PM Cup Cricket Tournament from Saturday

KATHMANDU: The eighth edition of the Prime Minister Cup Men’s National Cricket Tournament is kicking off on Saturday. A total of 10 teams will compete in the country’s premier one-day domestic competition.

The tournament features seven provincial sides alongside three departmental teams—Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC), Nepal Police Club (NPC), and Nepal Armed Police Force Club (APF).

The matches will be held in Bagmati and Madhesh provinces. According to fixtures released by the Cricket Association Nepal (CAN), five matches each will be held at the Mulpani Cricket Ground and Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground in Kathmandu. Similarly,  19 matches will be held at the Narayani Cricket Ground in Birgunj and 17 at the Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium in Janakpur.

The competition will follow a round-robin format, with each team playing one another once. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will advance to the final scheduled for April 17.

First held in 2017, the Prime Minister Cup has been organized annually except in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NPC are the most successful side in the tournament’s history, having won the title four times, including the inaugural edition, which they shared with the TAC, and the most recent in 2025. Nepal Armed Police Force Club and Tribhuvan Army Club have each secured two titles, with Police and Army sharing the inaugural crown.

The top four teams of the PM Cup qualify for the 2027 Jay Trophy Men’s Elite Cup—a premier three-day red ball tournament.

Squads:

Koshi Province:
Sujan Thapaliya (c), Shakib Haq (vc), Firdosh Ansari, Shiwansh Bajgain (wk), Prem Kamat, Dipesh Kandel, Samir Karki, Aashish Magar, Bipin Mahato, Prabhat Rai (wk), Rohan Shah, Gyanendra Shrestha, Suman Shrestha, Ankit Subedi

Madhesh Province:
Anil Sah (c), Mohammad Aadil Ansari, Aashik Baitha, Himanshu Dutta (wk), Ranjit Kumar, Pradip Paswan, Bishal Patel, Pawan Sarraf, Mohammad Samir, Bishal Shusling, Rupesh Singh, Abhisekh Tiwari, Arniko Yadav, Mayan Yadav, Niraj Yadav

Bagmati Province:
Sandeep Lamichhane (c), Ishan Pandey (vc), Sonu Devkota, Rijan Dhakal, Pratis GC, Ashutosh Ghiraiya, Shubh Kansakar, Subash Khatri, Ringzin Lama, Sachin Lekhak, Bibek Rana Magar, Uttam Magar (wk), Dayanand Mandal, Shivam Tiwari, Pawan Thapa

Gandaki Province:
Bipin Khatri (c), Sudip Aryal, Subash Bhandari, Ishwar Chhetri, Sandeep Chettri, Vansh Chhetri, Deepak Dumre (wk), Roshan Gautam, Samir Kandel, Arjun Kumal, Ankit Neupane, Kamal Pariyar, Krishna Poudel, Muskan Thapa

Lumbini Province:
Dev Khanal (c), Rajendra Bam, Dinesh Bohara, Ajay Chauhan, Nirmal Gurung, Biparsan KC, Ranjeet Khadka, Salahuddin Khan, Bir Magar, Sumit Shrestha, Darsh Sonar, Prajwal Thapa (wk), Sandesh Thapa, Aakash Tripathi, Santosh Yadav

Karnali Province:
Diwan Pun (c), Dinesh Adhikari, Laxman Bam, Anuj Chanara, Sunil Dhamala, Arjun Gharti (wk), Prakash Jaishi, Arvind Gharti, Bipin Rawal (wk), Nischal Rawal, Dipendra Rawat, Bipin Shahi, Rabindra Shahi, Raj Shah, Bipin Sharma, Unish Singh

Sudurpashchim Province:
Aashish Tiruwa, Aayush Dwariya, Dipak Tamata, Gajendra Bohara, Hikmat Mahara, Kailash Ayer, Kiran Dhami, Kiran Thagunna, Loknedra Chand, Milan Mohara, Roshan Saud, Saurya Shrestha, Sushil Rawal, Tek Rawat

Nepal APF Club:
Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh (vc, wk), Irshad Ahamad, Lokesh Bam, Puran BK, Abinash Bohara, Deepak Bohara, Abhishesh Gautam, Sundeep Jora, Bhuvan Karki, Yuvraj Khatri, Yagyaman Kumal, Sumit Maharjan, Amar Routela, Prajwal Shahi

Nepal Police Club:
Aarif Sheikh (c), Dilsad Ali (wk), Kushal Bhurtel, Dipak Chand, Sagar Dhakal, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Avinash Karn, Rashid Khan, Dinesh Kharel, Lalit Rajbanshi, Shankar Rana, Deepak Serala, Amit Shrestha, Sarwan Yadav

Tribhuvan Army Club:
Binod Bhandari (c, wk), Basir Ahamad, Shahab Alam, Aakash Chand, Trit Raj Das, Anish Dhami, Durgesh Gupta, Sompal Kami, Pawan Karki, Santosh Karki, Kushal Malla, Naren Saud, Bhim Sharki, Imran Sheikh, Jitendra Thakuri