Kathmandu Kings XI was a professional franchise

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team based in the

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Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

. It was one of the major franchises in the

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Management

The team was owned by Rohit Gupta, as of 2017. As of 2017, Raj Jung Thapa was the chief operating officer (COO) later in 2018 , Mr. Thapa was declared as the chief executive officer (CEO). The same year, the team signed

Binod Das Binod Kumar Das (; born 26 April 1983) is a Nepalese former cricketer and a former captain of Nepal national cricket team. All-rounder Binod is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against UAE ...

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Players

In 2017,

Sompal Kami Sompal Kami (; born 2 February 1996) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. Kami is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He is one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, ...

was designated the

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of the team, while Sri Lankan international Mohamed Ferveez Maharoof was signed additionally. It also signed two other foreign players, Akshay Fernandez of Sri Lanka and Sagar Kumar of

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. Other players in the team included

Sagar Pun Sagar Pun () (born 1 March 1993) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. An aAll-rounder, Sagar is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Singapore in March 2013. He plays for the Nepal Army ...

and Amit Shrestha. In the 2018 season, the team was captained by Sompal Kami. Its players included

Siddhant Lohani Siddhant Lohani () (born 2 March 1995) is a Nepalese cricketer. Lohani is a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Jersey in July 2015. He represents the Region No.1 Biratnagar of the National League, ...

, Raju Rijal, Bikram Bhusal,

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, Kevin O'Brien,

Jitendra Mukhiya Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya (; born 22 November 1992) is a Nepalese cricketer. He is from Rajpur Rautahat. Jitendra is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Denmark in November 2013. He repr ...

and Pradeep Sahu.

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was also expected to sign, but had to withdraw at the last minute. On 26 July 2021, they announced the signing of

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Everest Premier League

2017 season

The team secured their first win of the season in third game, against

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, having lost their first two matches to

Lalitpur Patriots Lalitpur Patriots () was a professional cricket franchise team based in Lalitpur District, Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal, which participated in the Everest Premier League. Founded in 2017, the team was owned by Kishore Maharjan and Srijana Joshi Maharj ...

and

Bhairahawa Gladiators Bhairahawa Gladiators was a professional cricket team based in Bhairahawa, Nepal, which participated in the Everest Premier League. Under the leadership of captain Sharad Vesawkar, they reached the finals of two editions, losing to Biratnagar ...

2018 season

The team reached the playoffs with a match to spare in the league stage. It was defeated by Lalitpur Patriots in the first qualifier by one wicket.

References

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