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Biratnagar Warriors takes on Patriots in opener
Influential national team skipper Paras Khadka and his deputy Gyanendra Malla will clash in a blockbuster opening game of the Everest Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Tribhuvan University Stadium on December 8.bookmark
Ritesh Rijal
Published at : November 20, 2018
Updated at : November 20, 2018 09:07
Kathmandu
Influential national team skipper Paras Khadka and his deputy Gyanendra Malla will clash in a blockbuster opening game of the Everest Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Tribhuvan University Stadium on December 8.
Khadka-led Biratnagar Warriors will open the title defence with a match against Malla-led Lalitpur Patriots on the opening day of the franchise-based tournament.
The EPL Pvt Ltd, the organisers, on Monday informed the final of the six-team tournament will take place on December 22. Warriors beat Sharad Vesawkar-led Bhairahawa Gladiators by one run to lift the title last year.
The tournament regulation requires each team to recruit three foreigner players in the squad. Kathmandu Kings XI has already announced recruitment of Zimbabwe allrounder Sikandar Raza, Irish batsman Kevin O’Brien and United Arab Emirates skipper Rohan Mustafa in its squad. Chitwan Tigers had announced former England U-19 skipper Max Holden and another English county cricketer James Fuller as two of its foreign recruits. Pokhara Rhinos is the another team in the tournament.
Top four teams after the league stages advance to the playoffs. Top two of the four teams will play the first Qualifier with the winner of that game securing a ticket to the final.
The loser of the first Qualifier will have a second shot at qualifying for the final as they play the winner of the Eliminator match in the second Qualifier. The Eliminator match will be contested between third and
fourth-placed teams of the league.
Everest Premier League Fixtures
Dec 8 Biratnagar Warriors vs Lalitpur Patriots
Dec 9 Lalitpur Patriots vs Chitwan Tigers
Bhairahawa Gladiators vs Pokhara Rhinos
Dec 10 Chitwan Tigers vs Kathmandu Kings
Pokhara Rhinos vs Lalitpur Patriots
Dec 11 Biratnagar Warriors vs Pokhara Rhinos
Chitwan Tigers vs Bhairahawa Gladiators
Dec 12 Bhairahawa Gladiators vs Biratnagar Warriors
Kathmandu Kings vs Lalitpur Patriots
Dec 14 Biratnagar Warriors vs Chitwan Tigers
Pokhara Rhinos vs Kathmandu Kings
Dec 15 Bhairahawa Gladiators vs Kathmandu Kings
Chitwan Tigers vs Pokhara Rhinos
Dec 16 Lalitpur Patriots vs Bhairahawa Gladiators
Dec 17 Kathmandu Kings vs Biratnagar Warriors
Dec 18 Qualifier 1 (Group winner vs runner-up)
Dec 19 Eliminator (Group 3rd vs Group 4th)
Dec 20 Qualifier 2 (Qualifier 1 loser vs Eliminator winner)
Dec 22 Final (Qualifier 1 winner vs Qualifier 2 winner)
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