The 2017 Everest Premier League, also abbreviated as 2017 EPL, and branded as TVS EPL 2017, was the second edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 18 December 2017 to 30 December 2017.[1] The tournament featured six teams and their names were based on the cities.
Dates | 18 December 2017 – 30 December 2017 |
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Administrator(s) | EPL Pvt Ltd |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Single round robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Nepal |
Champions | Biratnagar Warriors (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Player of the series |
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Most runs |
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Most wickets |
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Official website | eplt20 |
Biratnagar Warriors were undefeated throughout the tournament. They became champions after defeating Bhairahawa Gladiators by 1 run in the final. Babar Hayat became player of the series for scoring highest runs and hitting most sixes in the tournament. Rohit Kumar Paudel was awarded as most valuable player for finishing well in some matches for Bhairahawa Gladiators. Israrullah and Basant Regmi were leading wicket takers in the tournament with 12 wickets.
EPL Pvt Ltd announced the second season of the Everest Premier League on 30 July 2017 at Durbarmarg, Kathmandu. The founder of EPL, Aamir Akhtar disclosed the prize money of 2.1 million rupees to the winner of the tournament. He also announced that the name of the franchise teams will be based on the cities rather than the corporate houses. The logo of the tournament was also unveiled on the ceremony by the Nepalese national team captain, Paras Khadka and the head coach Jagat Tamatta.
Dipendra Singh Airee, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Sharad Vesawkar were selected as marquee players by each teams before the auction. Each teams were allowed to spend Rs. 1 million. The auction was held on 23 October 2017 and 60 players(10 to each teams), categorized as A, B and C were sold to the franchisee. Binod Bhandari, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane and Aarif Sheikh were the expensive players in the auction with the highest bid of Rs.175,000.[2]
Each team consisted of 15 players. 10 players were bought by each teams through auction. A talent hunt was conducted by each teams in their respective cities to acquire a young player in their squad. Similarly, the teams also included at least three foreign players in their side.
Bhairahawa Gladiators | Biratnagar Warriors | Chitwan Tigers | Kathmandu Kings XI | Lalitpur Patriots | Pokhara Rhinos |
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Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
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Biratnagar Warriors | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.235 |
Bhairahawa Gladiators | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.208 |
Lalitpur Patriots | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.128 |
Pokhara Rhinos | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.062 |
Kathmandu Kings XI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.682 |
Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.998 |
18 December
11:00 Scorecard |
Kathmandu Kings XI
89/10 (18.3 overs) |
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Lalitpur Patriots
90/3 (16.4 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 27 (28)
Suboth Bhati 4/15 (3.3 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 44 (48)*
Akshu Fernando 2/19 (4 overs) |
19 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Chitwan Tigers
113/9 (20 overs) |
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Pokhara Rhinos
116/0 (17.4 overs) |
19 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors
150/6 (20 overs) |
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Lalitpur Patriots
144/4 (20 overs) |
Anil Sah 47 (35)
Sandeep Lamichhane 2/29 (4 overs) |
Pawan Sarraf 51 (47)
Basant Regmi 1/17 (4 overs) |
20 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos
122/6 (20 overs) |
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Biratnagar Warriors
123/7 (19.4 overs) |
20 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Kathmandu Kings XI
118/8 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
121/3 (16.3 overs) |
Amit Shrestha 29 (32)
Dipesh Shrestha 3/16 (3 overs) |
Puneet Bisht 42 (29)*
Amar Singh Routela 1/6 (1 over) |
21 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots
141/9 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
145/6 (20 overs) |
Yogesh Nagar 54 (33)
Dipesh Shrestha 3/24 (4 overs) |
21 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Chitwan Tigers
