2024–25 Jay Trophy

The 2024–25 Jay Trophy was the inaugural season of the Jay Trophy, the premier domestic red ball competition played in Nepal.^[1][2][3] The tournament started on 5 January 2025, and the final held on 14 January 2025.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

2024–25 Jay Trophy

Dates	5 – 16 January 2025
Administrator(s)	Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket format	League stage: 2-day Final: 3-day
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Final
Host(s)	Nepal
Champions	Nepal Police Club (1st title)
Runners-up	Tribuwan Army Club
Participants	4
Matches	7
Player of the series	Shahab Alam (Tribuwan Army Club)
Most runs	Mayan Yadav (Madhesh Province) (268)
Most wickets	Shahab Alam (Tribuwan Army Club) (33)
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Background

In January 2024, Cricket Association of Nepal proposed the Men’s Elite Trophy before changing it to Jay Trophy Men's Elite Cup to introduce a multi-day format for the top teams from the Prime Minister Cup.^[9] This initiative aims to provide a higher level of competition and further the development of cricket in Nepal.^[10]

Squads

Bagmati Province[11]	Madhesh Province[12]	Nepal Police Club[13]	Tribuwan Army Club[14]
Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Bipin Acharya Roshan BK Tilak Rajbhandari Rijan Dhakal Rit Gautam Pratish GC Aasutosh Ghiraiya Shuv Kansakar Suryanshu Koirala Uttam Magar (wk) Ishan Pandey Pratik Shrestha Surya Tamang Nandan Yadav	Harishankar Shah (c) Himanshu Dutta (wk) Ranjit Kumar Rahul Mandal Bishal Patel Sahil Patel Pradeep Paswan Afrudin Rain Sailendra Sah Bhulawan Sahani Rupesh Singh Abhishek Tiwari Mayan Yadav Niraj Yadav Rajesh Yadav	Aarif Sheikh (c) Kushal Bhurtel Sagar Dhakal Sunil Daulyan Gulsan Jha Abhinas Karna Karan KC Rashid Khan Dilip Nath Lalit Rajbanshi Shankar Rana Arjun Saud (wk) Dipak Serela Amit Shrestha Shrawan Yadav	Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Shahab Alam Aakash Chand Trit Raj Das Durgesh Gupta Sompal Kami Pawan Karki Santosh Karki Kushal Malla Naren Saud Imran Sheikh Bhim Sharki Sumit Shrestha Bibek Yadav

Venue

Nepal
Ram Janaki Stadium Narayani Cricket Ground 2024–25 Jay Trophy (Nepal)

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Qualification
1	Nepal Police Club	3	2	0	1	66	Advanced to the final
2	Tribhuwan Army Club	3	1	0	2	55
3	Bagmati Province	3	0	1	2	41.5
4	Madhesh Province	3	0	2	1	31

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[15]

Match summary

The total team points at the end of each round are listed.

Team	Round			Total
	1	2	3
Bagmati Province	15	28	41.5	41.5
Madhesh Province	15	21	31	31
Nepal Police Club	15	40	66	66
Tribhuwan Army Club	14	30	55	55

Win

Loss

Draw

Abandoned

Fixtures

Round 1

5–6 January 2024 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Nepal Police Club
121 (34.4 overs) Kushal Malla 25 (38) Lalit Rajbanshi 7/47 (14.4 overs)		125 (33.1 overs) Gulsan Jha 47 (54) Shahab Alam 8/59 (15.1 overs)
175 (53 overs) Sompal Kami 82* (138) Kushal Bhurtel 4/50 (16 overs)		88/5 (42 overs) Amit Shrestha 36 (66) Aakash Chand 2/23 (7 overs)

Match drawn Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)

• Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to bowl.
• Lalit Rajbanshi (Nepal Police Club) became the first player to take a five-wicket haul in the Jay Trophy.^[16]
• Points: Nepal Police Club 15, Tribhuwan Army Club 14

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5–6 January 2024 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Bagmati Province
102 (35.3 overs) Mayan Yadav 21 (36) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/41 (14 overs)		150 (34.5 overs) Nandan Yadav 47 (55) Abhisekh Tiwari 4/25 (6.5 overs)
211/9d (43.2 overs) Mayan Yadav 106 (108) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/88 (17 overs)		97/6 (20 overs) Rit Gautam 25 (18) Harishankar Shah 3/14 (5 overs)

