Bhairahawa Gladiators

Bhairahawa Gladiators is a professional cricket franchise team based in Bhairahawa city, Nepal which participates in the Everest Premier League. Under the leadership of captain Sharad Vesawkar,^[1] they reached the finals of 2017 and 2018 edition of the league^[2] which they lost to Biratnagar Warriors and Lalitpur Patriots by 1 and 14 runs respectively.^[3]

Bhairahawa Gladiators

भैरहवा ग्लाडियटर्स
Official logo of Bhairawaha Gladiators
Nickname(s)	Gladiators
League	Everest Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Sharad Vesawkar
Coach	Pubudu Dassanayake
Batting coach	N/A
Fielding coach	N/A
Owner	Aditya Sanghai(Sagarmatha Cement and Triveni Group)
Team information
City	Bhairahawa
Colours	Orange ,   Yellow
Founded	2017; 6 years ago (2017)
Home ground	Siddhartha Rangasala
Capacity	1000
Secondary home ground(s)	Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
Secondary ground capacity	20000
History
Everest Premier League wins	0 (Everest Premier League) (T-20)
Notable players	Sharad Vesawkar Tamim Iqbal Upul Tharanga Mohammad Naveed Aarif Sheikh

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.^[4][5]

Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Upul Tharanga		(1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 (age 38)	Left-handed
Tamim Iqbal Khan		(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed
Rohit Paudel		(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right arm
Sharad Vesawkar		(1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
All-rounders
Sharvin Muniandy		(1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Aarif Sheikh		(1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Kushal Malla		(2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	Left arm Slow left-arm orthodox
Hari Shankar Shah		(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left arm Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Pardeep Airee		(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed
Bowlers
Dhammika Prasad		(1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
Bhuwan karki		(1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Left spin
Krishna karki		(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium pace
Abinash Bohora		(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm fast

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Owner	Aditya Shanghai
Head Coach	Pubudu Dassanayake
Assistant coach
Batting coach
Bowling coach
Physio
Trainer
Analyst

Statistics

Season By Season

EPL summary of results

Y	P	W	L	T	NR	WP	PO
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	8	5	3	-	-	62.5%	2/6
2018	8	5	3	-	-	62.5%	3/6
2019	Postponed due to covid-19
2020	Postponed due to covid-19

Last updated: 31 December 2020^[6][7]

Legend's

• Y=Year
• P=Played
• W=Wins
• L=Losses
• T=Tied
• NR=No result
• WP=Winning percentage
• PO=Position

Tournament Standing

Year	League standing	Final standing
2017	2nd out of 6	Runners up
2018	3rd out of 6	Runners up
2019	Postponed due to covid-19
2020	Postponed due to covid-19
2021	3rd out of 6	Playoffs

References

1. . kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. . kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
3. "Lalitpur Patriots win EPL crown". The Himalayan Times. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. "Three new Otago Volts players contracted for 2016/17 season". 27 June 2016.
5. "Otago Cricket Association - HOME".
6. "EPL : Bhairahawa Gladiator failed to become champion, Retrieved 30 September 2020
7. "EPL : Bhairahawa missed again, Retrieved 22 December 2018