The 2021 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL4 or Bajaj Pulsar EPL[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The event was initially scheduled for December 2019, before being postponed multiple times. Lalitpur Patriots were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018, but were eliminated in the group stage after finishing fifth.[2]
The prize money for the competition has been doubled from the 2018 edition, and will be 5 million nepalese rupees (NPR). The runners-up will earn 1.5 million NPR.[10]
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The 2021 Everest Premier League also known as EPL4 or Bajaj Pulsar EPL 1 for sponsorship reasons was the fourth edition of the Everest Premier League a professional men s domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal The event was initially scheduled for December 2019 before being postponed multiple times Lalitpur Patriots were the defending champions having won their first title in 2018 but were eliminated in the group stage after finishing fifth 2 2021 Everest Premier LeagueDates25 September 9 October 2021Administrator s EPL Pvt Ltd Cricket formatTwenty20Tournament format s Single round robin and playoffsHost s NepalChampionsChitwan Tigers 1st title Runners upPokhara RhinosParticipants6Matches19Player of the seriesSagar Dhakal Chitwan Tigers Most runsMohammad Shahzad Chitwan Tigers 207 runsMost wicketsSagar Dhakal Chitwan Tigers 14 wickets 20182022 Contents 1 Background 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 Points table 5 League matches 6 Playoff stage 6 1 Preliminary 6 1 1 Qualifier 1 6 1 2 Eliminator 6 1 3 Qualifier 2 6 2 Final 7 References 8 External linksBackground editThe fourth edition of the Everest Premier League was originally scheduled to be held from 8 to 22 December 2019 but was rescheduled to run from 29 February to 14 March 2020 3 but was rescheduled again to run from 14 to 28 March 2020 On 5 March the event was postponed again due to the coronavirus pandemic 4 In February 2021 the 2021 Everest Premier League dates were announced by the Cricket Association of Nepal as 25 September 9 October 2021 5 6 7 8 The dates were chosen to coincide with the Vijayadashami festival in Nepal 6 7 All matches will be played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kathmandu 9 The prize money for the competition has been doubled from the 2018 edition and will be 5 million nepalese rupees NPR The runners up will earn 1 5 million NPR 10 Venues editKathmanduTribhuvan University International Cricket GroundCapacity 25 000 nbsp nbsp nbsp Kirtipurclass notpageimage TU International Cricket Ground is the host for all matches of the tournament Squads editBhairahawa Gladiators Biratnagar Warriors Chitwan Tigers Kathmandu Kings XI Lalitpur Patriots Pokhara Rhinos nbsp Tamim Iqbal nbsp Upul Tharanga nbsp Dhammika Prasad nbsp Sharvin Muniandy Sharad Vesawkar c Pradeep Airee Aarif Sheikh Rohit Kumar Paudel Bhuwan Karki Kushal Malla Abinash Bohara Krishna Karki Harishankar Shah Dipesh Shrestha Himanshu Dutta Bikash Agri nbsp Sikandar Raza nbsp Chandrapaul Hemraj nbsp Rayyan Pathan nbsp Dilshan Munaweera Karan KC c Basant Regmi Aasif Sheikh Anil Sah Sumit Maharjan Ramnaresh Giri Hari Bahadur Chauhan Anil Kharel Bikram Kumar Bhusal Saurav Khanal nbsp Mohammad Shahzad nbsp Seekkuge Prasanna nbsp Karim Janat nbsp Virandeep Singh Sompal Kami c Dilip Nath Lalit Bhandari Bhim Sharki Ishan Pandey Sandeep Sunar Kamal Singh Airee Shahab Alam Sagar Dhakal Aadil Khan Khadak Bohara nbsp Shahid Afridi nbsp Janak Prakash nbsp Ryan Burl nbsp Rahmanullah Gurbaz nbsp Ashan Priyanjan Dipendra Singh Airee Sandeep Lamichhane c Jitendra Mukhiya Subash Khakurel Amrit Bhattarai Amit Shrestha Raju Rijal M Samsad Sheikh Amar Singh Routela Akash Chand Sher Malla Dipendra Rawat nbsp Azmatullah Omarzai nbsp