsey, Sahil Patel (wicketkeeper), Shankar Rana, Shubham Ranjane, Surya Tamang

Chitwan Rhinos

Kushal Malla (captain), Bipin Acharya, Kamal Singh Airee, Deepak Bohra, Ravi Bopara, Rijan Dhakal, Gautam KC, Dev Khanal, Ranjit Kumar, David Malan, Alpesh Ramjani, Amar Rautla, Bipin Rawal (wicketkeeper), Arjun Saud (wicketkeeper), Sohail Tanvir

Janakpur Bolts

Anil Shah (captain and wicketkeeper), Vikas Agari, Sachin Bhatt, Shubh Kansakar, Aditya Mahata, Kishore Mahato, Lahiru Milantha (wicketkeeper), Wayne Parnell, Lalit Rajbanshi, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Rupesh Singh, Tul Bhamre, Mayan Yadav

Karnali Yaks

Sompal Kami (captain), Will Bosisto, Deepak Dumre (wicketkeeper), Arjun Gharti (wicketkeeper), Gulshan Jha, Yuvraj Khatri, Max O'Dowd, Deependra Rawat, Pawan Sarraf, Bipin Sharma, Imran Sheikh, Younish Thakur, Mark Watt, Nandan Yadav

Kathmandu Gorkhas

Karan KC (captain), Mohammad Adil Alam, Shahab Alam, Gerhard Erasmus, Dipesh Kandel, Milind Kumar, Rashid Khan, Uttam Magar (wicketkeeper), Bhim Sharqi, Pratik Shrestha, Akash Tripathi, Tul B. Thapa, Ricardo Vasconcelos (wicketkeeper), Santosh Yadav

Lumbini Lions

Rohit Paudel (captain), Dinesh Adhikari, Tilak Bhandari, Thomas Dreka, Abhishek Gautam, Durgesh Gupta, Sandeep Jora, Adil Khan, Sher Malla, Dilip Nath (wicketkeeper), Vishal Patel, D'Arcy Short, Bibek Yadav

Pokhara Avengers

Kushal Bhurtel (captain), Akash Chand, Sandeep Chhetri, Trit Raj Das, Sagar Dhakal, Dinesh Kharel, Bipin Khatri, Arjun Kumar, Krishna Paudel, Adam Rossington (wicketkeeper), Kiran Thagunna, Abhishek Tiwari

Surpaschim Royals

Dipendra Singh Airee (captain), Binod Bhandari (wicketkeeper), Avinash Bohra, Deepak Bohra (wicketkeeper), Milan Bohara, Josh Brown, Hemant Dhami, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chris Lynn, Ishan Pandey, Tek Rawat (wicketkeeper), Naren Saud, Arif Sheikh, Deependra Thapa (wicketkeeper)