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APF cricket team

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APF cricket team
Nickname(s)APF
Personnel
CaptainRohit Paudel
CoachGyanendra Malla[1]
OwnerArmed Police Force
Team information
Colours  Grey
Founded2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Home groundAPF Stadium
Capacity5,000
History
No. of titles5
Senior Men's One Day wins2
Senior Men's Twenty20 wins1
PM Cup wins2
Nepal Pro Club Championship wins0
Koshi Province Trophy wins0
Kathmandu Mayor Cup Tournament wins0
Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cup wins0
Jay Trophy wins0
Official websitewww.apf.gov.np

The APF cricket team also known as APF Club is one of the three departmental teams that play in the Prime Minister One Day Cup and also played in the National League Cricket. Other seven provincial teams along with Nepal Army Club compete with APF in the league.

History

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The APF Club was formed in September 2010. APF initially signed national team captain Paras Khadka and 15 other players while former national team player Raju Basnyat was appointed as the coach.[2] APF is two times champion in one-day format of the league as in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 tournament the APF Cricket Team defended its title defeating Region-4 Bhairawa by six wicket in Final match held on 21 December 2012.[3] In 2012, APF won the Twenty20 format of the league for the first time.[4]

Statistics and honours

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Current Squads

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As of 28 March 2025
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batter
Lokesh Bam 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Abhisheh Gautam 35 Right-handed Right-hand Leg break
Rohit Paudel 22 Right-handed Right-arm Off spin Captain
Sumit Maharjan 25 Right-handed
Sundeep Jora 23 Right-handed
Deepak Bohara 19 Right-handed Right-hand Leg break
Wicket-keeper
Aasif Sheikh 24 Right-handed
Amar Routela 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bowler
Kishore Mahato 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kamal Singh Airee 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Avinash Bohara 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bhuvan Karki 31 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Irshad Ahamad 28 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mousom Dhakal 24 Right-handed Right-hand Leg break
Puran BK 25 Left-handed

References

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  1. ^ "Gyanendra Malla and Rohit Paudel join APF Club ahead of PM Cup". Cricnepal. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ "APF form cricket team; sign 17 cricketers". myrepublica.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Armed Police Force ease against Bhairahawa to defend title". ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.
  4. ^ "APF lifts National T20 title". Nepal Cricket. 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.