Ranjung Mikyo Dorji nbsp Oshada Fernando nbsp Sandun Weerakkody nbsp Jaykishan Kolsawala Lalit Rajbanshi Pawan Sarraf Sundeep Jora Kushal Bhurtel c Shankar Rana Sonu Tamang Rashid Khan Yogendra Singh Karki Surya Tamang Narayan Joshi nbsp Kesrick Williams nbsp Sahan Arachchige nbsp Asela Gunaratne nbsp Richard Levi Binod Bhandari c Prithu Baskota Sunil Dhamala Sushan Bhari Kishore Mahato Bikram Sob Bipin Khatri Nandan Yadav Rit Gautam Lokesh Bam Dev khanal Bipin RawalSource Yahoo Sports 11 Foreign players are listed along with their respective flag C stands for Captain Points table editPos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR1 Chitwan Tigers 5 4 1 0 0 8 0 4892 Pokhara Rhinos 5 3 1 0 1 7 a 0 0233 Bhairahawa Gladiators 5 2 0 1 2 7 a 0 9714 Kathmandu Kings XI 5 1 3 0 1 3 0 4675 Lalitpur Patriots 5 1 3 1 0 3 0 6016 Biratnagar Warriors 5 1 4 0 0 2 1 143Source CricinfoNotes a b Total wins Pokhara Rhinos 3 Bhairahawa Gladiators 2 The top four teams qualify for the playoffs advance to Qualifier 1 advance to Eliminator League matches editAll times are in Nepal Standard Time UTC 05 45 The schedule was published on 8 September 2021 9 12 Match 1 25 September 2021 2021 09 25 12 15 ScorecardLalitpur Patriots157 8 20 overs v Kathmandu Kings XI160 3 14 2 overs Pawan Sarraf 61 44 Jitendra Mukhiya 4 18 4 overs Ryan Burl 73 34 Pawan Sarraf 1 25 3 overs Kathmandu Kings XI won by 7 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Buddhi Pradhan and Durga Subedi Player of the match Ryan Burl Kings XI Kathmandu Kings XI won the toss and elected to field Match 2 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 09 30 ScorecardBiratnagar Warriors151 9 20 overs v Chitwan Tigers155 8 20 overs Sikandar Raza 67 47 Sagar Dhakal 2 14 3 overs Rajesh Pulami 43 39 Karan KC 2 30 4 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 2 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Kamal Airee Tigers Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field Match 3 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 13 30 ScorecardPokhara Rhinos65 7 10 1 overs v Bhairahawa GladiatorsAsela Gunaratne 23 16 Durgesh Gupta 3 16 3 overs No resultTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Buddhi Pradhan and Vinay Kumar JhaPokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat No further play was possible due to rain Match 4 3 October 2021 2021 10 03 09 30 ScorecardBiratnagar Warriors104 5 8 overs v Kathmandu Kings XI97 3 8 overs Anil Sah 45 16 Ryan Burl 1 17 2 overs Rahmanullah Gurbaz 28 15 Rayyan Pathan 2 30 2 overs Biratnagar Warriors won by 7 runsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Ram Yadav and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match Anil Sah Warriors Kathmandu Kings XI won the toss and elected to field Match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain Match was rescheduled from 27 September due to rain Match 5 4 October 2021 2021 10 04 09 30 ScorecardChitwan Tigers164 8 20 overs v Bhairahawa Gladiators165 4 17 5 overs Karim Janat 35 37 Abinash Bohara 3 38 4 overs Pradeep Airee 72 43 Karim Janat 2 23 3 overs Bhairahawa Gladiators won by 6 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Sanjay Gurung and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match Pradeep Airee Gladiators Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat Match was rescheduled from 27 September due to rain Match 6 4 October 2021 2021 10 04 12 15 ScorecardKathmandu Kings XI182 8 20 overs v Pokhara Rhinos142 5 15 overs Amit Shrestha 56 41 Bibek Yadav 3 7 1 over Sahan Arachchige 43 23 Gulshan Jha 2 29 3 overs Pokhara Rhinos won by 14 runs DLS method TU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Ram Yadav Player of the match Bibek Yadav Rhinos Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field No further play was possible due to