The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) initiated a new tournament which is the premier T20 franchise league in the country right now. The organising committee inaugurated the competition in 2022 and thus came up the Nepal T20 League. In the first season, 6 regional teams participated and all games were played at the same ground in Kirtipur.
A lot of Asian cricketers were involved in the tournament, a couple of overseas players being made captains of their respective franchises as well. Most of them did well in the first season of the Nepal T20 and quite a few non-Nepal players were among the top run scorers in the 2022/23 Nepal T20 tournament as well. Keep reading for our complete list of Nepal T20 League top batsmen…
Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi was given the task of leading his franchise Far West United and he thrived with the added responsibility of being captain. He ended with 4 fifties in 10 games and a tally of 400 runs in the inaugural Nepal T20 season, finishing at the top but that still wasn’t good enough for his team to progress to the playoffs.
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England’s Alex Blake was second to Shahidi but not even close to the latter’s tally. The next is another overseas player in Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Milantha while the highest scoring Nepal batter is their national side captain, Rohit Paudel. Check out our complete Nepal T20 League top run scorers list, last updated on 7th January 2023, before the end of the 2022/23 Nepal T20 League season. See full list here:
Nepal T20 League – most runs list
| Batter | Runs | Games | Team | High Score |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 400 | 10 | Far West United | 76 |
| Alex Blake | 298 | 10 | Kathmandu Knights | 83 |
| Lahiru Milantha | 292 | 9 | Lumbini All Stars | 80* |
| Rohit Paudel | 286 | 10 | Biratnagar Super Kings | 71* |
| Hussain Talat | 285 | 10 | Biratnagar Super Kings | 50* |
| Chadwick Walton | 278 | 8 | Janakpur Royals | 69* |
| Sundeep Jora | 247 | 9 | Janakpur Royals | 77* |
| Binod Bhandari | 238 | 10 | Far West United | 73 |
| Upul Tharanga | 235 | 10 | Pokhara Avengers | 58 |
| Aasif Sheikh | 227 | 9 | Pokhara Avengers | 77* |
In the first season, Shahidi also ended with the most number of fifties, with four (4) to his name along with the most number of boundaries (33) in this tournament’s history so far. Talking about the big hits, the player to have the most maximums in this tournament is Alex Blake who hit as many as 19 sixes in the first season of the Nepal T20 League itself.
In terms of averages, only one player on this list has a batting average of 50+ and that’s Chadwick Walton from the West Indies. He has an average of 55.60 while in terms of batting strike rates, Hussain Talat has been batting at a strike rate of 155.73. Some of these stats are bound to get better in the years to come, while we expect more players from around the world to join the tournament as well.
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M30 – Pokhara Avengers vs Far West UnitedPlayer of the Match: Hashmatullah Shahidi (FWU) pic.twitter.com/4pOtxzE2Tc
— CAN (@CricketNep) January 7, 2023
It’s still early days in this competition and we expect a lot of changes in stats over the seasons to come. If you liked our page on the Nepal T20 run scorers, you can also take a look at our Nepal T20 winners list here. For more updates on the Nepal T20 League tournament and other similar T20 franchise competitions from across the world, don’t forget to always stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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