NPL 2026 franchise

Pokhara Avengers

Captain: Kushal Bhurtel2025: 5thSeason not started

Team profile

Captain: Kushal Bhurtel
Head coach: Ajantha Mendis
Home city: Pokhara, Gandaki Province
2026 venue: Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Owner: Nepal T. Twenty Cricket Pvt. Ltd.
Founded: 2024
Franchise fee: NPR 3.57 crore
2025 finish: 5th
NPL titles: 0
League status: Season not started
Squad: 18 players · 5 overseas
Colours: #7B0022#E9CB94

Captain, coach, 2025 finish, venue: Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-10-26). Team details from nplcricketleague.com (owner, founded, fee, home, titles; retrieved 2026-10-26). Colours sampled from the team logo.

Season 2026

P: 0
W: 0
L: 0
Pts: 0

FormNo results yet

Position #7 · 7 league matches left · Full table · Win 2 · Tie/NR 1

NPL history

Season	League	Outcome
2024	7th	League stage
2025	5th	League stage

Team details from nplcricketleague.com.

Pokhara Avengers fans on the wall

Next match

Match 4Upcoming

Pokhara Avengers

Sudurpaschim Royals

Wed 28 Oct, 17:00 NPTTU International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Starts Wed 28 Oct, 17:00 NPT. Predict it

Recent results

No results yet this season.

Players to watch

Captain, wicketkeepers and overseas players, as listed in the squad.

Kushal BhurtelCaptainOpening batter
Mahedi HasanOverseas · BangladeshAll-rounder
Shakib Al HasanOverseas · BangladeshAll-rounder
Chamika KarunaratneOverseas · Sri LankaBowling All-rounder
Dhananjaya LakshanOverseas · Sri LankaAll rounder
Mohammad SaifuddinOverseas · BangladeshAll-rounder

Squad

18 players · 5 overseas

Batters (6)

Kushal BhurtelC
Opening batter · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm leg break
Dinesh Kharel
Batter · Nepal
Bats: Left-handed
Arjun Kumal
Batter · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed
Bipin Khatri
Batter · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm fast
Bibek Magar
Batter · Nepal
Bowls: Right-arm offbreak
Kiran Thagunna
Batter · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off-break

Wicketkeepers (1)

Arjun Gharti
Wicketkeeper · Nepal

All-rounders (7)

Bipin Archarya
All-rounder · Nepal
Sunny BK
All-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Leg-Spin (Wrist Spin)
✈ Overseas
Mahedi Hasan
All-rounder · Bangladesh
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off-break
✈ Overseas
Shakib Al Hasan
All-rounder · Bangladesh
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Slow left-arm orthodox
✈ Overseas
Chamika Karunaratne
Bowling All-rounder · Sri Lanka
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm Fast-medium
✈ Overseas
Dhananjaya Lakshan
All rounder · Sri Lanka
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium-fast
✈ Overseas
Mohammad Saifuddin
All-rounder · Bangladesh
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium fast

Bowlers (4)

Sudip Aryal
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Seam bowling
Aakash Chand
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium
Sagar Dhakal
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Slow left arm orthodox
Pratik Pokharel
Bowler · Nepal

Legend: C captain · WK wicketkeeper · OS overseas. Roles and countries from players' Wikipedia articles where available; gaps for 10 players filled from nplcricketleague.com (Team details from nplcricketleague.com); blank where not stated. Squad data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (retrieved 2026-10-26). Avatars are initials, not photos.