The 2025–26 Jay Trophy (also known as the Xtreme Energy Drink Jay Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Jay Trophy, the premier domestic red-ball cricket competition played in Nepal. The tournament began on 20 February 2026. The final was initially scheduled to held from 1 to 3 March 2026, but later it was moved to 5 to 7 April 2026 due to the 2026 Nepalese general election, and again it was rescheduled and held between 17–19 March 2026 at the Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground after the elections concluded.
Nepal Police Club were the defending champions, having won the inaugural season and successfully defended their title by defeating Tribhuwan Army Club in the final by 4 wickets.
Teams The top four teams of 2025 Prime Minister Cup were qualified for the second season of Jay Trophy. Nepal APF Club Bagmati Province Nepal Police Club Tribhuwan Army Club
Tournament Format The tournament was played as follows. All matches in the league stage were played over two days, with the final lasting three days. Each day featured 110 overs in three sessions, played over six hours and forty-five minutes. In the league stage, the first innings was capped at 70 overs, increasing to 80 overs for the final. Each team played three matches in the league stage, and the top two teams qualified for the final.
Points system ResultPointsAn outright win6Lead in first innings4Tie on first innings2Draw or No Result1An outright loss0Bonus batting points0.5 for every 25 runs scored in the first innings0.5 for every 25 runs scored throughout the second innings up to 4 pointsBonus bowling points0.5 for taking each wicket
Venues Venues in Kathmandu Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Kageshwari-Manohara, Mulpani Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground Mulpani International Cricket Ground (Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground) Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 5,000
Squads On 19 February 2026, Cricket Association of Nepal announced the all four team squad. Bagmati Province Nepal APF Club Nepal Police Club Tribhuwan Army Club Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Bipin Acharya Tilak Bhandari Rijan Dhakal Rit Gautam Aashutosh Ghiraiya Gautam KC Shubh Kansakar Sachin Lekhak Bibek Magar Dayanand Mandal Ishan Pandey Pankaj Pandey Surya Tamang Uttam Thapa (wk) Rohit Paudel (c) Irshad Ahmad Lokesh Bam Abinash Bohara Deepak Bohara Puran BK Sundeep Jora Bhuwan Karki Yuvraj Khatri Yagyaman Kumal Sumit Maharjan Amar Routela Aasif Sheikh (wk) Prajjwal Shahi Arif Sheikh (c) Dilsad Ali (wk) Bimal BK Kushal Bhurtel Dipak Chand Sagar Dhakal Karan KC Rasid Khan Gulshan Jha Lalit Rajbanshi Shankar Rana Deepak Serala Amit Shrestha Amit Yadav Sarwan Yadav Sohail Kunwar Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Shahab Alam Aakash Chand Trit Raj Das Anish Dhami Durgesh Gupta Sompal Kami Jitendra Singh Karki Santosh Karki (wk) Pawan Karki Kushal Malla Naren Saud Bhim Sharki Imran Sheikh
Points table
Round-robin Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Final
Statistics Most runs Runs Player TeamAverageSR100s50s04s6s 336 Kushal Bhurtel Nepal Police Club47156.0042878.5096030396 331 Ishan Pandey Bagmati Province36166.2047869.2484030376 279 Rohit Paudel Nepal APF Club36269.7534880.1787*020352 266 Bhim Sharki Tribhuwan Army Club48244.3331484.71105*111315 225 Deepak Bohara Nepal APF Club36037.5030873.0594010247 Ashutosh Ghiraiya Bagmati Province36037.5037160.6477021321Source:ESPNCricinfo
Most wickets Wickets Player TeamRunsOversEconSR 26 Lalit Rajbanshi Nepal Police Club48519167.35/8019.963.0938.6512 16 Sagar Dhakal Nepal Police Club4834198.36/9221.313.4636.9321 11 Karan KC Nepal Police Club2419159.24/2717.363.2132.3610 Naren Saud Tribhuwan Army Club4620157.05/7918.273.5231.0901 Shahab Alam Tribhuwan Army Club48344134.13/6531.272.5673.1800 Source:ESPNCricinfo
End of season awards The following players were honored with their respective awards. Award Player Team 1 Best Batter Ishan Pandey Bagmati Province 2 Best Bowler Lalit Rajbanshi Nepal Police Club 3 Player of the tournament Lalit Rajbanshi Nepal Police Club
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