2021 Everest Premier League – Wikipedia
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4th edition of the Nepalese cricket tournament
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]
Background[edit]
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]
- Source: Yahoo! Sports[11]
- Foreign players are listed along with their respective flag.
- C stands for Captain.
Points table[edit]
- ^ a b Total wins: Pokhara Rhinos 3, Bhairahawa Gladiators 2.
- The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
League matches[edit]
The schedule was published on 8 September 2021.[9][12]
- Kathmandu Kings XI won the toss and elected to field.
- Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- 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.
- Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match was rescheduled from 27 September due to rain.
- 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.
- Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Match was reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.
- Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over was not played due to bad light.
- Biratnagar Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible due to wet outfield.
- Match was rescheduled from 3 October due to wet outfield.
- Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Lalitpur Patriots won the toss and elected to bat.
Playoff stage[edit]
Preliminary[edit]
Qualifier 1[edit]
- Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator[edit]
- Bhairahawa Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier 2[edit]
- Pokhara Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
Final[edit]
- Chitwan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
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