# 2022 Prime Minister Cup

The 2022 Prime Minister Cup was the fifth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 30 October 2022 and ended on 12 November 2022. Armed Police Force Club won their second title after defeating defending champions Tribhuwan Army Club in the final.

## Squads

The ten participants were divided into two groups.

### Group A

| Nepal A.P.F. Club | Tribhuwan Army Club | Gandaki Province | Karnali Province | Sudurpashchim Province |
| Sharad Vesawkar (c) Pradeep Airee Aasif Sheikh Puran BK Sundeep Jora Sumit Maharjan Aayusman Bam Bhuwan Karki Amar Singh Rautela Kamal Singh Airee Kishore Mahato Lokesh Bam Deepak Bohara Mausam Dhakal | Binod Bhandari (c) Arjun Saud Hari Chauhan Bhim Sarki Rohit Paudel Rajesh Pulami Sonu Tamang Kushal Malla Sompal Kami Bikram Sob Sushan Bhari Sahab Alam Aakash Chand Jitendra Mukhiya | Bipin Khatri (c) Chandra Kant Paudel Samir Kandel Bidhan Shrestha Sachin Raj Adhikari Arjun Kumal Sandeep Khatri Amrit Gurung Karan Pangeni Sandesh Basnet Abhishek Basnet Subas Bhandari Krishna Paudel Kamal Pariyar | Rabindra Jung Shahi (c) Prakash Jaisi Dipendra Rawat Himanshu Shahi Anuj Chanara Aavash Shah Dinesh Adhikari Bipin Rawal Subodh Airee Arjun Gharti Diwan Pun Bipin Shahi NischalRawal Mohan BK | Raju Rijal (c) Basanta Khatri Narayan Joshi Sher Malla Basanta Karki Hemant Dhami Milan Bohara Deepak Tamata Gajendra Bohara Birodh Nath Narendra Saud Kailash Airee Tek Rawal Gajendra Bhandari |

### Group B

| Nepal Police Club | Bagmati Province | Madhesh Province | Lumbini Province | Koshi Province |
| Dipendra Singh Airee (c) Aarif Sheikh Kushal Bhurtel Dilip Nath Amit Shrestha Shankar Rana Sunil Dhamala Sagar Dhakal Lalit Rajbanshi Yogendra Singh Karki Rashid Khan Pawan Sarraf Karan K.C. Gulsan Jha | Gyanendra Malla (c) Prithu Baskota Rit Gautam Bibek Rana Magar Durgesh Thapa Aashutosh Ghoiroiya Ishan Pandey Nandan Yadav Ram Naresh Giri Pratis GC Rijan Dhakal Surya Tamang Tilakraj Bhandari Sonu Devkota | Hari Shankar Shah (c) Bibek Yadav Santosh Karki Anil Kumar Shah Ratan Raunak Dablu Malik Imran Sheikh Rohan BK Bishal Patek Rupesh Singh Rajesh Yadav Mohammad Aadil Alam Bishal Sushling Pradeep Paswan | Dev Khanal (c) Basir Ahamad Prajwal Thapa Aakash Tripathi Mohammad Hussein Sandeep Rajali Bishal Bikram K.C. Tul Bahadur Thapa Krishna Karki Durgesh Gupta Sunil Bhandari Anil Kharel Naresh Nepali Abhishek Gautam | Siddhant Lohani (c) Bishal Acharya Shrawan Yadav Dipak Raj Joshi Minash Thapa Niraj Mukhiya Ankit Subedi Sujan Thapaliya Sonu Mandal Sonu Ansari Bibek Mahato Firdos Ansari Heman Rai Labh Kamat |

## Points table
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Armed Police Force Club | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +1.258 |
| Tribhuwan Army Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.610 |
| Gandaki Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +0.166 |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.656 |
| Karnali Province | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.587 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs. Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Nepal Police Club | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.337 |
| Madhesh Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –0.135 |
| Lumbini Province | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.265 |
| Koshi Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.151 |
| Bagmati Province | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1.672 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs. Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Playoffs
### Semi finals

* Match 21 10 November 2022 (2022-11-10) 09:00 Scorecard
| Madhesh Province 122 (31 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 123/3 (21.3 overs) |
| Rupesh Singh 36 (23) Kamal Airee 4/27 (9 overs) | | Lokesh Bam 35 (35) Rupesh Singh 2/29 (7 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 7 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Ram Yadav and Vinay Kumar Player of the match: Kamal Airee
* Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal Police Club 304/4 (50 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 309/8 (49.5 overs) |
| Dipendra Singh Airee 140 (125) Bikram Sob 3/66 (10 overs) | | Rohit Paudel 89 (87) Karan KC 6/52 (10 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 2 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Rajesh Pulami
* Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Match 23 12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 09:00 Scorecard
| Tribhuwan Army Club 179 (39 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 180/6 (38.3 overs) |
| Rohit Paudel 49 (56) Mousom Dhakal 3/32 (8 overs) | | Bhuwan Karki 55 (82) Jitendra Mukhiya 2/47 (8 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 4 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Vinay Kumar Player of the match: Bhuwan Karki
* Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match was reduced to 40 overs per side due to delay.