rain Rhinos were 14 runs ahead of the par score Match was rescheduled from 28 September due to rain Match 7 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 09 30 ScorecardLalitpur Patriots51 6 7 overs v Pokhara Rhinos55 1 6 3 overs Sandun Weerakkody 19 16 Nandan Yadav 3 11 2 overs Richard Levi 38 22 Azmatullah Omarzai 1 11 2 overs Pokhara Rhinos won by 9 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav Player of the match Nandan Yadav Rhinos Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field Match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain Match 8 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 13 30 ScorecardBiratnagar Warriors89 17 4 overs v Bhairahawa Gladiators92 4 15 3 overs Dilshan Munaweera 25 20 Dhammika Prasad 3 6 3 overs Upul Tharanga 34 35 Ramnaresh Giri 2 30 4 overs Bhairahawa Gladiators won by 6 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Dhammika Prasad Gladiators Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to field Match 9 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 09 30 ScorecardKathmandu Kings XI141 8 20 overs v Chitwan Tigers142 7 18 4 overs Subash Khakurel 35 34 Sagar Dhakal 4 21 4 overs Rajesh Pulami 26 29 Ryan Burl 2 13 4 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 3 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Buddhi Pradhan and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match Sagar Dhakal Tigers Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field Match 10 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 13 30 ScorecardLalitpur Patriots177 7 20 overs v Bhairahawa Gladiators177 5 20 overs Sandun Weerakkody 58 41 Abinash Bohara 2 47 4 overs Upul Tharanga 67 44 Rashid Khan 3 34 4 overs Match tiedTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Upul Tharanga Gladiators Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to field Super Over was not played due to bad light Match 11 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 09 30 ScorecardLalitpur Patriots226 5 20 overs v Biratnagar Warriors189 8 20 overs Sandun Weerakkody 73 43 Karan KC 2 43 4 overs Dilshan Munaweera 59 39 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 42 4 overs Lalitpur Patriots won by 37 runsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav Player of the match Azmatullah Omarzai Patriots Biratnagar Warriors won the toss and elected to field Match 12 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 13 30 ScorecardPokhara Rhinos123 7 20 overs v Chitwan Tigers124 1 16 4 overs Bibek Yadav 53 45 Shahab Alam 2 17 4 overs Mohammad Shahzad 63 52 Bikram Sob 1 19 3 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 9 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Mohammad Shahzad Tigers Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat Match 13 5 October 2021 2021 10 05 09 30 ScorecardKathmandu Kings XI v Bhairahawa GladiatorsMatch abandonedTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Ram Yadav and Vinay Kumar JhaNo play was possible due to wet outfield Match was rescheduled from 3 October due to wet outfield Match 14 2 October 2021 2021 10 02 13 30 ScorecardBiratnagar Warriors172 5 20 overs v Pokhara Rhinos173 3 17 4 overs Aasif Sheikh 44 33 Bikram Sob 2 33 4 overs Asela Gunaratne 50 24 Pratis GC 1 19 3 overs Pokhara Rhinos won by 7 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Ram Yadav and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Sahan Arachchige Rhinos Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field Match 15 3 October 2021 2021 10 03 12 15 ScorecardLalitpur Patriots108 9 20 overs v Chitwan Tigers112 5 17 2 overs Jaykishan Kolsawala 42 33 Kamal Singh Airee 3 11 4 overs Mohammad Shahzad 35 28 Rijan Dhakal 2 11 2 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 5 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Kamal