2024 Prime Minister Cup
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| Dates | 13 January – 3 February 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | National Sports Council Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Cricket format | One Day |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
| Host(s) | Nepal |
| Champions | Nepal Police Club (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Tribuwan Army Club |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Player of the series | Surya Tamang (Bagmati Province) |
| Most runs | Anil Sah (Madhesh Province) (386) |
| Most wickets | Surya Tamang (Bagmati Province) (30) |
The 2024 Prime Minister Cup was the sixth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contest by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 13 January 2024 and end on 3 February.[1][2][3] The tournament will be played in three different venues.[4]
The format was changed for the 2024 season, with the ten team competing in a round-robin format the top two teams qualifying for the final and top four team qualify for the Jay Trophy which will be played in a multi-day format.[5][6]
Nepal Police Club clinched the title of the Prime Minister Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament for the third time after they defeated Nepal Army Club by 6 wickets in the final.[7][8]
Squads
| APF Club[9] | Bagmati Province[10] | Gandaki Province[11] | Lumbini Province[12] | Karnali Province |
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| Koshi Province[13] | Madhesh Province[14] | Nepal Police Club[15] | Sudurpashchim Province | Tribhuwan Army Club |
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Venue
 Nepal
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Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Nepal Police Club | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.128 | Advanced to the final and qualified for the 2024–25 Jay Trophy |
| 2 | Tribhuwan Army Club | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1.792 | |
| 3 | Bagmati Province | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1.117 | Qualified for the 2024–25 Jay Trophy |
| 4 | Madhesh Province | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.206 | |
| 5 | APF Club | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1.022 | |
| 6 | Sudurpashchim Province | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.142 | |
| 7 | Karnali Province | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −0.995 | |
| 8 | Gandaki Province | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | −1.038 | |
| 9 | Lumbini Province | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | −1.493 | |
| 10 | Koshi Province | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | −2.468 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
League stage
Nepal Police Club 282/8 (50 overs) |
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Bagmati Province 214 (42.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 92 (87) Sagar Dhakal 3/56 (9 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Koshi Province 127 (41 overs) |
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Madhesh Province 129/3 (20.1 overs) |
Firdosh Ansari 41 (71) Pradip Paswan 3/15 (7 overs) |
Anil Sah 88 (54) Sonu Mandal 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Gandaki Province 111 (34.4 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 113/6 (28.2 overs) |
Karan Pangeni 28 (62) Ajay Chauhan 4/15 (7.4 overs) |
Mrinal Gurung 47 (78) Kamal Pariyar 3/25 (7 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 42 overs per side due to wet outfield.
APF Club 241/9 (50 overs) |
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Bagmati Province 152 (42.5 overs) |
Rit Gautam 60 (89) Rohit Paudel 4/26 (9 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
Gandaki Province 122/9 (45 overs) |
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Karnali Province 126/3 (33.2 overs) |
Kamal Pariyar 21 (44) Dinesh Adhikari 2/9 (8 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 53 (71) Ankit Neupane 2/14 (4.2 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Tribhuwan Army Club 320 (50 overs) |
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Madhesh Province 194 (48.4 overs) |
Binod Bhandari 113 (93) Ranjit Kumar 5/41 (9 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province 135 (44.3 overs) |
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APF Club 136/4 (19.1 overs) |
Firdosh Ansari 55 (85) Abinash Bohara 3/13 (8.3 overs) |
Rohit Paudel 80 (53) Kamal Khatri 1/30 (5 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Lumbini Province 158 (48.4 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 159/5 (29.3 overs) |
Prajjwol Thapa 42 (68) Narayan Joshi 3/36 (9.4 overs) |
Sher Malla 42* (44) Avishek Gautam 3/60 (10 overs) |
- Sudurpashchim Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province 166 (48.2 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club 169/3 (23.1 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 105 (126) Karan KC 3/28 (9.2 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
Bagmati Province 190 (49.2 overs) |
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Madhesh Province 104 (29 overs) |
Pratis GC 59 (55) Rupesh Singh 2/23 (7.2 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province 277/5 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province 143 (37.2 overs) |
Khadak Bohara 80 (114) Dipendra Rawat 1/29 (10 overs) |
Diwan Pun 38 (52) Sher Malla 4/35 (10 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club 97 (27.1 overs) |
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Bagmati Province 103/7 (22.1 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to pitch change.
