Bhairahawa Gladiators

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Bhairahawa Gladiators
भैरहवा ग्लाडियटर्स
Official logo of Bhairawaha Gladiators
Nickname(s)Gladiators
LeagueEverest Premier League
Personnel
CaptainSharad Vesawkar
CoachPubudu Dassanayake
Batting coachN/A
Fielding coachN/A
OwnerAditya Sanghai(Sagarmatha Cement and Triveni Group)
Team information
CityBhairahawa
Colours  Orange ,   Yellow
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Home groundSiddhartha Rangasala
Capacity1000
Secondary home ground(s)Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
Secondary ground capacity20000
History
Everest Premier League wins0 (Everest Premier League) (T-20)
Notable playersNepalSharad Vesawkar
BangladeshTamim Iqbal
Sri LankaUpul Tharanga
United Arab EmiratesMohammad Naveed
NepalAarif Sheikh

Bhairahawa Gladiators is a professional cricket franchise team based in Bhairahawa city, Nepal which participates in the Everest Premier League. Under the leadership of captain Sharad Vesawkar,[1] they reached the finals of 2017 and 2018 edition of the league[2] which they lost to Biratnagar Warriors and Lalitpur Patriots by 1 and 14 runs respectively.[3]

Squad[edit]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[4][5]

Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka (1985-02-02) 2 February 1985 (age 39) Left-handed
Tamim Iqbal Khan Bangladesh (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35) Left-handed
Rohit Paudel Nepal (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm
Sharad Vesawkar Nepal (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Sharvin Muniandy Malaysia (1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right arm medium
Aarif Sheikh Nepal (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium
Kushal Malla Nepal (2004-03-05) 5 March 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Left arm Slow left-arm orthodox
Hari Shankar Shah Nepal (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Left arm Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Pardeep Airee Nepal (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 31) Left-handed
Bowlers
Dhammika Prasad Sri Lanka (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Bhuwan karki Nepal (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Left spin
Krishna karki Nepal (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm medium pace
Abinash Bohora Nepal (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm fast

Coaching Staff[edit]

Position Name
Owner Aditya Shanghai
Head Coach Pubudu Dassanayake
Assistant coach
Batting coach
Bowling coach
Physio
Trainer
Analyst

Statistics[edit]

Season By Season[edit]

EPL summary of results
Y P W L T NR WP PO
2016 - - - - - - -
2017 8 5 3 - - 62.5% 2/6
2018 8 5 3 - - 62.5% 3/6
2019 Postponed due to covid-19
2020 Postponed due to covid-19

Last updated: 31 December 2020[6][7]

Legend's
  • Y=Year
  • P=Played
  • W=Wins
  • L=Losses
  • T=Tied
  • NR=No result
  • WP=Winning percentage
  • PO=Position

Tournament Standing[edit]

Year League standing Final standing
2017 2nd out of 6 Runners up
2018 3rd out of 6 Runners up
2019 Postponed due to covid-19
2020 Postponed due to covid-19
2021 3rd out of 6 Playoffs

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Everest Premier League: Lalitpur Patriots, Malla claim maiden title". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Malla, Vesawkar stake claims to coveted title". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Lalitpur Patriots win EPL crown". The Himalayan Times. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Three new Otago Volts players contracted for 2016/17 season". 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Otago Cricket Association - HOME".
  6. ^ "EPL : Bhairahawa Gladiator failed to become champion, Retrieved 30 September 2020
  7. ^ "EPL : Bhairahawa missed again, Retrieved 22 December 2018