The second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) is starting from Mangsir 1. The first edition of the NPL, which ended with grandeur, is on the eve of the second edition. At this time, the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) is in full swing. With only 2 days left for the start of the competition, this time the NPL is coming to Nepali fans with a slightly different experience.
Nepali players will experience a 'day-night' game among Nepali fans at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, known as the 'home' of Nepali cricket. CAN has already opened ticket sales for the previous 6 days. Of which the first day's tickets have already been 'sold out'.
The first edition was held at the Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University Ground in Kirtipur, this year it will be held at the Tribhuvan University Stadium. With some new experiments, the enthusiasm for cricket, which is in the hearts of Nepali fans, will return. Nepali viewers will watch cricket with the experience of floodlights on their home ground for the first time. Big-name foreign players coming to the second edition of the NPL will become the 'scent of gold' of this edition.
The floodlight work was in doubt before the start of the competition. CAN completed this work in coordination with the Ministry of Urban Development. After the floodlight installation work was completed only last Thursday, the Nepal Cricket Association received a 'green signal' from the technical side for its use.
CAN Secretary Paras Khadka said that the floodlight is ready and the technical team has shown confidence in it, and the match schedule has been made public accordingly. 'There was some delay in making the match schedule public. The reason for this was the floodlight. The floodlight has been connected to a backup generator. Even if the power goes out, there will be no problem in operation as the backup generator will be used,' he said at a press conference held on Saturday.
Secretary Khadka said that the goal is to continue the momentum of the first season and start the second edition with even greater grandeur. 'We have almost completed all the preparations in order to continue the momentum that the NPL received in the first edition,' he said.
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Point Table
Here, The point Table of NPL Season 2 - Point Table
Squads of NPL teams
| Biratnagar Kings | Chitwan Rhinos | Janakpur Bolts | Karnali Yaks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Lamichhane (c) | Kushal Malla (c) | Anil Sah (c, wk) | Sompal Kami (c) |
| Basir Ahamad | Bipin Acharya | Bikash Aagri | Will Bosisto |
| Lokesh Bam (wk) | Kamal Singh Airee | Sachin Bhatta | Deepak Dumre (wk) |
| Subash Bhandari | Deepak Bohara | Shubh Kansakar | Arjun Gharti (wk) |
| Naren Bhatta | Ravi Bopara | Sanjay Krishnamurthi | Gulshan Jha |
| Marchant de Lange | Rijan Dhakal | Nicol Loftie-Eaton | Yuvraj Khatri |
| Faf du Plessis | Saugat Dhakal | Aaditya Mahata | Jaykishan Kolsawala (wk) |
| Martin Guptill | Gautam KC | Kishore Mahato | Max O'Dowd |
| Pratish GC | Dev Khanal | Lahiru Milantha (wk) | Priyank Panchal |
| Sam Heazlett | Ranjeet Kumar | Wayne Parnell | Dipendra Rawat |
| Narayan Joshi | Dawid Malan | Lalit Rajbanshi | Pawan Sarraf |
| Shrawan Kisku | Alpesh Ramjani | Lahiru Samarakoon | Bipin Sharma |
| George Munsey | Amar Rautela | Aasif Sheikh (wk) | Imran Sheikh |
| Ayush Neupane | Bipin Rawal (wk) | Rupesh Singh | Unish Thakuri |
| Sahil Patel (wk) | Arjun Saud (wk) | Imran Tahir | Mark Watt |
| Shankar Rana | Sohail Tanvir | Tul Bahadur Thapa | Nandan Yadav |
| Shubham Ranjane | Saif Zaib | Mayan Yadav | Najibullah Zadran |
| Surya Tamang |
| Kathmandu Gorkhas | Lumbini Lions | Pokhara Avengers | Sudurpaschim Royals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC (c) | Rohit Paudel (c) | Kushal Bhurtel (c) | Dipendra Singh Airee (c) |
| Mohammad Aadil Alam | Dinesh Adhikari | Aakash Chand | Binod Bhandari (wk) |
| Shahab Alam | Sameer Ali | Sandeep Chhetri | Abinash Bohara |
| Ben Charlesworth | Tilak Bhandari | Trit Raj Das | Dipak Bohara (wk) |
| Gerhard Erasmus | Thomas Draca | Dan Douthwaite | Milan Bohara |
| Dipesh Kandel | Abhishesh Gautam | Sagar Dhakal | Josh Brown |
| Milind Kumar | Durgesh Gupta | Dinesh Kharel | Hemant Dhami |
| Rashid Khan | Sundeep Jora | Bipin Khatri | Scott Kuggeleijn |
| Uttam Magar (wk) | Aadil Khan | Arjun Kumal | Chris Lynn |
| Sunny Patel | Sumit Maharjan | James Neesham | Hikmat Mahara |
| Natarajan Shah | Sher Malla | Krishna Poudel | Ishan Pandey |
| Bhim Sharki | Gulbadin Naib | Raymon Reifer | Tek Rawat (wk) |
| John Simpson (wk) | Dilip Nath (wk) | Adam Rossington (wk) | Naren Saud |
| Pratik Shrestha | Bishal Patel | Jason Roy | Harmeet Singh |
| Aakash Tripathi | D'Arcy Short | Kiran Thagunna | Aarif Sheikh |
| Tul B Thapa | JJ Smit | Abhisekh Tiwari | Dipendra Thapa (wk) |
| Ricardo Vasconcelos (wk) | Ruben Trumpelmann | ||
| Santosh Yadav | Bibek Yadav |
CAN's income will increase
CAN Treasurer Padam Bahadur Khadka gave information about the financial sponsorship and agreements made by CAN for the second edition from various parties at a press conference before the start of NPL Season 2. He said that CAN has signed agreements worth Rs 153 million to 400 million with various brands and sponsors under NPL.
The association will receive Rs 90 million from 8 teams this season. An agreement of Rs 53 million has been signed with Dish Home from the OTT platform. 'Can will take 71 percent of the income raised from the OTT platform from Nepal and around the world after deducting Rs 53 million from the OTT platform. The minimum price of the official ownership of NPL for Nepali Television will start from Rs 10 million,' said CAN Treasurer Padam Khadka. In the first edition, NPL was not broadcast on Nepali Television. This year, NPL will be broadcast on both Star Sports and Nepali Television.