Biratnagar Kings 136/6 vs Pokhara Avengers 132/10 — Match 22 Result

Biratnagar Kings vs Pokhara Avengers, Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 12:30 PM NST

The 22nd match of the Nepal Premier League season is the first game of Thursday 12 November 2026, and it starts at 12:30 PM NST — 6:45 AM UTC, 11:45 AM PKT — at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. It is the first of two matches on the day; Karnali Yaks play Lumbini Lions in the evening game.

This is the first time these two sides have met this season, and it comes at a point where neither can afford to drift. Biratnagar have two wins from five and sit sixth on 4 points; Pokhara have one win from five and sit last on 2 points. The gap between them is a single win, and the result here moves one of them straight into the playoff conversation. The full scorecard will appear on this page once the match is played.

Biratnagar's season has been built on big individual performances rather than settled team form, while Pokhara finally found a win in Match 19 after four straight defeats. Which of those two stories carries into Thursday morning decides a match neither side can afford to lose.

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Biratnagar's last three results tell the story of a side that wins tight games and loses heavily. They beat Janakpur Bolts by 2 runs in Match 12, defending 174/3, and they beat Sudurpaschim Royals by 35 runs in a five-over game in Match 8. Then, in Match 15, Kathmandu Gorkhas bowled them out for 83 and won by 9 wickets. The batting has swung between 187/6 against Karnali Yaks and that 83 all out, and the bowling has not yet found a way to defend a modest total.

Pokhara's season turned in Match 19. After four defeats — by 6 wickets to the Royals, by 9 runs to Janakpur, by 8 wickets to Lumbini and by 30 runs to Chitwan — they posted 217/3 against Karnali Yaks, the highest total of their season, and won by 63 runs. It was their first win, and it came with the bat finally firing as a unit. The question now is whether one big day was a turning point or a single bright afternoon.

Playoff race

Points table after Match 21, played on Tuesday 10 November 2026. The top four qualify for the playoffs.

A Biratnagar win takes them to 6 points with one match left, against Lumbini Lions on Saturday, and keeps a top-four finish in their own hands: two wins from their last two games would leave them on 8 points, level with the teams currently second. A defeat leaves them on 4 points with only the Lumbini game to come, needing favours from elsewhere to climb back into the race.

For Pokhara the maths is starker. A win takes them to 4 points with one game left, against Kathmandu Gorkhas on Sunday, and keeps the door open. A defeat leaves them on 2 points with a single match remaining, and with a net run rate of −0.707 they would need several results to go their way on the final weekend. In a league where fourth place currently sits on 5 points, Pokhara cannot afford to leave Kirtipur empty-handed.

The wider picture: Kathmandu Gorkhas lead the table on 8 points, Sudurpaschim Royals are second on 8, Lumbini Lions third on 7 and Chitwan Rhinos fourth on 5. Four teams qualify for the playoffs, which begin with Qualifier 1 on Tuesday 17 November, followed by the Eliminator on Wednesday 18 November, Qualifier 2 on Thursday 19 November and the final on Saturday 21 November, all at 4:30 PM NST.

Players to watch

Season 3 numbers only, from matches 1 to 21. Every name below links to that player's profile.

Lokesh Bam is the reason Biratnagar are dangerous even when the team score is modest. He has 194 runs in five matches — more than any other batter in the league — with two fifties and a highest score of 87, and he has cleared the ropes 16 times, also a league high. If he bats through the first ten overs, Biratnagar's total changes shape entirely.

Alongside him, Andre Russell has 144 runs in five matches at a strike rate built on 14 sixes, and 6 wickets with the ball. He is the one Biratnagar player who can turn a game in either discipline, and Pokhara will plan their death overs around him.

For Pokhara, Kushal Bhurtel has 136 runs in five matches with a highest score of 62, and Yuvraaj Samra has 121 runs in just two matches, including a century — 102, in the Match 19 win over Karnali. Samra's hundred came in the Match 19 win over Karnali, so Pokhara know exactly what their top order can do when it clicks. With the ball, Mahedi Hasan and Bipin Khatri have 5 wickets each, and both will need to keep Bam quiet early.

Head to head

Biratnagar Kings and Pokhara Avengers have not met before in Season 3, so this is their first meeting of the season. There is no earlier result to lean on — only the two very different seasons so far: Biratnagar with two wins built on individual brilliance, Pokhara with one win built on a single, emphatic team performance in Match 19.

What the table does say is that Biratnagar's wins have come against the Royals, Janakpur and Karnali, while Pokhara's only win came against Karnali. Both sides have lost to Chitwan Rhinos, and Biratnagar have also lost to Kathmandu Gorkhas. Thursday's game is the first direct answer to which of them belongs higher.

Match information

Start time 12:30 PM NST (6:45 AM UTC, 11:45 AM PKT). Match yet to begin — the scorecard will appear on this page after the match.

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