2017 Everest Premier League

EPL Pvt Ltd announced the second season of the Everest Premier League on 30 July 2017 at Durbarmarg, Kathmandu. The founder of EPL, Aamir Akhtar disclosed the prize money of 2.1 million rupees to the winner of the tournament. He also announced that the name of the franchise teams will be based on the cities rather than the corporate houses. The logo of the tournament was also unveiled on the ceremony by the Nepalese national team captain, Paras Khadka and the head coach Jagat Tamatta. ==Player Auctions==

Dipendra Singh Airee, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Sharad Vesawkar were selected as marquee players by each teams before the auction. Each teams were allowed to spend Rs. 1 million. The auction was held on 23 October 2017 and 60 players(10 to each teams), categorized as A, B and C were sold to the franchisee. Binod Bhandari, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane and Aarif Sheikh were the expensive players in the auction with the highest bid of Rs.175,000. ==Venues==

Each team consisted of 15 players. 10 players were bought by each teams through auction. A talent hunt was conducted by each teams in their respective cities to acquire a young player in their squad. Similarly, the teams also included at least three foreign players in their team. • Foreign players are listed in bold. • Players selected from the talent hunt are listed in italics. ==Points table==

• The four top ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs • advanced to Qualifier 1 • advanced to the Eliminator • Eliminated ==League matches==

Match 1 ---- Match 2 ---- Match 3 ---- Match 4 ---- Match 5 ---- Match 6 ---- Match 7 ---- Match 8 ---- Match 9 ---- Match 10 ---- Match 11 ---- Match 12 ---- Match 13 ---- Match 14 ---- Match 15 ---- ---- == Playoff stage ==

Preliminary Qualifier 1 ---- Eliminator ---- Qualifier 2 ---- Final == Statistics ==

Most runs • Source: Cricinfo Most wickets • Source: Cricinfo ==References==