Top 10 players with highest runs and wicket takers in NPL

In Nepal Premier League (NPL) after the end of the league stage matches on Monday, now the match of playoffs has been decided. Four of the 8 teams are still in contention for the title. After winning the title, the curiosity about which team will play in the finals has increased. Like the performance of the team, the individual performance of the players is also being discussed. Which player has scored a century, which player has taken 5 wickets, which player has scored the most runs so far, and which player has taken the most wickets is also of great interest. This time, more than 40 foreign players from world-famous players are playing in the NPL. Due to this, there is a lot of discussion. Another topic of discussion is the performance of foreign players and Nepali players.

However, along with famous foreign players, Nepali playersare also showing good performances. In some cases, Nepali players have done better than foreigners. Nepali and foreign players combine to produce the best performances in both batting and bowling.

The captain of the Nepali national team Rohit Kumar Paudel is at the top in scoring the most runs in batting. There are 5 batters from Nepal and 5 from abroad in the top ten. Similarly, New Zealand player Scott Kugelein is the highest wicket-taker in terms of bowling. Among the top ten players who took the most wickets, there are 5 players from Nepal and 5 players from abroad.

Similarly, there are 3 Nepali players in the top five in batting and bowling. Although Lumbini Lions could not perform well in the NPL, the captain of this team, Rohit Kumar Paudel, performed all round in the league stage.

Even when the team was losing, he continued to perform well. He has scored the most 279 runs in the league with two fifties. Rohit, who scored 46 runs against Biratnagar in the first match, scored the highest 95 runs against Pokhara.

Similarly, he scored 80 runs against Chitwan. Similarly, Rohit, who scored 35 runs against Janakpur, was dismissed for 5 against Sudurpaschim, 8 against Kathmandu, and 10 against Karnali.

Apart from Rohit, Ravi Bopara of Chitwan did not score two fifties and is in second place with 233 runs.

In the first match against Kathmandu, he was dismissed for 11 runs, but then scored 51 runs against Pokhara and an unbeaten 59 runs against Karnali, scoring his second consecutive half-century. Similarly, he scored 36 against Sudurpaschim, 12 against Lumbini, 20 against Biratnagar and 44 against Janakpur. Pokhara's Andres Gauss is in the third position of the highest run scorer.

American wicketkeeper Batter Gauss scored the first century in the NPL. He is the only player to score a century. He did not attend the first match and played continuously from the second match. After scoring 20 runs against Janakpur, he scored an unbeaten 104 runs against Lumbini in the next match. Then he scored 25 against Karnali, 39 against Biratnagar and 36 against Sudurpaschim.

He got out for zero against Kathmandu. Nepali players are in the fourth and fifth place of scoring the most runs. All-rounder Kushal Malla scored 202 runs with a half-century and Dipendra Singh Airi also scored 198 runs with a half-century. Both are performing all round. Kushal Malla has scored double-digit runs in all the matches.

He scored 11 runs against Kathmandu, 38 against Pokhara, 23 against Karnali, 13 against Sudurpaschim, 20 against Lumbini, 20 against Biratnagar, and scored 72 runs against Janakpur in the last match. On the other hand, Dipendra Singh Airi scored an unbeaten 57 runs against Biratnagar in the first match.

After that, his batting order was changing and his run rate was also changing. In the second match, Dipendra scored 43 runs against Kathmandu and 39 runs unbeaten against Lumbini and got out for 1 against Chitwan and zero against Janakpur. Then scored 20 against Pokhara and 38 against Karnali. Apart from this, Lahiru Milantha of Janakpur has scored 192 runs with a half-century.

Basir Ahmed of Biratnagar has also scored 181 runs with a half-century. In Far West, Saif Ali Zaib has scored 174 runs with a half-century. Lumbini's Tom Moores has scored 165 runs. Brandon McMullane of Soodur and Dinesh Kharel of Pokhara Avengers have scored 162 runs. Both have scored the same half-century. 

Most wicket taker 

While Rohit was consistently leading the batting, the players in the list of highest wicket-takers were constantly changing. During their game, the bowlers used to reach the top position by taking wickets. When Perry was playing for another team, another bowler would come up the list by taking wickets. There was an exciting competition in the list of players who took the most wickets. Sometimes the Nepali players were on top and sometimes foreign players were on top.

After the league stage, Sudur Paschim player Scott Kugelein is at the top with 15 wickets. Among the top ten players in bowling, three players have also taken 5 wickets in a single match. Karnali's William Bosisto, who took 6 wickets in one match, is not in the top ten.

Scott Kuggeleijn, who is in first place, also took 5 wickets in one match against Pokhara. Then he reached the top position by taking 2 wickets against Karnali in the last league match. He took 3 wickets against Biratnagar, 2-2 against Lumbini and Chitwan, and 1 wicket against Janakpur. He did not take a wicket against Kathmandu. Nepali players Lalit Rajvanshi and Rijan Dhakal, who are second and third in taking the most wickets, have taken 13 wickets.

