Asian Challenger Trophy (ACT) (
Nepali: एसियन च्यालेन्जर ट्रफी) is a club
Twenty20 cricket
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tournament organized by Bhairahawa Queens Pvt. Ltd., a private group in
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
run by Sushil Pandey, Niraj Aryal and Anil Bhandari. It is the biggest club cricket tournament in the country, played during the northern winter calendar, mostly in the month of January - February. It is played in a league-cum-knockout format in which top four teams qualify for the playoffs. Each team consists of 15 players.
This tournament is supported by
Cricket Association of Rupendehi and promoted by
Cricket Association of Nepal
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and the
National Sports Council
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History
Prior ...
of Nepal.
2020
The first edition of the tournament was held from 25 February to 5 March 2020 at Siddhartha Rangashala,
Bhairahawa
Siddharthanagar (), formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa (), is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of Nepal, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. It is the closest city to Lumb ...
with eight professional clubs from Asian countries made up of domestic and international players from across Asia.
Almost 24 international players took part in season one, including
Sharad Vesawkar,
Basanta Regmi,
Rohit Paudel
Rohit Kumar Paudel (born 2 September 2002) is a Nepalese cricketer and the captain of the Nepal national cricket team. He made his List A debut for Nepal in the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament on 8 February 2018. He was in ...
,
Rana Naveed,
Kamal Airee,
Sandeep Sunar,
Lokesh Bam,
Kushal Bhurtel
Kushal Bhurtel (, born 22 January 1997) is a Nepalese cricketer. He made his T20I debut against the Netherlands on 17 April 2021 and his ODI debut against Papua New Guinea on 7 September 2021.
In November 2019, he was named in Nepal's squad f ...
and
Pradeep Airee
Pradeep Singh Airee () (born 1 September 1992) is a Nepalese cricketer. Airee is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper, who bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his debut for Nepal against Argentina in August 2010.
He represent ...
.
Shankarnagar Cricket Club emerged as the champions.
2022
The Second edition of the tournament will be held from 10 to 22 November 2022 at Kathmandu. This season six professional clubs from Asian Countries will take participate. Tournament will be play as round robin with playoff.
References
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External links
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Facebook
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International cricket competitions in Nepal