2021 Everest Premier League

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2021 Everest Premier League
Dates25 September – 9 October 2021
Administrator(s)EPL Pvt. Ltd.
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Single round robin and playoffs
Host(s)Nepal
Participants6
Matches19
← 2018

The 2021 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL4 or Bajaj Pulser EPL[1] for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to be 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 are the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018.[2]

Background[]

The 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]

Personnel changes[]

All foreign players contesting EPL will remain exclusive to the league. Any team can offer any price for any of these players and if the team that currently owns the player agrees on the amount, the player can be sold. The amount the player is bought or sold is confidential. Window for players release for the players not in Category A is 11–23 January. Each team can only put their "Category A Player" (as defined by the EPL Committee) up for trade.

Venues[]

Kathmandu
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
Capacity: 15,000
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TU International Cricket Ground is the host for all matches of the tournament.

Squads[]

Bhairahawa Gladiators Biratnagar Warriors Chitwan Tigers Kathmandu Kings XI Lalitpur Patriots Pokhara Rhinos

Sri LankaDilshan Munaweera

  • Foreign players are listed along with their respective flag.
  • M stands for marquee player.
  • C stands for Captain.

Points table[]

Team M W L T NR Points NRR Advanced to
Bhairahawa Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to

Qualifier-1

Biratnagar Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chitwan Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to

Eliminator

Kathmandu Kings XI 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lalitpur Patriots 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pokhara Rhinos 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs.
  •   advanced to Qualifier 1.
  •   advanced to the Eliminator.

League matches[]

All times are in Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45)

Source for fixtures:[9][11]

Match 1
25 September 2021
12:15
v
Match 2
26 September 2021
09:30
Biratnagar Warriors
v
Match 3
26 September 2021
01:30
v
Match 4
27 September 2021
09:30
v
Biratnagar Warriors
Match 5
27 September 2021
01:30
v
Match 6
28 September 2021
12:15
v
Match 7
29 September 2021
09:30
v
Match 8
29 September 2021
09:30
v
Biratnagar Warriors
Match 9
30 September 2021
01:30
v
Match 10
1 October 2021
09:30
Biratnagar Warriors
v
Match 11
1 October 2021
01:30
v
Match 13
2 October 2021
1:30
Biratnagar Warriors
v
Match 14
3 October 2021
12:15
v

Playoff stage[]

All times are in Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45)

Qualifier 1[]

Match 16
5 October 2021
12:15
Group 1st
v
Group 2nd

Eliminator[]

Match 17
6 October 2021
12:15
Group 3rd
v
Group 4th

Qualifier 2[]

Match 18
7 October 2021
12:15
Loser qualifier 1
v
Winner eliminator

Final[]

Match 19
9 October 2021
12:15
TBD
v
TBD

References[]

  1. ^ "Everest Premier League T20 Cricket Trophy". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Final, Kirtipur, Dec 22 2018, Everest Premier League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Bigger, Bumper, Better EPL in 2020". MoMo Cricket. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Everest Premier League 2020 postponed due to coronavirus threat". Emerging Cricket. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Global Stars will light up 2021 Everest Premier League in Nepal". Czar Sporz Auto. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nepal's Everest Premier League all set to make a return". Emerging Cricket. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Everest Premier League confirmed to return in September". Cric Nepal. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Everest Premier League 2021 fixtures: Full EPL cricket schedule, dates". The Cricketer. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  10. ^ "EPL 2021 Champions to Pocket NPR 5 Million Prize Money!". Nepali Senar. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Everest Premier League 2021 Fixtures, Foreign Players, Live Stream, TV Channels". Dailylivescores. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

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