Six German cities, one Nepali flag on the boundary rope. NPL Germany is the first cricket league built only for Nepali citizens living in Germany — every ground doubles as a chautari, the gathering place we've been missing since we left home.
NPL Germany exists because Nepali cricket talent in Germany had nowhere organised to play. We're starting small, starting honest, and building toward something Cricket Association of Nepal can eventually stand behind.
Every player on every franchise must hold Nepali citizenship and currently reside in Germany. No open club cricket — this is diaspora cricket, and the roster rule is the whole point.
Season One runs on a hard tennis ball — cheap gear, easy on shins and budgets, and the fastest way to get six cities playing proper matches instead of waiting for perfect grounds.
As grounds, coaching and player insurance mature, NPL Germany moves toward leather-ball cricket — aligned with standards that could one day connect our players to CAN's pathways.
One franchise per city. Names drawn from Nepal's own symbols — the Gorkha soldier, the Himalayan yeti, the Garuda, the sherpa, the khukuri blade, the one-horned rhino — planted on German ground.
Named for the Gorkha soldier's reputation — fearless under pressure. Frankfurt hosts one of Germany's largest Nepali communities, built around its airport and finance-sector jobs.
View roster →The mythical Himalayan yeti — rarely seen, hard to rattle. Munich's Nepali community has grown fast around its universities and engineering firms.
View roster →Garuda, the great mythical bird of Hindu and Nepali tradition. Berlin's franchise draws from the capital's students, embassy families and young professionals.
View roster →Named for the sherpas who carry others to the summit. Hamburg's port-city Nepali community anchors this franchise.
View roster →The khukuri — Nepal's iconic curved blade, a symbol of decisive action. Cologne and the surrounding Rhineland hold a steadily growing Nepali base.
View roster →The one-horned rhino of Chitwan — Nepal's national animal. Stuttgart's automotive-sector Nepali workforce gives this franchise its steady, engineering-minded core.
View roster →Two honest stages — start where our grounds and gear actually allow, then move up as the league proves itself.
Short-format weekend fixtures (T10/T12 style) between the six franchises, hosted on turf and hard-court grounds already available to each city's Nepali cricket groups. Low-cost gear keeps the door open to every player regardless of income.
Once grounds, umpiring standards and player insurance are in place, NPL Germany introduces leather-ball matches — working toward playing conditions that align with Cricket Association of Nepal's recognised standards, and a possible talent pathway back to Nepal.
Registering your interest doesn't guarantee a contract — it puts you in front of your city's franchise organisers ahead of Season One trials.