Karnali Province 184/9 (45 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 124 (41.2 overs) |
Dinesh Adhikari 56* (59) Nirmal Gurung 3/21 (9 overs) |
Krishna Karki 47 (77) Dinesh Adhikari 3/18 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to bad weather.
APF Club 246/9 (50 overs) |
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Madhesh Province 247/5 (48 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 59 (69) Pradip Paswan 3/35 (10 overs) |
Rupesh Singh 72* (72) Ramesh Kurmi 2/42 (10 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
Koshi Province 88 (24.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club 92/1 (9.5 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 41 (37) Shahab Alam 6/14 (6.4 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 32 (25) Sujan Thapaliya 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province 201 (50 overs) |
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Gandaki Province 93 (30.2 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 60 (73) Bipin Khatri 3/9 (10 overs) |
Aswani Rana 25 (67) Sher Malla 5/23 (8.2 overs) |
- Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to field.
Bagmati Province 273 (48.3 overs) |
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Koshi Province 209 (47.1 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 118 (111) Avyash Timishina 3/43 (9 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 59 (76) Ishan Pandey 5/39 (8 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected to field.
Madhesh Province 213/9 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province 170 (41.1 overs) |
Harishankar Shah 50 (61) Dipendra Rawat 4/39 (10 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 58 (105) Rajesh Yadav 3/27 (6 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Gandaki Province 167 (48.2 overs) |
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Koshi Province 25 (15.2 overs) |
Muskan Thapa 67 (122) Avyash Timishina 6/23 (9.2 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 8 (6) Bipin Khatri 6/4 (7 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected field.
- Koshi Province's score of 25 was the lowest total in Prime Minister Cup history.[17]
Nepal Police Club 140 (31.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club 127 (32.2 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 33 overs per side due to bad weather.
Madhesh Province 319/9 (50 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 239 (44.5 overs) |
Mayan Yadav 115 (128) Sher Malla 4/64 (10 overs) |
Naren Bhatta 121 (122) Rajesh Yadav 3/38 (6 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Karnali Province 78 (24.2 overs) |
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Bagmati Province 80/3 (13 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 23 (19) Rijan Dhakal 5/25 (7 overs) |
Ishan Pandey 40 (36) Diwan Pun 3/29 (6 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Nepal Police Club 145 (41 overs) |
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APF Club 87 (34 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to bad weather.
Bagmati Province 198 (49.1 overs) |
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Gandaki Province 202/7 (49.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 44 (69) Kamal Pariyar 4/31 (10 overs) |
Karan Pangeni 79 (98) Pratis GC 2/35 (9 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Koshi Province 151 (34.3 overs) |
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Karnali Province 153/4 (28.3 overs) |
Sujan Thapaliya 73 (73) Dinesh Adhikari 4/18 (8 overs) |
Arjun Gharti 50* (48) Hemanta Rai 3/42 (9.3 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
APF Club 121 (32.4 overs) |
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Tribhuwan Army Club 122/6 (23.3 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 36 overs per side due to heavy fog.
Koshi Province 123 (32 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 124/2 (21.1 overs) |
Meenash Thapa 26 (37) Sher Malla 5/28 (6 overs) |
Naren Bhatta 54* (49) Firdosh Ansari 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Koshi Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Madhesh Province 96 (24 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club 99/4 (18.3 overs) |
Arniko Yadav 23 (26) Sagar Dhakal 5/41 (9 overs) |
Sunil Dhamala 28 (27) Ranjit Kumar 2/21 (6.3 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club 170/7 (26 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 105/8 (26 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 67 (70) Md Hussain 2/40 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 26 overs per side due to heavy fog.
Madhesh Province 335/5 (50 overs) |
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Gandaki Province 190 (39.5 overs) |
Anil Sah 127 (125) Sandeep Parajuli 2/51 (10 overs) |
Kamal Pariyar 27 (20) Ranjit Kumar 4/51 (10 overs) |
- Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Krishna Poudel (Gandaki Province) bowled the most expensive spell in a Prime Minister Cup match, conceding 117 runs from his ten overs.[18]
Bagmati Province 247/9 (50 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 150 (30.3 overs) |
Ashutosh Ghiraiya 54 (62) Sher Malla 3/55 (10 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 41 (27) Surya Tamang 3/17 (7.3 overs) |
- Sudurpashchim Province won the toss and elected to field.
