NPL 2026 in Canada: How to Watch the Nepal Premier League Live and Canadian Start Times
NPL Season 3 runs October 26 to November 21 — matches start 1:45 AM and 6:15 AM Eastern. Here is how Nepali Canadians can stream every game.
By Nepalese Events Australia Editorial
Published: 2026-10-29T05:30:00.000000Z
Category: Sports
Canada's fast-growing Nepali community can follow NPL Season 3 (October 26 – November 21, 2026) live from Kirtipur — with the caveat that Canadian clocks are the least forgiving in this guide: matches start at 1:45 AM and 6:15 AM Eastern (after the November 1 clock change). The second game of each double-header is the realistic live window. Lumbini Lions opened their title defence by beating Sudurpaschim Royals by 7 wickets on October 26; Chitwan Rhinos edged Biratnagar Kings by 8 runs and Karnali Yaks beat Janakpur Bolts by 19 runs on October 27; and Sudurpaschim bounced back to beat Pokhara Avengers by 6 wickets on October 28.
How to watch in Canada
Every match is played at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. In India the games air on Star Sports Select and stream on FanCode; in Nepal, Himalaya TV carries the linear broadcast. For everyone else — including the whole diaspora — the official option is the NETTV app's NPL Season Pass (sold worldwide, purchasable through eSewa), which streams all 32 matches live. No Canadian broadcaster carries the league — the NETTV season pass is the official stream and works on all devices.
Canadian start times
• Toronto / Ottawa (ET): 1:45 AM and 6:15 AM
• Winnipeg (CT): 12:45 AM and 5:15 AM
• Calgary / Edmonton (MT): 11:45 PM and 4:15 AM
• Vancouver (PT): 10:45 PM and 3:15 AM
Key dates
• League stage: October 26 – November 15 (rest days Oct 30, Nov 4, 8 and 11 — the league pauses for Laxmi Puja and Bhai Tika)
• Qualifier 1: Tuesday, 17 November
• Eliminator: Wednesday, 18 November
• Qualifier 2: Thursday, 19 November
• Final: Saturday, 21 November
Eight franchises contest Season 3: Biratnagar Kings, Chitwan Rhinos, Janakpur Bolts (inaugural 2024 champions), Karnali Yaks, Kathmandu Gorkhas, Lumbini Lions (defending champions), Pokhara Avengers and Sudurpaschim Royals. Each plays the others once in the round-robin; the top four reach the playoffs. This is the first edition with ICC sanction and DRS, and the reported overseas signings — David Warner, Rashid Khan, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan and Moeen Ali among them — make it the highest-profile league Nepal has hosted.
The league pauses for Tihar on November 8 and 11 — see the Canada Tihar 2026 guide for the community programme. Updates land on the Canada desk and /world/ca; the CAD–NPR rate covers remittances.
Photo: File:Nepali National Cricket team.JPG by Krish Dulal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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