# 2021 Prime Minister Cup

The 2021 Prime Minister Cup was the fourth 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 15 January 2021 and ended on 30 January 2021. All matches of the tournament were broadcast live by DishHome's "Action Sports" channel. Nepal Police Club were the defending champions, but were eliminated at the semi-final stage by Armed Police Force Club. Tribhuwan Army Club won the title following a 33-run win over APF Club in the final.

## Squads

The ten participants were divided into two groups.

### Group A

| Gandaki Province | Karnali Province | Nepal A.P.F. Club | Province No 1 | Tribhuwan Army Club |
| Bipin Khatri (c) Ashok Shrestha (vc) Subash Bhandari Dinesh Budhamagar Deepak Dumre Amrit Gurung Sameer Kandel Deepesh Khatri Arjun Kumal Milan Luitel Bishnu Pandey Bishal Paudel Chandra Paudel Avishek Thapa Rahul Upadhyaya | Rabindra Shahi (c) Dinesh Adhikari Anuj Chunara Rupak Dahal Tara Prasad Giri Hemant Oli Lalit Pyakurel Diwan Pun Bipin Rawal Nischal Rawal Raj Shah Himanshu Shahi Unish Singh Abhishek Thakuri | Sharad Vesawkar (c) Kamal Airee Pradeep Airee Abinash Bohara Rit Gautam Sundeep Jora Bhuvan Karki Subash Khakurel Sumit Maharjan Kishore Mahato Shankar Rana Basanta Regmi Amar Routela Asif Sheikh Surya Tamang | Siddhant Lohani (c) Firdosh Ansari Dipesh Kandel Josak Khadka Rajan Magar Sonu Mandal Bibek Meheta Deepak Paswan Hemant Rai Gyanendra Shrestha Manoj Tamang Meenash Thapa Shuvankar Urau Sarwan Yadav | Binod Bhandari (c) Shahab Alam Lokesh Bam Sushan Bhari Aakash Chand Hari Chauhan Harikrishna Jha Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Rajesh Pulami Rohit Kumar Paudel Raju Rijal Bhim Sharki Bikram Sob |

### Group B

| Bagmati Province | Lumbini Province | Nepal Police Club | Madhesh Province | Sudurpashchim Province |
| Gyanendra Malla (c) Bipin Acharya Prithu Baskota Tilak Bhandari Ramnaresh Giri Gautam K.C. Paras Khadka Aadil Khan Ishan Pandey Ariyo Poudel Dipesh Shrestha Aakash Thapa Bibhatsu Thapa Nandan Yadav | Krishna Karki (c) Bikram Bushal Dev Khanal Saurav Khanal Anil Kharel Panil Thapa Magar K.C. Prakash Sandeep Rajali Dipendra Rawat Jitendra Sahani Rajbir Singh Sandeep Sunar Amit Tamang Sushant Thapa | Manjeet Shrestha (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Sagar Dhakal Sunil Dhamala Yogendra Singh Karki Rashid Khan Dilip Nath Lalit Rajbanshi Anil Sah Pawan Sarraf Aarif Sheikh Amit Shrestha Prem Tamang | Suraj Pratap Kurmi (c) Mehboob Alam Adil Ansari Shaifullah Ansari Sudhir Chaudhary Himanshu Dutta Divyanshu Mallick Hari Sah Ravi Sah Rahul Singh Ravi Singh Bishal Sushling Kumar Thapa Bibek Yadav | Santosh Bhatta (c) Khadak Bohora (vc) Arun Airee Bhoj Raj Bhatta Gajendra Bohara Sanju Damai Hemant Dhami Narayan Joshi Binod Lama Sher Malla Suraj Nirwa Arjun Saud Narendra Saud Kiran Thagunna |

## Points table
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Armed Police Force Club | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.849 |
| Tribhuwan Army Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.357 |
| Karnali Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.825 |
| Province No. 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.038 |
| Gandaki Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.323 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs. Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Bagmati Province | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.303 |
| Nepal Police Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.067 |
| Lumbini Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.854 |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.413 |
| Madhesh Province | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.078 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs. Source: ESPNcricinfo