Lumbini Province 133 (41 overs) |
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APF Club 135/3 (22.3 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 39* (42) Ramesh Kurmi 5/29 (10 overs) |
Rohit Paudel 52 (48) Krishna Karki 1/18 (6 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Karnali Province 171 (42.5 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club 172/4 (23.4 overs) |
Nischal Rawal 50 (107) Sagar Dhakal 3/48 (9.5 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Lumbini Province 106 (32.2 overs) |
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Bagmati Province 107/4 (17.2 overs) |
Sushant Thapa 28 (55) Surya Tamang 6/26 (10 overs) |
Ishan Pandey 50 (54) Nirmal Gurung 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
APF Club 207 (47.2 overs) |
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Gandaki Province 119 (33.4 overs) |
Lokesh Bam 50 (67) Kamal Pariyar 3/55 (10 overs) |
Sameer Kandel 33 (64) Amar Rautela 4/17 (7 overs) |
- Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to field.
Tribhuwan Army Club 279/5 (50 overs) |
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Karnali Province 115 (29 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 19 (22) Kushal Malla 3/20 (7 overs) |
- Karnali Province won the toss and elected to field.
Madhesh Province 169 (41.3 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 160 (40.5 overs) |
Arniko Yadav 38 (50) Bir Magar 4/34 (8.3 overs) |
Prajjwol Thapa 62 (79) Pradip Paswan 6/30 (9 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 42 overs per side due to wet pitch.
Tribhuwan Army Club 262 (48.3 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 165 (40.1 overs) |
Kushal Malla 75 (67) Bhoj Raj Bhatta 6/63 (9.3 overs) |
Kiran Thagunna 68 (74) Jitendra Mukhiya 5/10 (6.1 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Gandaki Province 170 (38.3 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club 171/4 (24.2 overs) |
Amrit Gurung 50 (39) Rashid Khan 5/25 (6 overs) |
Dilip Nath 57 (39) Sandeep Parajuli 2/21 (6.2 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to wet pitch.
Koshi Province 172 (44.4 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 156 (46.5 overs) |
Ankit Subedi 49 (65) Nar Sarki 4/38 (10 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 32 (64) Saujan Ghimire 3/31 (10 overs) |
- Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
Sudurpashchim Province 87 (16.2 overs) |
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APF Club 89/7 (14.1 overs) |
Narayan Joshi 31* (25) Chandan Ram 5/51 (7 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
Karnali Province 206 (44.1 overs) |
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APF Club 185 (44 overs) |
Himanshu Shahi 62 (50) Mousom Dhakal 3/32 (9 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 108 (112) Prakash Jaishi 4/9 (3 overs) |
- APF Club won the toss and elected to field.
Nepal Police Club 245 (37.3 overs) |
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Lumbini Province 142 (36.3 overs) |
Aarif Sheikh 76 (76) Nar Sarki 4/77 (8 overs) |
Dilsad Ali 36 (46) Kushal Bhurtel 3/31 (6 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to wet outfield.
Tribhuwan Army Club 132 (39.1 overs) |
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Gandaki Province 64/9 (23.4 overs) |
Imran Sheikh 34 (64) Amrit Gurung 2/11 (5.1 overs) |
Ishwar Chhetri 16 (27) Shahab Alam 4/17 (7 overs) |
- Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Nepal Police Club 198 (47.5 overs) |
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Sudurpashchim Province 120 (37.1 overs) |
Shankar Rana 47 (52) Sher Malla 3/51 (9.5 overs) |
Gajendra Bohara 30 (41) Dipendra Singh Airee 7/20 (10 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to bad weather.
- Dipendra Singh Airee (Nepal Police Club) 7/20 in ten overs was the best bowling figure in Prime Minister Cup history.[19]
Final
Tribhuwan Army Club 181 (49.5 overs) |
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Nepal Police Club 183/4 (37.5 overs) |
- Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
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