Foreign players have dominated the batting in the matches so far. Adam Rossington of Pokhara Avengers scored the highest 323 runs. He scored a century and two half-centuries in seven matches. He hit the most 31 fours.
What you should know
The league stage matches have been completed in the ongoing second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL). A total of 28 matches were played between 8 teams in the league stage of the NPL, which started on November 1.
Out of the 28 matches in the league stage, which had a significant audience, the team batting in the second innings won in 15 matches, while the team batting in the first innings won in 13. Biratnagar has made the highest score in the competition so far.
It scored 220 runs against Pokhara, while Pokhara scored 201 runs against Karnali. Sudurpaschim made a high total of 193 against Pokhara. Janakpur's high total was 180 runs against Chitwan. Karnali's high total was 167 runs against Pokhara, while Lumbini's high total was 158 against Karnali.
Biratnagar and Kathmandu were the two teams that won by wide margins in the Jamari competition. Biratnagar defeated Pokhara and Kathmandu defeated Chitwan by a wide margin of 53 runs each.
Sudurpaschim defeated Chitwan by 49 runs, while Chitwan defeated Biratnagar by 48 runs. Biratnagar spent the most extra runs in a single match. Janakpur also spent 15 extra runs against Karnali, while Sudurpaschim and Janakpur spent 14/14 runs as extra runs in their matches against Pokhara.
Foreign players dominate in batting
Foreign players have dominated in batting in the matches so far. Adam Rossington of Pokhara Avengers scored the highest 323 runs. He scored a century and two half-centuries in seven matches. He hit the most 31 fours.
Mark Watt of Karnali Yaks also excelled in batting. He scored 246 runs in seven matches, including a century and a half-century. He became the player to hit the most sixes in the league stage. He hit 21 sixes. He hit 12 sixes against Lumbini Lions alone. Chitwan Rhinos' Ravi Bopara also scored 237 runs with three half-centuries. Lumbini Lions captain Rohit Kumar Poudel and Sudurpaschim Royals opener Binod Bhandari are the only ones to score more than 200 runs. They scored 208 and 201 runs respectively. Nepali batters Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Lokesh Bam, Sandeep Jora, Dipendra Singh Airi, Dev Khanal, Gulshan Jha, Ashif Sheikh, Arif Sheikh, Bhim Sarki and others performed well in a few matches but overall could not contribute significantly to their team through batting. Foreign players also appeared ahead in strike rate towards batting. Biratnagar's Fap Du Plessis, who played only two matches, scored 62 runs including a half-century at a strike rate of 213.79. Harmeet Singh, who played all the matches in the league stage, scored at a strike rate of 193.75. Pokhara's Dan Douthwaite scored at a strike rate of 187.17. The longest partnership in the tournament was 132 runs. Biratnagar's Lokesh Bam and Martin Guptill made the partnership for the second wicket against Pokhara. Two centuries, 37 half-centuries Only two players have scored centuries in the tournament so far. Pokhara's Adam Rossington scored 108 runs against Karnali Yaks and Karnali Yaks' Mark Watt scored 114 runs against Lumbini. So far, 37 half-centuries have been scored in the tournament. Of the total half-centuries, 27 were scored by foreign players. Among the foreign players, Ravi Bopara scored three, Adam Rossington scored three, Priyank Panchal scored two, Mark Watt scored two and Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored two and the remaining foreign players scored one half-century each.
Kushal Bhurtel scored two half-centuries for the Nepali players. In addition, Nepali players Bhim Sarki, Ishan Pandey, Arjun Saud, Anil Sah, Binod Bhandari, Bashir Ahmed, Lokesh Bam and Ashif Sheikh scored one half-century each.
29 ducks
18 batters have been ducked 29 times in the competition. Of these, Josh Brown, Sumit Maharjan and George Munsey and Ashif Sheikh have been ducked the most three times.
