The 2025 Nepal Premier League (Siddhartha Bank NPL 2025) was the second season of the NPL, played from November 17 to December 13, 2025, at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. Eight teams played 32 matches — 28 league matches and four playoff matches. Defending champions Janakpur Bolts were eliminated in the league stage, finishing last with just one win. Lumbini Lions won their maiden title, beating Sudurpaschim Royals by 6 wickets in the final on December 13 — Sudurpaschim were bowled out for 85 in 19.1 overs, and Lumbini chased it down with 86/4 in 9 overs. Ruben Trumpelmann of Lumbini Lions was named Player of the Series.
2 points for a win, 1 for a no result, 0 for a loss. Top four qualified for the playoffs.
Playoffs
Qualifier 1, December 9: Sudurpaschim Royals 155/7 (20 overs) vs Biratnagar Kings 78 (14.1 overs) — Sudurpaschim won by 77 runs, straight to the final.
Eliminator, December 10: Kathmandu Gorkhas 111 (19.1 overs) vs Lumbini Lions 112/6 (17.2 overs) — Lumbini won by 4 wickets.
Qualifier 2, December 11: Lumbini Lions 134/8 (20 overs) vs Biratnagar Kings 94 (17.5 overs) — Lumbini won by 40 runs, into the final.
Final, December 13: Sudurpaschim Royals 85 (19.1 overs) vs Lumbini Lions 86/4 (9 overs) — Lumbini won by 6 wickets and the title. Player of the match: Ruben Trumpelmann (3 wickets for 3 runs). Captain Rohit Paudel took a hat-trick; Dinesh Adhikari smashed 42 off 13 balls in the chase.
League Results
Results from Matches 1 to 28.
Match
Date
Fixture
Score
Result
1
Nov 17
Janakpur Bolts vs Kathmandu Gorkhas
JAB 130/6 (20 ov), KAG 131/5 (18 ov)
Kathmandu won by 5 wickets
2
Nov 18
Karnali Yaks vs Chitwan Rhinos
KAY 166/3 (20 ov), CHR 171/6 (19.1 ov)
Chitwan won by 4 wickets
3
Nov 18
Biratnagar Kings vs Pokhara Avengers
BIK 220/6 (20 ov), POA 167 (18.5 ov)
Biratnagar won by 53 runs
4
Nov 19
Sudurpaschim Royals vs Kathmandu Gorkhas
SPR 147 (20 ov), KAG 118 (16.5 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 29 runs
5
Nov 20
Chitwan Rhinos vs Lumbini Lions
CHR 142/7 (20 ov), LUL 146/4 (18.3 ov)
Lumbini won by 6 wickets
6
Nov 21
Sudurpaschim Royals vs Pokhara Avengers
SPR 193/7 (20 ov), POA 175/8 (20 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 18 runs
7
Nov 22
Lumbini Lions vs Karnali Yaks
LUL 156/8 (20 ov), KAY 161/1 (12.2 ov)
Karnali won by 9 wickets
8
Nov 22
Kathmandu Gorkhas vs Biratnagar Kings
KAG 134/6 (20 ov), BIK 135/5 (17.1 ov)
Biratnagar won by 5 wickets
9
Nov 24
Biratnagar Kings vs Janakpur Bolts
BIK 135/7 (20 ov), JAB 126/9 (20 ov)
Biratnagar won by 9 runs
10
Nov 24
Sudurpaschim Royals vs Karnali Yaks
SPR 139/9 (20 ov), KAY 94 (19.2 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 45 runs
11
Nov 25
Kathmandu Gorkhas vs Lumbini Lions
KAG 157/8 (20 ov), LUL 135 (19.1 ov)
Kathmandu won by 22 runs
12
Nov 26
Chitwan Rhinos vs Biratnagar Kings
CHR 174/5 (20 ov), BIK 126 (16.5 ov)
Chitwan won by 48 runs
13
Nov 27
Lumbini Lions vs Sudurpaschim Royals
LUL 143 (19.4 ov), SPR 145/3 (18.2 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 7 wickets
14
Nov 27
Pokhara Avengers vs Janakpur Bolts
POA 155 (20 ov), JAB 130/8 (20 ov)
Pokhara won by 25 runs
15
Nov 28
Kathmandu Gorkhas vs Chitwan Rhinos
KAG 142 (19.4 ov), CHR 89 (17.2 ov)
Kathmandu won by 53 runs
16
Nov 28
Karnali Yaks vs Biratnagar Kings
KAY 160/3 (20 ov), BIK 163/7 (19.5 ov)
Biratnagar won by 3 wickets
17
Nov 29
Pokhara Avengers vs Lumbini Lions
POA 150/5 (20 ov), LUL 151/7 (19.4 ov)
Lumbini won by 3 wickets
18
Nov 29
Janakpur Bolts vs Sudurpaschim Royals
JAB 145/8 (20 ov), SPR 148/4 (17.4 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 6 wickets
19
Nov 30
Karnali Yaks vs Kathmandu Gorkhas
KAY 149/7 (20 ov), KAG 155/5 (18 ov)
Kathmandu won by 5 wickets
20
Dec 2
Chitwan Rhinos vs Janakpur Bolts
CHR 176/4 (20 ov), JAB 180/4 (17.3 ov)
Janakpur won by 6 wickets
21
Dec 2
Pokhara Avengers vs Karnali Yaks
POA 201/2 (20 ov), KAY 167 (19 ov)
Pokhara won by 34 runs
22
Dec 3
Biratnagar Kings vs Lumbini Lions
BIK 144/8 (20 ov), LUL 145/5 (17.4 ov)
Lumbini won by 5 wickets
23
Dec 4
Kathmandu Gorkhas vs Pokhara Avengers
KAG 165/8 (20 ov), POA 152 (20 ov)
Kathmandu won by 13 runs
24
Dec 4
Sudurpaschim Royals vs Chitwan Rhinos
SPR 169/4 (20 ov), CHR 120 (17.1 ov)
Sudurpaschim won by 49 runs
25
Dec 5
Janakpur Bolts vs Lumbini Lions
JAB 132/6 (20 ov), LUL 136/6 (19.1 ov)
Lumbini won by 4 wickets
26
Dec 6
Sudurpaschim Royals vs Biratnagar Kings
SPR 147/6 (20 ov), BIK 150/4 (11.5 ov)
Biratnagar won by 6 wickets
27
Dec 6
Chitwan Rhinos vs Pokhara Avengers
CHR 120/6 (20 ov), POA 121/2 (20 ov)
Pokhara won by 8 wickets
28
Dec 7
Karnali Yaks vs Janakpur Bolts
KAY 129/9 (20 ov), JAB 126/7 (20 ov)
Karnali won by 3 runs
Tournament Awards and Records
Player of the series — Ruben Trumpelmann (Lumbini Lions). Most runs — Adam Rossington (Pokhara Avengers), 323. Most wickets — Sandeep Lamichhane (Biratnagar Kings), Sher Malla (Lumbini Lions) and Abinash Bohara (Sudurpaschim Royals), 17 each.
Lumbini’s road to the title: lost their first three league games, won the next three to finish fourth, then won the Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and the Final — the first team to win the NPL from fourth place.
Notable moments: Shahab Alam (Kathmandu Gorkhas) took the first hat-trick in NPL history against Pokhara Avengers on Dec 4; Rohit Paudel took a hat-trick in the final.
