Countries Nepal First tournament 2016 Number of teams 6 | Format Twenty20 Next tournament 2017 Current champion Panchakanya Tej | |
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Administrator Zohra Sports Management (ZSM), Chaudhary Group Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout | ||
Everest Premier League (EPL) (Nepali: एभरेष्ट प्रिमियर लिग) was a professional cricket league in Nepal. It is played in Twenty-20 format. It is played in round-robin leagues from the groups. The first edition of the tournament was held in September 2016 with six franchises consisting of domestic and international players. The most awaited Nepal Premier League unveiled on 24 February in a press conference held at Hotel Radisson. NPL is undoubtedly a historical cricket tournament played domestically with an international touch. Zohra Sports Management and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) had an exclusive agreement to introduce NPL for three years to start with.
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On 13 May 2014 a handful of CAN members issued a press release claiming CAN had pulled out as the organizers of the tournament.In this year 2016 EPL is announced from september 24 to october 3 which is going to held in TU ground Kathmandu. While a majority of CAN members resigned from NPL Governing Council, the then President, Tanka Angbuhang still continued on promoting the event stating that the decision made was unofficial and without his knowledge. The current sponsors of this league is C.G. Foods (Wai Wai).
League organization
Double Round Robin then knockouts
Rules
There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player - buying in the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window players can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.
