Nepal Premier League 2024 Schedule: Fixtures, Dates, Timings & Squads of NPL Season 1

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Nepal Premier League 2024 Schedule: The NPL Season 1 gets rolling with Biratnagar Kings taking on Janakpur Bolts in the tournament opener at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.

The league phase will see all the eight teams do battle in single round-robin format. Each team will play seven matches in the league phase with the top four earning a spot in the first-ever NPL Playoffs.

The NPL Playoffs will be similar to the many other T20 leagues across the world, including the Indian Premier League, where the top four on the points table after the league phase will clash in four matches to determine the winner.

In Nepal Premier League Playoffs, the top two on the NPL 2024 Points Table will clash in Qualifier 1 with the winner earning a direct entry into the final, while the loser will take on the winner of the Eliminator contest between the third and fourth placed teams in the Qualifer 2.

A total of 32 matches, including the playoff stage, will be held across the next 18 days at the same venue in Kirtipur - Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, which also stages the finals on December 21.

The inuagural NPL will feature local talent as well as some international flavour. Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan is one of the high profile players in the league alongside New Zealand's Martin Guptill and James Neesham.

Several players from the associate nations, including Namibia, Netherlands, Scotland, Canada and USA also feature in the league alongside some former stars from England and West Indies. Here is a look at the squads followed by the schedule for NPL 2024:

NPL 2024 Squads

Pokhara Avengers Squad 2024: Kushal Bhurtel (Captain), Sagar Dhakal, Aakash Chand, Kiran Kumar Thagunna, Narayan Joshi, Bipin Khatri, Dilip Nath, Trit Raj Das, Sunam Gautam, Dinesh Kharel, Amrit Gurung, Anderson Phillip, Bas De Leede, Andries Gous, Matt Critchley, Raymon Reifer, Michael Leask.

Janakpur Bolts Squad 2024: Anil Kumar Sah (Captain), Aasif Sheikh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Rupesh K Singh, Kishore Mahato, Aakash Tripathi, Shubh Kansakar, Sher Malla, Hemant Dhami, Arniko Prasad Yadav, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, James Neesham, Sohaib Maqsood, Lahiru Milantha, Muhammad Mohsin, Joshua Tromp.

Kathmandu Gurkhas Squad 2024: Karan KC (Captain), Shahab Alam, Bhim Sharki, Rashid Khan, Shankar Rana, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Sumit Maharjan, Krishna Karki, Bibek KC, Pratik Shrestha, Raju Rizal, Michael Levitt, Gerhard Erasmus, Stevie Sean Eskinazi, Dan Douthwaite.

Biratnagar Kings Squad 2024: Sandeep Lamichhane (Captain), Lokesh Bam, Pratish GC, Bashir Ahmad, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya, Anil Kharel, Dipak Bohara, Subhash Bhandari, Naren Bhatta, Mrinal Gurung, Chris Sole, Martin Guptill, Nicholas Kirton, Aqib Ilyas, Ismat Alam.

Lumbini Lions Squad 2024: Rohit Kumar Paudel (Captain), Surya Tamang, Bibek Yadav, Sundeep Jora, Aashutosh Ghiraiya, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Durgesh Gupta, Arjun Saud, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhishesh Gautam, Bikash Aagri, Unmukt Chand, Ben Cutting, Tom Moores.

Chitwan Rhinos Squad 2024: Kushal Malla (Captain), Rijan Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee, Sharad Vesawkar, Bipin Rawal, Santosh Karki, Dipesh Shrestha, Amar Singh Rautela, Deepak Bohara, Ranjeet Kumar, Gautam KC, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Marchant De Lange, Luc Benkenstein, Hassan Eisakhil.

Sudurpaschim Royals Squad 2024: Dipendra Singh Airee (Captain), Md Aarif Sheikh, Abinash Bohara, Binod Bhandari, Ishan Pandey, Arjun Kumal, Khadak Bahadur Bohara, Naresh Budhayer, Bhoj Raj Bhatta, Amit Shrestha, Naren Saud, Rohan Mustafa, Scott Kuggeleijn, Saif Zaib, Brandon McMullen.

Karnali Yaks Squad 2024: Sompal Kami (Captain), Gulshan Kumar Jha, Nandan Yadav, Mausam Dhakal, Arjun Gharti, Dev Khanal, Rit Gautam, Bhuban Karki, Dipendra Rawat, Dipak Dumre, Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri, Shikhar Dhawan, Chadwick Walton, Babar Hayat, Hussain Talat.

Nepal Premier League 2024 Schedule - NPL Season 1 Fixtures List with Dates & Timing in IST