## League matches

* Match 1 15 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Tribhuwan Army Club 287/6 (50 overs) | v | Gandaki Province 189 (48 overs) |
| Binod Bhandari 111* (76) Bishal Paudel 2/57 (10 overs) | | Sameer Kandel 50 (90) Rajesh Pulami Magar 5/25 (9 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 98 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Binod Bhandari (Tribhuwan Army Club)
* Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 2 16 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Armed Police Force Club 243 (48.4 overs) | v | Province Number 1 108 (42.4 overs) |
| Aasif Sheikh 59 (32) Sarwan Yadav 2/26 (6 overs) | | Meenash Thapa 18 (44) Avinash Bohara 5/18 (10 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 135 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Himal Giri and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Avinash Bohara (Armed Police Force Club)
* Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 3 17 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal Police Club 111 (29.3 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 113/4 (34.4 overs) |
| Aarif Sheikh 21 (25) Tilak Bhandari 4/17 (7.3 overs) | | Prithu Baskota 48* (66) Dipendra Singh Airee 1/11 (6 overs) |
* Bagmati Province won by 7 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Ram Pandey and Sanjay Sigdel Player of the match: Tilak Bhandari (Bagmati Province)
* Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 17 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Tribhuwan Army Club 195 (43.1 overs) | v | Karnali Province 115 (33.3 overs) |
| Anil Mandal 89 (114) Dinesh Adhikari 2/27 (7 overs) | | Rabindra Shahi 30 (42) Sushan Bhari 4/19 (8.3 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 80 runs Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Kamalesh Thakur Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Tribhuwan Army Club)
* Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 5 18 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Bagmati Province 299/9 (50 overs) | v | Sudurpaschim Province 119 (21 overs) |
| Prithu Baskota 84 (94) Narayan Joshi 3/68 (10 overs) | | Narayan Joshi 44* (29) Ramnaresh Giri 4/32 (5 overs) |
* Bagmati Province won by 180 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Sigdel and Kamlesh Thakur Player of the match: Ramnaresh Giri (Bagmati Province)
* Sudur paschim Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 6 18 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Province Number 1 102 (27.4 overs) | v | Gandaki Province 103/8 (37 overs) |
| Siddhant Lohani 24 (31) Bishal Paudel 4/25 (6.4 overs) | | Arjun Kumal 35 (68) Minash Thapa 2/15 (7 overs) |
* Gandaki Province won by 2 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Bishal Paudel (Gandaki Province)
* Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 7 19 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Lumbini Province 257/9 (50 overs) | v | Madesh Province 180 (42.4 overs) |
| Sandeep Rajali 83 (107) Harishankar Shah 3/48 (10 overs) | | Bibek Yadav 51 (49) Anil Kharel 4/29 (10 overs) |
* Lumbini Province won by 77 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Sigdel and Kamlesh Thakur Player of the match: Sandeep Rajali (Lumbini Province)
* Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 8 19 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Gandaki Province 204 (42.3 overs) | v | Karnali Province 205/5 (46.5 overs) |
| Rahul Upadhyay 53 (64) Dinesh Adhikari 2/25 (6.3 overs) | | Himanshu Shahi 68* (60) Bipin Khatri 4/55 (10 overs) |
* Karnali Province won by 5 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Himanshu Shahi (Karnali Province)
* Gandaki Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 9 20 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Sudurpaschim Province 110 (33.1 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 111/1 (17 overs) |
| Sanju Damai 35 (58) Dipendra Singh Airee 4/10 (6.1 overs) | | Sunil Dhamala 53 (57) Hemant Dhami 1/31 (5 overs) |
* Nepal Police Club won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Sagar Dhakal (Nepal Police Club)
* Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 20 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Province Number 1 131 (40.1 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 135/6 (29.5 overs) |
| Bibek Meheta 50 (83) Shahab Alam 4/23 (9.1 overs) | | Rohit Kumar Poudel 36 (31) Firdosh Ansari 1/19 (5 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 4 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)
* Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 11 21 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal Police Club 310/4 (50 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 236/7 (50 overs) |
| Sunil Dhamala 104 (145) Saurav Khanal 1/38 (2 overs) | | Saurav Khanal 74 (60) Rashid Khan 2/33 (8 overs) |
* Nepal Police Club won by 74 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Mahesh Bohara Player of the match: Sunil Dhamala (Nepal Police Club)
* Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 12 21 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Gandaki Province 106 (46 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 107/4 (17.3 overs) |
| Sameer Kandel 36 (114) Kamal Airee 4/11 (10 overs) | | Asif Sheikh 78 (56) Bishal Paudel 2/19 (3.3 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 6 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Kamal Airee (Armed Police Force Club)
* Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 13 22 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Province Number 1 215/9 (50 overs) | v | Karnali Province 156 (35 overs) |
| Siddhant Lohani 66 (97) Rabindra Shahi 3/36 (8 overs) | | Bipin Rawal 47 (34) Minash Thapa 5/26 (10 overs) |
* Province Number 1 won by 59 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Mahesh Bohara and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Minash Thapa (Province Number 1)
* Province Number 1 won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 14 22 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Madhesh Province 179 (48.2 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 181/4 (48.2 overs) |
| Bibek Yadav 66 (74) Gautam KC 4/29 (10 overs) | | Prithu Baskota 53* (75) Harishankar Shah 2/36 (10 overs) |
* Bagmati Province won by 6 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Kamlesh Thakur and Sanjay Sigdel Player of the match: Gautam KC (Bagmati Province)
* Province Number 2 won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 15 23 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Armed Police Force Club 218 (49.5 overs) | v | Karnali Province 147 (43.2 overs) |
| Sundeep Jora 60 (76) Anuj Chunara 3/30 (6.5 overs) | | Hemant Oli 58 (102) Basant Regmi 3/23 (10 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 71 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Himal Giri and Kamlesh Thakur Player of the match: Sundeep Jora (Armed Police Force Club)
* Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 16 23 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Sudurpaschim Province 62 (27.4 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 64/4 (14.5 overs) |
| Narayan Joshi 17 (22) Krishna Karki 4/17 (10 overs) | | Saurav Khanal 18 (23) Sher Malla 2/18 (3.5 overs) |
* Lumbini Province won by 6 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Ram Yadav and Sanjay Sigdel Player of the match: Krishna Karki (Lumbini Province)
* Lumbini Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 17 24 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Madhesh Province 195 (42 overs) | v | Sudurpaschim Province 196/7 (33 overs) |
| Harishankar Shah 60 (73) Sher Malla 3/35 (10 overs) | | Sanju Damai 57 (35) Kumar Thapa 3/33 (6 overs) |
* Sudurpaschim Province won by 3 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Sanju Damai (Sudur Paschim Province)
* Sudur Paschim Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 24 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Bagmati Province 220/9 (50 overs) | v | Lumbini Province 220 (48 overs) |
| Aadil Khan 55 (87) Dipendra Rawat 3/40 (9 overs) | | Krishna Karki 41 (44) Bipin Acharya 4/30 (7 overs) |
* Match tied Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Kamlesh Thakur Player of the match: Bipin Acharya (Bagmati Province)
* Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 19 25 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Armed Police Force Club 240 (49.4 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 234/8 (50 overs) |
| Sumit Maharjan 46 (68) Hari Chauhan 5/60 (9.4 overs) | | Anil Mandal 45 (76) Kamal Airee 3/31 (10 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 6 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Kamal Airee (Armed Police Force Club)
* Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 20 25 January 2021 09:00 Scorecard
| Madhesh Province 169/9 (47 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 170/6 (38 overs) |
| Harishankar Shah 53 (84) Lalit Rajbanshi 4/37 (8 overs) | | Anil Sah 47* (69) Bibek Yadav 3/19 (6 overs) |
* Nepal Police Club won by 4 wickets Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Kageshwari-Manohara Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Lalit Rajbanshi (Nepal Police Club)
* Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to a wet outfield.