Lalit from Janakpur took 3 wickets each against Biratnagar, Pokhara, and Kathmandu, 2 wickets against Chitwan, and 1 wicket against Karnali and Lumbini. He could not take a wicket against Sudur paschim. Similarly, Rijan took 3 wickets against Pokhara and Lumbini and 2 wickets against Sudurpaschim, Janakpur, and Biratnagar. He took 1 wicket against Kathmandu and went wicketless against Karnali. December 2, Kathmandu. In Nepal Premier League (NPL) after the end of the league stage matches on Monday, now the match of playoffs has been decided.

Four of the 8 teams are still in contention for the title

After winning the title, the curiosity about which team will play in the finals has started to increase. Like the performance of the team, the individual performance of the players is also being discussed. Which player has scored a century, which player has taken 5 wickets, which player has scored the most runs so far, and which player has taken the most wickets is also of great interest.

This time, more than 40 foreign players from world-famous players are playing in the NPL. Due to this, there is a lot of discussion. Another topic of discussion is the performance of foreign players and Nepali players. However, along with famous foreign players, Nepali players are also showing good performance. In some cases, Nepali players have done better than foreigners. Nepali and foreign players are mixed in the best performances in both batting and bowling. The captain of the Nepali national team is at the top in scoring the most runs in batting.

Similarly, New Zealand player Scott Kugelein is the highest wicket-taker in terms of bowling. Among the top ten players who took the most wickets, there are 5 players from Nepal and 5 players from abroad. Similarly, there are 3 Nepali players in the top five in batting and bowling.

Highest run scorer

Although Lumbini Lions could not perform well in the NPL, the captain of this team, Rohit Kumar Paudel, performed all round in the league stage. Even when the team was losing, he continued to perform well. He has scored the most 279 runs in the league with two fifties. Rohit, who scored 46 runs against Biratnagar in the first match, scored the highest 95 runs against Pokhara. Similarly, he scored 80 runs against Chitwan. Similarly, Rohit, who scored 35 runs against Janakpur, was dismissed for 5 against Sudurpaschim, 8 against Kathmandu, and 10 against Karnali. Apart from Rohit, Ravi Bopara of Chitwan did not score two fifties and is in second place with 233 runs. In the first match against Kathmandu, he was dismissed for 11 runs, but then scored 51 runs against Pokhara and an unbeaten 59 runs against Karnali, scoring his second consecutive half-century.

Similarly, he scored 36 against Sudurpaschim, 12 against Lumbini, 20 against Biratnagar, and 44 against Janakpur.

Pokhara's Andres Gauss is in the third position of the highest run scorer.

American wicketkeeper Batter Gauss scored the first century in the NPL. He is the only player to score a century. He did not attend the first match and played continuously from the second match. After scoring 20 runs against Janakpur, he scored an unbeaten 104 runs against Lumbini in the next match. Then he scored 25 against Karnali, 39 against Biratnagar and 36 against Sudurpaschim. He got out for zero against Kathmandu.

Nepalese players are in the fourth and fifth places for scoring the most runs. All-rounder Kushal Malla scored 202 runs with a half-century and Dipendra Singh Airi also scored 198 runs with a half-century. Both are performing all round. Kushal Malla has scored double-digit runs in all the matches. He scored 11 runs against Kathmandu, 38 against Pokhara, 23 against Karnali, 13 against Sudurpaschim, 20 against Lumbini, 20 against Biratnagar, and scored 72 runs against Janakpur in the last match.

On the other hand, Dipendra Singh Airi scored an unbeaten 57 runs against Biratnagar in the first match.

After that, his batting order was changing and his run rate was also changing. In the second match, Dipendra scored 43 runs against Kathmandu and 39 runs unbeaten against Lumbini and got out for 1 against Chitwan and zero against Janakpur. Then scored 20 against Pokhara and 38 against Karnali. Apart from this, Lahiru Milantha of Janakpur has scored 192 runs with a half-century. Basir Ahmed of Biratnagar has also scored 181 runs with a half-century. In Far West, Saif Ali Zaib has scored 174 runs with a half-century. Lumbini's Tom Moores has scored 165 runs. Brandon McMullane of Soodur and Dinesh Kharel of Pokhara Avengers have scored 162 runs. Both have scored the same half-century. 

Tanvir started well by taking 5 wickets against Kathmandu in the first match and 3 wickets against Pokhara in the second match. After that, he took 4 wickets in 5 matches. Tanvir, who took 2 wickets against Janakpur in the last match, also took 1 wicket against Sudurpaschim and Biratnagar. He went wicketless against Karnali and Lumbini. Although the start was not expected, Kathmandu's captain Karan KC took wickets continuously in the last matches. In the first match, he was wicketless against Chitwan. After taking 1 wicket against Karnali and Sudurpaschim, he took 4 wickets against Lumbini. He took 2 wickets against Janakpur, 3 against Pokhara, and 1 against Biratnagar. Similarly, Gerard Erasmus of Kathmandu has taken 11 wickets, while Harsh Thakar and Kishore Mahato of Janakpur have taken 10 wickets each. After that, 7 players took 9 wickets.

Ali Zaib of Sudurpaschim, Pratish JC and Chris Soul of Biratnagar, Bipin Sharma of Karnali, Bipin Khatri of Pokhara, Saad Win Zafar of Lumbini and Ramon Simmonds have taken 9 wickets.