2018 Dhangadhi Premier League (known as DPL2, for sponsorship reasons, Ruslan DPL 2) is the second season of Dhangadhi Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The tournament started on 31 March and ended on 14 April in Dhangadhi. Team Chauraha Dhangadhi were the defending champions.
Venue NepalDhangadhiSSP Cricket Ground
Teams and squads The 2018 DPL features six team franchises. Kanchanpur Iconics were terminated and they were replaced by Mahendranagar United ahead of the season.
The player draft for the 2018 season was held in Kathmandu on 21 February 2018. 185 domestic players were divided into four different categories. The teams also had to sign two overseas players. Biratnagar KingsCYC AttariyaKathmandu GoldensMahendranagar UnitedRupandehi ChallengersTeam Chauraha DhangadhiParas Khadka (c) Basanta Regmi Prithu Baskota Subodh Ayer Pawan Sarraf Ramnaresh Giri Saurabh Khanal Puran BK Avinash Bohara Dilip Nath Anil Kumar Sah Manjeet Shrestha Firtosh Ansari Babar Hayat Shubham KamatSubash Khakurel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Sagar Bhandari Prem Tamang Sandeep Jora Kushal Bhurtel Krishna Karki Kamal Singh Airee Binod Lama Shuvankar Urao Bhuwan KC Aakash Thapa Roman Bam Gaurav Chitkara Vipin ChandGyanendra Malla (c) Naresh Budhayer Bikram Thagunna Lalit Rajbanshi Amit Shrestha Santosh Bhatta Kishor Mahato Rashid Khan Sanjay Shrestha Shahab Alam Pushpa Thapa Bhupendra Thapa Sanjay Basnet Jaykishan Kolsawala Sunny Patel Subodh BhatiBinod Bhandari (c) Karan KC Avinash Karn Aarif Sheikh Narayan Joshi Pranit Thapa Magar Hari Shankar Sah Arun Airee Bhuwan Karki Asif Sheikh Rohit Kumar Paudel Robeen Chhetri Dipendra Chand Puneet Bisht Puneet MehraShakti Gauchan (c) Jitendra Mukhiya Sagar Pun Pradeep Airee Prakash Jaisi Kushal Malla Bipin Khatri Bikram Kumar Bhusal Sonu Ansari Sushan Bhari Siddhant Lohani Amar Singh Routela Dipesh Shrestha Sufyan Mehmood Deepak PrasadSompal Kami (c) Rajesh Pulami Magar Bijay Rana Aashu Kandoi Yogendra Singh Karki Lalit Bhandari Sonu Tamang Shankar Rana Rabindra Jung Shahi Samsad Sheikh Sunil Dhamala Mahesh Adhikari Raju Rijal Punit Mishra Rohan Mustafa Ashfaq Ahmed
Format Points table TeamKathmandu Goldens (RU)5400191.148Team Chauraha Dhangadhi (W)532006-0.051Mahendranagar United (3rd)5210260.461CYC Attariya (5th)5220151.283Biratnagar Kings5230040.204Rupandehi Challengers505000-2.648
Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs Advanced to Qualifier 1 Advanced to Eliminator
League progression Group matches Playoffs Team 1 2 3 4 5 QF1/E QF2 Final Kathmandu Goldens Team Chauraha Dhangadhi Mahendranagar United CYC Attariya Biratnagar Kings Rupandehi Challengers
League stage
Match results
Play-offs
Preliminary
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
Most runs PlayerTeamRuns Gyanendra MallaKathmandu Goldens87124841.33131.9168*021415 Amit ShresthaKathmandu Goldens87124240.33116.3481*022510 Sunil DhamalaTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi77122938.16106.517802247 Rohan MustafaTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi66019833.00121.4760011011 Babar HayatBiratnagar Kings55018637.50200.0067021217 Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018
Most wickets PlayerTeam Lalit BhandariTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi77144/3713.217.1111.110 Sunny PatelKathmandu Goldens88136/1010.004.48 13.301 Rashid KhanKathmandu Goldens87114/619.638.4713.910 Shuvankar UraoCYC Attariya55103/75.704.278.000 Kamal Singh AireeCYC Attariya5594/1512.336.9310.600 Source: Cricinfo, as of 13 April 2018
Hat-tricks PlayerTeamAgainstDateScorecard Shahab AlamKathmandu GoldensTeam Chauraha Dhangadhi31 March 2018
See also
Home Everest Premier League
References