Dhangadhi Premier League
# Dhangadhi Premier League

The Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL) (Nepali: धनगढी प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The league was founded by the Dhangadhi Cricket Academy and Sudur Pashchim Academy in 2017.

The DPL season runs between the months of March and April, with each team playing 5 matches in round-robin format; the top 4 teams with the best record qualify for the Playoffs and culminates in the final.

The current DPL title holders are Team Chauraha Dhangadhi, who won the 2017 season and 2018 Season.

## Teams

### Current

| Team | City | Owner | Joined | Strategic Player |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Biratnagar Kings | Biratnagar | Paras Luniya | 2017 | Karan KC |
| CYC Attariya | Attariya | Nar Bahadur Rai | 2017 | Dipendra Singh Airee |
| Kathmandu Goldens | Kathmandu | Ramesh Silwal | 2017 | Gyanendra Malla |
| Mahendranagar United | Bhimdatta | Sushil Kumar Shrestha | 2018 | Sharad Vesawkar |
| Rupandehi Challengers | Butwal | Suraj Uprety | 2017 | Basant Regmi |
| Dhangadhi Stars | Dhangadhi | Krishna Vohra | 2019 | Sompal Kami |

### Former

| Team | City | Joined | Left |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kanchanpur Iconic | Bhimdatta | 2017 | 2017 |
| Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | Dhangadhi | 2017 | 2018 |

## Results

### Season results

| Season | Venue | Final | Final | Final | Player of the series |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Venue | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Player of the series |
| 2017 Details | SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 159/5 (20 overs) | Team Chauraha won by 62 runs Scorecard | Biratnagar Kings 97 (18.1 overs) | Sushil Kandel (Biratnagar Kings) |
| 2018 Details | SSP Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi | Team Chauraha Dhangadhi 181/4 (20 overs) | Team Chauraha won by 21 runs Scorecard | Kathmandu Goldens 160/8 (20 overs) | Rohan Mustafa (Team Chauraha Dhangadhi) |
| 2019 | Fapla Cricket Ground, Dhangadhi | CYC Attariya 127/7 (19.5 overs) | CYC won by 3 wickets Scorecard | Mahendranagar United 123 (20 overs) | Sunny Patel (CYC Attariya) |

### Teams' results

| Teams | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Biratnagar Kings | R | 5th | 5th |
| CYC Attariya | 6th | 4th | W |
| Dhangadhi Stars | – | – | 6th |
| Kanchanpur Iconics | 5th | – | – |
| Kathmandu Goldens | 4th | R | 3rd |
| Mahendranagar United | – | 3rd | R |
| Rupandehi Challengers | 3rd | 6th | 4th |
| Team Chauraha Dhangadhi | W | W | – |