## Playoffs
### Semi finals

* Match 21 27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 09:00 Scorecard
| Armed Police Force Club 203/9 (50 overs) | v | Nepal Police Club 173 (49.2 overs) |
| Shankar Rana 44 (96) Aarif Sheikh 3/31 (10 overs) | | Pawan Sarraf 40 (61) Bhuvan Karki 4/21 (9.2 overs) |
* Armed Police Force Club won by 30 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Himal Giri and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Bhuvan Karki (Armed Police Force Club)
* Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 22 28 January 2021 (2021-01-28) 09:00 Scorecard
| Tribhuwan Army Club 229 (50 overs) | v | Bagmati Province 135 (40.2 overs) |
| Rajesh Pulami 65 (91) Gautam KC 5/61 (10 overs) | | Gyanendra Malla 47 (60) Jitendra Mukhiya 4/24 (8.2 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 94 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Ram Pandey Player of the match: Rajesh Pulami (Tribhuwan Army Club)
* Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Match 23 30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 09:00 Scorecard
| Tribhuwan Army Club 211/9 (50 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 178 (41.3 overs) |
| Hari Chauhan 58 (102) Abinash Bohara 4/25 (10 overs) | | Asif Sheikh 61 (71) Bikram Sob 3/27 (9 overs) |
* Tribhuwan Army Club won by 33 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Jitendra Mukhiya (Tribhuwan Army Club)
* Armed Police Force Club won the toss and elected to field.