The Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 is scheduled to start on December 21 and run till December 30 in Birgunj, Nepal.
Organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal, the second edition of the Nepal Pro Club Championship will see six teams compete in a total of 19 T20s across 10 days.
Armed Police Force Club, Nepal Army, Nepal Police Club, Parsa XI, UP XI and Wonders Club Noida are the six teams that will participate in Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023.
As per the schedule, each team will play the other five sides once in a round-robin format.
The top four teams in the standings after all the league matches will advance to the semi-finals.
The winners of the two semi-finals will clash in the Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 to be held on December 30.
All matches of the Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 will be played at the Birgunj Cricket Ground.
Cricket Association of Rupandehi XI won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2022. They defeated Malaysia XI by seven wickets in the 2022 final.
However, Cricket Association of Rupandehi XI will not take part in the second edition of the T20 tournament.
Where to watch Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 live in India?
Live streaming of the Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 will be available on the FanCode app and website in India.
There will be no live telecast of the Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 on any TV channel in India.
Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 schedule and live India match start times
All match timings are in India Standard Time (IST)
Thursday, December 21
Parsa XI vs UP XI - 9:15 AM
Nepal Army vs Nepal Police Club - 1:15 PM
Friday, December 22
Nepal Army vs Wonders Club Noida - 9:15 AM
Armed Police Force Club vs UP XI - 1:15 PM
Saturday, December 23
Nepal Police Club vs UP XI - 9:15 AM
Wonders Club Noida vs Parsa XI - 1:15 PM
Sunday, December 24
Armed Police Force Club vs Nepal Police Club - 9:15 AM
Nepal Army vs Parsa XI - 1:15 PM
Monday, December 25
Wonders Club Noida vs Armed Police Force Club - 9:15 AM
UP XI vs Nepal Army - 1:15 PM
Tuesday, December 26
UP XI vs Wonders Club Noida - 9:15 AM
Nepal Police Club vs Parsa XI - 1:15 PM
Wednesday, December 27
Nepal Army vs Armed Police Force Club - 9:15 AM
Wonders Club Noida vs Nepal Police Club - 1:15 PM
Thursday, December 28
Parsa XI vs Armed Police Force Club - 11:00 AM
Friday, December 29
Semi-final 1 - 9:15 AM
Semi-final 2 - 1:15 PM
Saturday, December 30
Third-place playoff - 9:15 AM
Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 final - 1:15 PM
Nepal Pro Club Championship 2023 teams and squads
Armed Police Force Club: Pradeep Airee (captain/wicket-keeper), Aayushman Bam, Arun Airee, Lokesh Bam, Sumit Maharjan, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Mousom Dhakal, Narayan Joshi, Puran BK, Aasif Sheikh (wicket-keeper), Amar Routela, Bhuvan Karki, Bipin Khatri, Irshad Ahamad, Yagyaman Kumal
Nepal Army: Bhim Sharki, Dev Khanal, Rajesh Pulami, Sandeep Rajali, Bashir Ahmed, Bibek Yadav, Kushal Malla, Rohit Paudel, Santosh Karki, Binod Bhandari (wicket-keeper), Aakash Chand, Jitendra Mukhiya, Shahab Alam, Sompal Kami
Nepal Police Club: Amit Shrestha, Roshan Budhal, Shankar Rana, Sunil Dhamala, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Karan KC, Arjun Saud (wicket-keeper), Dilip Nath (wicket-keeper), Gulshan Jha, Lalit Bhandari, Lalit Rajbanshi, Rashid Khan, Sagar Dhakal
Parsa XI: Hasim Ansari, Imran Sheikh, Nasruddin Ansari, Sarajul Ansari, Pawan Sarraf, Rupesh Singh, Samsad Mansuri, Anil Shah (wicket-keeper), Ashab Hussain (wicket-keeper), Suraj Patel (wicket-keeper), Alfaz Mansuri, Ansari Shamsad, Ranjit Kumar, Saifullah Ansari, Sandeep Lamichhane
UP XI: Aaziib Seraj, Altmash Alam, Fardeen Ali, Jaydeep Singh, MD Kaif, Sahim Hasan, Bhim Sharma, Nikhil Pratap Rao, Nitin Kumar, Sameer Ansari, Tarun Kumar, Manthan Prasad (wicket-keeper), Shubham Chaudhary (wicket-keeper), Aman Kumar, Satya Tiwari, Shahansha Ahmad, Shiwam Sharma, Washi Ansari
Wonders Club Noida: Alipt Gupta, Lakshhya Dalal, Shivam Gupta, Vansh Bedi, Dushyant, Gaurav Tomar, Harshit Sethi, Samarth Seth, Shashank Shekhar, Daksh, Gaurav, Harsh Tyagi, Ritik Arora
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