142/7 (20 overs) |
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Kathmandu Kings XI
143/7 (19.2 overs) |
22 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Kathmandu Kings XI
98/8 (20 overs) |
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Pokhara Rhinos
102/4 (18.2 overs) |
22 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors
174/8 (20 overs) |
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Chitwan Tigers
103/10 (18.2 overs) |
Bhim Sharki 24 (20)
Basant Regmi 4/11 (3.2 overs) |
23 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors
149/6 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
114/10 (18.3 overs) |
Anshuman Rath 57 (50)
Harishankar Shah 3/35 (4 overs) |
23 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots
130/10 (20.0 overs) |
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Chitwan Tigers
132/5 (19.2 overs) |
Shankar Rana 27(37)
Yogendra S Karki 4/31 (4 overs) |
Dipendra Singh Airee 55 (50)
Sunny Patel 3/23 (4 overs) |
25 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors
147/7 (20 overs) |
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Kathmandu Kings XI
139/9 (20 overs) |
25 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos
108/10 (18.3 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
110/3 (17.4 overs) |
Israrullah 41 (40)
Dipesh Shrestha 2/14 (3.3 overs) |
26 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Chitwan Tigers
87/9 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
88/6 (18.3 overs) |
Puneet Mehra 30 (29)
Shahab Alam 2/12 (4 overs) |
26 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Pokhara Rhinos
132/5 (20 overs) |
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Lalitpur Patriots
138/4 (20 overs) |
Sunil Dhamala 70 (62)*
Dipesh Bhandari 1/26 (4 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 56 (45)
Israrullah 2/26 (4 overs) |
Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Biratnagar Warriors | 131/2 | Q1W | Biratnagar Warriors | 149/7 | ||||||||
2 | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 127/8 | Q2W | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 148/9 | ||||||||
Q1L | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 133/7 | |||||||||||
EW | Lalitpur Patriots | 132/6 | |||||||||||
3 | Lalitpur Patriots | 138/5 | |||||||||||
4 | Pokhara Rhinos | 111/10 | |||||||||||
27 December
09:00 Scorecard |
Bhairahawa Gladiators
127/8 (20 overs) |
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Biratnagar Warriors
131/2 (17 overs) |
Babar Hayat 62 (44)
Harishankar Sah 1/23 (4 overs) |
27 December
12:45 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots
138/5 (20 overs) |
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Pokhara Rhinos
111/10 (19.1 overs) |
Sunny Patel 38 (26)
Israrullah 3/14 (4 overs) |
28 December
11:00 Scorecard |
Lalitpur Patriots
132/6 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
133/7 (19.3 overs) |
Jaykishan Kolsawala 42 (37)
Puneet Mehra 2/28 (4 overs) |
Pratham Salunke 32 (22)
Lalit Rajbanshi 2/9 (4 overs) |
30 December
11:00 Scorecard |
Biratnagar Warriors
149/7 (20 overs) |
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Bhairahawa Gladiators
148/8 (20 overs) |
Anshuman Rath 41 (41)
Harishankar Sah 2/16 (4 overs) |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Babar Hayat | Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 0 | 313 | 44.71 | 139.11 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 17 |
Anshuman Rath | Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 1 | 271 | 45.16 | 101.11 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 4 |
Jaykishan Kolsawala | Lalitpur Patriots | 7 | 7 | 1 | 227 | 37.83 | 109.13 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
Israrullah | Pokhara Rhinos | 6 | 6 | 2 | 196 | 49.00 | 105.94 | 61* | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
Aarif Sheikh | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 4 | 187 | 46.75 | 117.61 | 48* | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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Israrullah | Pokhara Rhinos | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4/22 | 8.66 | 4.33 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Basant Regmi | Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4/11 | 9.33 | 4.17 | 13.4 | 1 | 0 |
Praveen Gupta | Chitwan Tigers | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5/23 | 9.70 | 5.10 | 11.4 | 0 | 1 |
Paras Khadka | Biratnagar Warriors | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3/18 | 11.10 | 5.08 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
Harishankar Sah | Bhairahawa Gladiators | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3/35 | 16.30 | 5.82 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |