The 2026 Prime Minister Cup (also known as the Xtreme Energy Drink PM Cup Men's Tournament 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal and three departmental teams.
Nepal Police Club were the defending champion. and were eliminated in the league stage. Tribhuwan Army Club won their third Prime Minister Cup title, defeating Sudurpashchim Province by five wickets in the final of 2026 season.
Background The 8th edition of the tournament took place from 21 March to 18 April 2026, organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and the National Sports Council. It followed a round-robin format with 10 teams (seven provincial and three departmental), and a total of 46 matches were played across four venues in Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province.
Venues All matches initially scheduled at TU International Cricket Stadium were relocated to Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground for the preparations of upcoming 2026 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (May), part of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal Kageshwari-Manohara Kageshwari-Manohara Birgunj Janakpur Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground Mulpani International Cricket Ground Narayani Cricket Ground Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium Matches: 5 Matches: 5 Matches: 19 Matches: 17
Squads Cricket Association of Nepal announced the squads of all teams on 20 and 21 March 2026. Bagmati Province Gandaki Province Lumbini Province Karnali Province Koshi Province Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Ishan Pandey (vc) Sonu Devkota Rijan Dhakal Pratis GC Ashutosh Ghiraiya Shubh Kansakar Subash Khatri Ringzin Lama Sachin Lekhak Bibek Magar Uttam Magar (wk) Dayanand Mandal Shivam Tiwari Pawan Thapa Bipin Khatri (c) Gaurav BK Subash Bhandari Dinesh Budhamagar Vansh Chhetri Deepak Dumre (wk) Bishow Karki Arjun Kumal Ankit Neupane Sandesh Panthi Kamal Pariyar Krishna Paudel Aprajit Poudel Cibrin Shrestha Muskan Thapa 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 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 Sujan Thapaliya (c) Shakib Haque (vc) Firdosh Ansari Shiwansh Bajgain (wk) Prem Kamat Dipesh Kandel Samir Karki Aashish Rana Magar Bipin Mahato Prabhat Rai (wk) Rohan Shah Gyanendra Shrestha Suman Shrestha Ankit Subedi Sonu Ansari Madhesh Province Nepal APF Club Nepal Police Club Sudurpashchim Province Tribhuwan Army Club Anil Sah (c) Mohammad Aadil Alam 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 Rohit Paudel (c) Aasif Sheikh (vc, wk) Kamal Singh Airee Lokesh Bam Puran BK Abinash Bohara Deepak Bohara Abhishesh Gautam Sundeep Jora Bhuvan Karki Yuvraj Khatri Sumit Maharjan Amar Routela Prajwal Shahi Nandan Yadav Aarif Sheikh (c) Dilsad Ali (wk) Kushal Bhurtel Dipak Chand Sagar Dhakal Gulshan Jha Karan KC Abhinash Karn Rashid Khan Dinesh Kharel Lalit Rajbanshi Shankar Rana Deepak Serala Amit Shrestha Sarwan Yadav Sher Malla (c) Kiran Thagunna (vc) Bikash Aagri Naren Bhatta Dipak Bohara Khadak Bohara Milan Bohara Lokendra Chand Ashok Dhami Hemant Dhami Abhishek Pal Prakash Pandey Raju Rijal (wk) Saurya Shrestha Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Shahab Alam Aakash Chand Trit Raj Das Durgesh Gupta Sompal Kami Pawan Karki Santosh Karki Kushal Malla Naren Saud Arjun Saud Bhim Sharki Imran Sheikh Jitendra Thakuri
Team and standings Points table
League progression
League stage CAN released the fixtures' details on 9 March 2026.
Final
Broadcasters Cricket Association of Nepal announced the following list of broadcasters for the 2026 editions of the Prime Minister Cup. +CountryYearsChannelsNepal/Rest of the World2025–26STYX Sports & STYX Nepal Kasthmandap Gold & Kasthmandap Television
Statistics and awards Most runs Runs Player Team 504Arjun KumalGandaki Province9984.0072.41103*22562457Aasif SheikhNepal APF Club9957.12127.65208214922404Binod BhandariTribhuwan Army Club10944.88114.44189214912333Dinesh KharelNepal Police Club9841.6284.3094043415332Narayan JoshiSudurpashchim Province10941.5091.9682031526 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Player Team 27Hemant DhamiSudurpashchim Province10107/1410.513.9416.001225Sandeep LamichhaneBagmati Province997/4014.524.4019.761223Sher MallaSudurpashchim Province10105/4215.954.2622.430121Santhosh YadavLumbini Province985/1712.333.9218.852119Basir AhamadTribhuwan Army Club10105/3514.783.8423.050119Avishek GautamNepal APF Club984/3418.735.3920.8420Source: ESPNcricinfo
End of season awards
+ Award(s) Player(s) Team(s) Emerging Player Aashik Baitha Madhesh Province Best Bowler Hemant Dhami Sudurpashchim Province Best Batter Arjun Kumal Gandaki Province Player of the Tournament Santhosh Yadav Lumbini Province
References
External links
Tournament home at Cricclubs Nepal