Nepal Express

Nepal T20 League is an men's franchise T20 cricket league of Nepal founded by Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in 2022. The league consists of six teams representing six different cities of Nepal. The first season of Nepal T20 League will be conducted from 23 December 2022 and final will be played on 10 January 2023. All matches will be played in Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium, Kritipur, Kathmandu.  Six teams will take part in the inaugural Nepal T20 League. The teams are Kathmandu Knights, Lumbini All Stars, Biratnagar Super Kings, Janakpur Royals, Pokhara Avengers and Farwest United. Player Registration for the Nepali Players was made open from August 27. More than 300 Nepali players registered for the draft. However, only 66 of them were drafted in the final squad. A total of 33 foreign players have been selected by different teams. The players were divided into three different categories: A,B,C.  Category ‘A’ players earn 1.5 million whereas...

There is a long history of Cricket in Nepal.  In 1920s   Cricket   was introduced to   Nepal  for the first time by  M adan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana,   youngest son of Rana   Prime Minister   Maharaja Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana . Later in 1946, the cricket governing body-Cricket Association of Nepal(CAN) was formed. In 1988 Nepal became an Affiliate Member of International Cricket Council(ICC). Nepal has been participating in International Cricket since 1996. Although, It has been long time Nepal is representing cricket in international platform, it hasn't been able to gain full membership of ICC.  The team gained  T20 International  status for the first time in 2013 after qualifying for the  2014 ICC World Twenty20  which was the first and only appearance at a major  ICC  event. The team also gained  One Day International  status in 2018 after finishing 8th in the  2018 Cricket...