Match drawn Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Ram Yadav Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Bagmati Province)

• Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mayan Yadav (Madhesh Province) became the first player to score a century in the Jay Trophy.^[17]
• Points: Madhesh Province 15, Bagmati Province 15

Round 2

8–9 January 2024 Scorecard

Madhesh Province	v	Nepal Police Club
129 (42.4 overs) Mayan Yadav 59 (102) Gulsan Jha 5/40 (13 overs)		258/4d (59 overs) Kushal Bhurtel 63 (68) Harishankar Shah 2/25 (9 overs)
94 (32.2 overs) Bishal Patel 27 (39) Kushal Bhurtel 5/22 (4.2 overs)

Nepal Police Club won by an innings and 35 runs Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Himal Giri and Sanjay Sigdel Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nepal Police Club)

• Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Nepal Police Club 25, Madhesh Province 6

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8–9 January 2024 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Bagmati Province
276/5 (60 overs) Imran Sheikh 72 (104) Bipin Acharya 3/45 (13 overs)		200/9d (50 overs) Nandan Yadav 51 (80) Aakash Chand 3/45 (7 overs)
127/8d Trit Raj Das 28 (39) Nandan Yadav 4/32 (10 overs)		80/5 (28.4 overs) Shubh Kansakar 33 (63) Pawan Karki 2/6 (7.4 overs)

Match drawn Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Hiralal Raut Player of the match: Nandan Yadav (Bagmati Province)

• Bagmati Province won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Tribhuwan Army Club 16, Bagmati Province 13

Round 3

11–12 January 2024 Scorecard

Tribhuwan Army Club	v	Madhesh Province
225/9d (35 overs) Basir Ahamad 67 (98) Ranjit Kumar 5/44 (16.3 overs)		102 (35.5 overs) Harishankar Shah 31 (43) Shahab Alam 6/37 (12 overs)
30/2 (5 overs) Trit Raj Das 13 (13) Pradip Paswan 2/15 (3 overs)		150 (64.1 over) (f/o) Mayan Yadav 49 (87) Basir Ahamad 4/23 (23.1 overs)

Tribhuwan Army Club won by 8 wickets Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Basu Karn Player of the match: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)

• Madhesh Province won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Tribhuwan Army Club 24, Madhesh Province 10

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11–12 January 2024 Scorecard

Bagmati Province	v	Nepal Police Club
112 (33.2 overs) Ishan Pandey 71 (94) Lalit Rajbanshi 4/27 (9 overs)		215 (45.5 overs) Amit Shrestha 79 (97) Sandeep Lamichhane 4/65 (11.5 overs)
218 (53 overs) Shubh Kansakar 70 (74) Lalit Rajbanshi 3/59 (20)		116/5 (23 overs) Amit Shrestha 56 (45) Sandeep Lamichhane 2/46 (10 overs)

Nepal Police Club won by 5 wickets Shree Ram Janaki International Stadium, Janakpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha and Ram Kailash Yadav Player of the match: Amit Shrestha (Nepal Police Club)

• Nepal Police Club won the toss and elected to field.
• Sharwan Yadav (Nepal Police Club) became the first player to take a hat-trick in the Jay Trophy.
• Points: Nepal Police Club 26, Bagmati Province 13.5

Final

14–16 January 2024 Scorecard

Nepal Police Club	v	Tribhuwan Army Club
133/9d (36.4 overs) Kushal Bhurtel 50 (56) Shahab Alam 7/37 (12.4 overs)		170 (39.5 overs) Bhim Sharki 58 (55) Sagar Dhakal 5/78 (15.5 overs)
139 (49.1 overs) Kushal Bhurtel 45 (67) Basir Ahamad 5/49 (22.1 overs)		74 (29.2 overs) Imran Sheikh 28 (51) Sagar Dhakal 6/35 (14.2 overs)

Nepal Police Club won by 28 runs Narayani Cricket Ground, Birgunj Umpires: Sanjay Gurung and Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Sagar Dhakal (Nepal Police Club)

• Tribhuwan Army Club won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible before lunch on day 1 due to bad weather.
• Only 17 overs were played on day 1 due to bad weather.

End of season awards

• Player of the Series: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)
• Best Batter: Mayan Yadav (Madhesh Province)
• Best Bowler: Shahab Alam (Tribhuwan Army Club)