Nepal players were dark horses. They passed through the dim tunnels in a long term journey from the start of the cricket to till now. They gave hard fought battles in the cricket field despite the myseries and are in a good run reflecting the success of wins against the higher rank teams in ICC recognised matches and tough foreign clubs. The success rate was all about the passion and dedication of the ‘mysterious’ troop.

"It has been years being denied from “good” domestic matches. Yes years, since papered domestic matches used to happen in Zigzag, unorganized pattern via a incompetent supreme cricket body of the country."

Cricket was doomed. All round darkness. WCLC was only left there to give switch hits in months interval time for Nepal Cricket. Few couple years ago, Nepal Premier League (NPL) was also launched by ZSM which gave Nepal a new “Think Beginners” casing the corporate bodies into the welfare of domestic cricket. But conflicts arosed and only happened the 50 overs format. It was all about a NEW Dawn in Nepal Cricket. Now, proved.

Transformed into Everest Premier League (EPL) in 2016, smashing all the national records most probably in entire sports history of Nepal.

There were voices from the Nepal Cricket fans to introduce professionalism in Cricket as well as from the cricket fraternity.

And EPL has exactly addressed the concerns introducing 6 corporate sectors as a Franschises teams. Players match fees allocated as Rs 5.4 million covering 84 probably the best players from the country, insurance to the players during the match days, live broadcast of the total 16 matches and a perfect cricketing venue with recreational facilities, first time introduced in Nepal.Now, Nepal in the festive mood. And these mood are directed to cricketing moods. Nepal fans are overwhelmed with the exciting EPL and are among the Panchakanya Tez, Colors X-Factors, Sagarmatha Legends, Jagadamba Rhinos, Kantipur Gurkhas and Vishal Warriors supporters. The sole fans national level organization 'Nepali Cricket Supporters Society' is also volunteering in the EPL marking strong support for the mega event.

The cheers of Wai Wai EPL T20 is in full swing. Number of Fans in the ground is increasing with the rising heat of EPL despite the office/student time ( 9:00AM to 5:00 PM).

From the live Media, YouTube feeds, the social networks like Facebook/Twitter to the T.U Ground at Kirtipur, Nepali fans are really cheering loud for EPL that is enveloping the ‘high’ cricket moments of the country right now.

Article By: Sanjay Prashanna Dharel