Singh Airee Tigers Lalitpur Patriots won the toss and elected to bat Playoff stage editAll times are in Nepal Standard Time UTC 05 45 SemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal6 October9 OctoberChitwan Tigers68 11Chitwan Tigers114 6Pokhara Rhinos667 October2Pokhara Rhinos1112Pokhara Rhinos123 36 October3Bhairahawa Gladiators119 6Bhairahawa Gladiators188 8Kathmandu Kings XI172 8 Preliminary edit Qualifier 1 edit Match 16 6 October 2021 2021 10 06 09 30 ScorecardPokhara Rhinos66 15 overs v Chitwan Tigers68 1 7 5 overs Richard Levi 19 12 Shahab Alam 4 10 4 overs Mohammad Shahzad 48 26 Nandan Yadav 1 23 1 5 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 9 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Ram Yadav and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match Shahab Alam Tigers Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field Eliminator edit Match 17 6 October 2021 2021 10 06 13 30 ScorecardBhairahawa Gladiators188 8 20 overs v Kathmandu Kings XI172 8 20 overs Sharad Vesawkar 49 20 Ashan Priyanjan 2 17 3 overs Ashan Priyanjan 68 48 Kushal Malla 2 22 3 overs Bhairahawa Gladiators won by 16 runsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Sanjay Gurung and Durga Subedi Player of the match Sharad Vesawkar Gladiators Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat Qualifier 2 edit Match 18 7 October 2021 2021 10 07 12 15 ScorecardBhairahawa Gladiators119 6 20 overs v Pokhara Rhinos123 3 18 2 overs Sharad Vesawkar 32 33 Sahan Arachchige 2 15 4 overs Sahan Arachchige 53 44 Bhuvan Karki 2 16 3 overs Pokhara Rhinos won by 7 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match Sahan Arachchige Rhinos Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field Final edit Match 19 9 October 2021 2021 10 09 12 15 ScorecardPokhara Rhinos111 17 5 overs v Chitwan Tigers114 6 15 5 overs Asela Gunaratne 34 24 Kamal Airee 4 20 3 5 overs Bhim Sharki 63 45 Kishore Mahato 4 27 3 5 overs Chitwan Tigers won by 4 wicketsTU Cricket Ground Kirtipur Umpires Durga Subedi and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match Kamal Airee Tigers Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field References edit Everest Premier League T20 Cricket Trophy Retrieved 28 August 2021 Final Kirtipur Dec 22 2018 Everest Premier League ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 8 March 2021 Bigger Bumper Better EPL in 2020 MoMo Cricket 12 August 2019 Retrieved 12 August 2019 Everest Premier League 2020 postponed due to coronavirus threat Emerging Cricket 5 March 2020 Retrieved 5 March 2020 EPL in September Himalayan Times 1 March 2021 KATHMANDU The EPL Pvt Ltd on Sunday announced the dates of the Everest Premier League According to the organisers the next edition of the franchise based Twenty20 cricket tournament will be held in Kathmandu from September 25 to October 9 a b Global Stars will light up 2021 Everest Premier League in Nepal Czar Sporz Auto 3 March 2021 Retrieved 7 March 2021 a b Nepal s Everest Premier League all set to make a return Emerging Cricket 1 March 2021 Retrieved 7 March 2021 Everest Premier League confirmed to return in September Cric Nepal 28 February 2021 Retrieved 7 March 2021 a b Everest Premier League 2021 fixtures Full EPL cricket schedule dates The Cricketer 8 September 2021 Retrieved 16 September 2021 EPL 2021 Champions to Pocket NPR 5 Million Prize Money Nepali Senar 2 September 2021 Retrieved 2 September 2021 Everest Premier League 2021 Full Squads Fixtures And All Details You Need To Know Yahoo Sports Retrieved 25 September 2021 Everest Premier League 2021 fixtures Cricinfo Retrieved 24 September 2021 External links editOfficial website Series home at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 Everest Premier League amp oldid 1123771827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,